Objective This study aimed to explore the mRNA and protein expression of SLC3A2 in laryngeal carcinoma cells and tissues, and functional regulatory mechanism of SLC3A2 in cell ferroptosis of laryngeal carcinoma. Methods We chose the key gene-SLC3A2 of DEGs from TCGA by bioinformatics analysis, and then we constructed stable knockdown of SLC3A2 in laryngeal carcinoma cells. MTT assay and clonogenic assay were used to determine cell viability and cell growth, respectively. The mRNA and protein expression were determined by RT-qPCR and western blotting, respectively. Xenograft tumor model was used to determine the role of SLC3A2 in tumor growth. Results The results of limma analysis recovered that 92 genes were involved in both upregulated DEGs and high risk of poor prognosis, whereas 36 genes were involved in both downregulated DEGs and low risk of poor prognosis. Pathway enrichment analysis indicated that mTOR signaling pathway and ferroptosis exerted a role in regulating these intersection genes. Moreover, SLC3A2 is a key gene in ferroptosis in laryngeal carcinoma. SLC3A2 is highly expressed in laryngeal carcinoma tissues and cells. Patients with high SLC3A2 expression exerted poor survival. SLC3A2 deficiency inhibited cell proliferation and foci formation. Furthermore, knockdown of SLC3A2 expression induced the efficacy of ferroptosis and suppressed ferroptosis related proteins expression. Mechanically, SLC3A2 deficiency facilitated ferroptosis through upregulating the expression of mTOR and P70S6K, whereas inhibited p-mTOR and p-P70S6K expression in laryngeal carcinoma cells. SLC3A2 deficiency inhibited tumorigenesis in nude mice. Conclusion Our study suggests that SLC3A2 negatively regulates ferroptosis through mTOR pathway in laryngeal carcinoma.
Background: LncRNA STK4-AS1 has been identified as a potential biomarker associated with multiple cancers. We proposed that STK4-AS1 plays a role in the proliferation of osteosarcoma by regulating its cell cycle. Methods: We compared the expression of STK4-AS1 in osteosarcoma vs normal samples both in clinical tissues and cell lines. We overexpressed and knockdown STK4-AS1 in p53 expressing osteosarcoma cells U2OS and p53 muted expressing osteosarcoma cells MG63 and analyzed cell viability and cell cycle. We overexpressed p53 in STK4-AS1 knockdown cells to explore the association of STK4-AS1 and p53 in the cell cycle. Results: The STK4-AS1 expression was higher in osteosarcoma tissue than adjacent normal bone tissues and was higher in osteosarcoma cell lines (U2OS, MG63, and SAOS-2) than in osteoblast cell lines (hFOB and HOB). Knockdown of STK4-AS1 in U2OS decreased the cell viability, increased cells in the G0/G1 phase, decreased cells in the S and G2/M phase, decreased expression of cyclin A and B, increased p53 and p21, and had no effect on cyclin D and cyclin E, while overexpression did the opposes. MG63 cell viability was not affected by altered STK4-AS1 levels. P53 overexpression in STK4-AS1 knockdown cells recovered cell viability, p21, cyclin A, and cyclin B expression. Conclusion: LncRNA STK4-AS1 affected p53 expressing osteosarcoma cells U2OS cell viability through regulating cell cycle, which is mediated by p53/p21 pathway.
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