Genome-wide analysis of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) expression in hepatoblastoma tissues.
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have crucial roles in cancer biology. We performed a genome-wide analysis of lncRNA expression in hepatoblastoma tissues to identify novel targets for further study of hepatoblastoma. Hepatoblastoma and normal liver tissue samples were obtained from hepatoblastoma patients. The genome-wide analysis of lncRNA expression in these tissues was performed using a 4×180 K lncRNA microarray and Sureprint G3 Human lncRNA Chips. Quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) was performed to confirm these results. The differential expressions of lncRNAs and mRNAs were identified through fold-change filtering. Gene Ontology (GO) and pathway analyses were performed using the standard enrichment computation method. Associations between lncRNAs and adjacent protein-coding genes were determined through complex transcriptional loci analysis. We found that 2736 lncRNAs were differentially expressed in hepatoblastoma tissues. Among these, 1757 lncRNAs were upregulated more than two-fold relative to normal tissues and 979 lncRNAs were downregulated. Moreover, in hepatoblastoma there were 420 matched lncRNA-mRNA pairs for 120 differentially expressed lncRNAs, and 167 differentially expressed mRNAs. The co-expression network analysis predicted 252 network nodes and 420 connections between 120 lncRNAs and 132 coding genes. Within this co-expression network, 369 pairs were positive, and 51 pairs were negative. Lastly, qRT-PCR data verified six upregulated and downregulated lncRNAs in hepatoblastoma, plus endothelial cell-specific molecule 1 (ESM1) mRNA. Our results demonstrated that expression of these aberrant lncRNAs could respond to hepatoblastoma development. Further study of these lncRNAs could provide useful insight into hepatoblastoma biology.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University and The Key Laboratory of Neonatal Disease, Chinese Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China.
Rui
R
Dong
State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Deshui
D
Jia
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University and The Key Laboratory of Neonatal Disease, Chinese Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China.
Ping
P
Xue
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University and The Key Laboratory of Neonatal Disease, Chinese Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China.
Ximao
X
Cui
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University and The Key Laboratory of Neonatal Disease, Chinese Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China.
Kai
K
Li
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University and The Key Laboratory of Neonatal Disease, Chinese Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China.
Shan
S
Zheng
State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xianghuo
X
He
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University and The Key Laboratory of Neonatal Disease, Chinese Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China.
Kuiran
K
Dong
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D063990:Gene Ontology; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D015894:Genome, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D018197:Hepatoblastoma / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D055815:Young Adult; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism
D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins