Background: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have roles in regulating metabolism; however, the global expression profile of metabolic pathway-associated lncRNAs in gastric cancer is unknown. The purpose of our study was to examine metabolic pathway-related lncRNAs in gastric cancer and their possible diagnostic values.
Methods: Differential expression patterns of metabolic pathway-related lncRNAsbetween gastric cancer and paired nontumor tissues were detected using metabolic pathway-associated lncRNA microarrays. The expression of RP11-555H23.1, one representative metabolic pathway-associated lncRNA, was validated using quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The associations between RP11-55H23.1 expression and the clinicopathological features of gastric cancer patients were analyzed. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was further established.Results: A total of 114 differentially expressed metabolic pathway-associated lncR-NAs (fold change >2, P < 0.05) between cancer and nontumor tissues were found (GEO No. GSE96856). Among them, TUG1, RP11-555H23.1, RP1-257I20.13, UGP2, GCSHP3, and XLOC_000889 lncRNAs were downregulated more than sixfold in gastric cancer tissues. In contrast, RP11-605F14.2, TBC1D3P5, BC130595, LINC00475, RP11-19P22.6, BC080653, XLOC_004923, AFAP1-AS1, EPB49, and RP11-296I10.3 lncRNAs were upregulated more than sixfold in gastric cancer tissues.We further demonstrated that RP11-555H23.1 expression was significantly correlated with TNM stage (P = 0.038). The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was 0.65, and the specificity and sensitivity were 62% and 81%, respectively.
Conclusions:Metabolic pathway-associated lncRNAs play an important role in the occurrence of gastric cancer, and metabolic pathway-associated lncRNAs, such as RP11-555H23.1, may represent novel biomarkers of gastric cancer. K E Y W O R D S biomarker, gastric cancer, long noncoding RNA, metabolic pathway, RP11-555H23.1 S U PP O RTI N G I N FO R M ATI O N Additional supporting information may be found online in the Supporting Information section at the end of the article. How to cite this article: Mo X, Wu Y, Chen L, et al. Global expression profiling of metabolic pathway-related lncRNAs in human gastric cancer and the identification of RP11-555H23.1 as a new diagnostic biomarker. J Clin Lab