title: Long noncoding RNA LINC01296 is associated with poor prognosis in prostate cancer and promotes cancer-cell proliferation and metastasis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as important regulators and biomarkers of tumor development and progression. This study investigated the clinical significance, biological functions, and underlying mechanisms of long intergenic non-protein-coding RNA 1296 (LINC01296) in prostate cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  LINC01296 expression in prostate cancer tissues and cell lines was detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The correlation between LINC01296 expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of prostate cancer was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier analysis and the Cox proportional-hazard model. Small interfering RNA was used to suppress LINC01296, and knockdown efficiency was examined by qRT-PCR. Cell Counting Kit 8 assay, colony-formation assay, migration and invasion assays, and Western blot assay were used to explore the role of LINC01296 in tumor progression further.
  
  
  RESULTS
  LINC01296-expression level was higher in prostate cancer tissues and prostate cancer cells than in adjacent nontumor tissues and immortalized normal prostate stromal WPMY1 cells. LINC01296 expression was correlated with preoperative prostate specific antigen (P=0.002), lymph-node metastasis (P=0.035), Gleason score (P<0.001), and tumor stage (P=0.036). Patients with higher LINC01296 expression displayed advanced clinical features and shorter biochemical recurrence-free survival time than those with lower LINC01296 expression. Multivariate analysis showed that LINC01296 expression was an independent predictor of biochemical recurrence-free survival in prostate cancer. Additionally, LINC01296 knockdown inhibited prostate cancer-cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, demonstrated in an in vitro study involving regulation of PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling and epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results demonstrated that LINC01296 is a novel molecule involved in prostate cancer development and progression, and thus is a potential biomarker of prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Yuxiao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Haoxiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Haiwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Lixin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hua
keywords: invasion; long noncoding RNA; migration; prognosis; proliferation; prostate cancer