Abstract 995: The functional involvement of H19, a Long noncoding RNA, in human colorectal cancer

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Abstract The clinical significance of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), defined as transcripts longer than 200 bp that do not code for proteins, in colorectal cancer (CRC) remains largely uncharacterized. We selected 10 lncRNAs associated with CRC, analyzed their expression association with patient survival using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) CRC data, and identified H19 as the one significantly associated with CRC patient survival. Experimental data using CRC cell line models showed that downregulation of H19 significantly reduced cancer cell proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, and cell migration capacity. Flow cytometric analysis suggested a clear G1 arrest of CRC cells following depletion of H19 expression. Our mechanism study suggests that H19 is pivotal in maintaining Wnt signaling and notch signaling. These finding represent a novel mechanism of H19 function in colorectal cancer, and strongly support the translational importance of this lncRNA as cancer marker and therapeutic target. Citation Format: HUI LING, Masahisa Ohtsuka, Martin Pichler, Cristina Ivan, Daisuke Matsushita, George Calin. The functional involvement of H19, a Long noncoding RNA, in human colorectal cancer. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 995.