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LncRNA GIMA promotes hepatocarcinoma cell survival via inhibiting ATF4 under metabolic stress

  • School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027,China

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https://doi.org/10.52396/JUST-2021-0041
  • Received Date: 03 February 2021
  • Rev Recd Date: 25 February 2021
  • Publish Date: 28 February 2021
    Abstract

  • Abstract

    Tumor cells are usually under nutrient-deficient microenvironment, a series of adaptive responses are adopted to maintain the cell survival and growth under the metabolic stress. However, the regulatory role of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in this process still remains elusive.To explore whether lncRNAs involve in regulating the hepatocarcinoma cell survival under the metabolic stress, GIMA(glucose-deprivation induced modulator of ATF4) was identified as an lncRNA induced by glucose deprivation via the transcriptome sequencing, and the upregulation of GIMA depends on the ATF4 activation under glucose deprivation. The Luciferase assay and the chromatin immunoprecipitation assay proved that GIMA is the transcriptional target gene of ATF4. Furthermore, GIMA promotes the hepatocarcinoma cell survival under glucose deprivation via specifically inhibiting ATF4. Taken together,these results suggest that GIMA may be a new potential target for the hepatocarcinoma treatment.

    Abstract

    Tumor cells are usually under nutrient-deficient microenvironment, a series of adaptive responses are adopted to maintain the cell survival and growth under the metabolic stress. However, the regulatory role of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in this process still remains elusive.To explore whether lncRNAs involve in regulating the hepatocarcinoma cell survival under the metabolic stress, GIMA(glucose-deprivation induced modulator of ATF4) was identified as an lncRNA induced by glucose deprivation via the transcriptome sequencing, and the upregulation of GIMA depends on the ATF4 activation under glucose deprivation. The Luciferase assay and the chromatin immunoprecipitation assay proved that GIMA is the transcriptional target gene of ATF4. Furthermore, GIMA promotes the hepatocarcinoma cell survival under glucose deprivation via specifically inhibiting ATF4. Taken together,these results suggest that GIMA may be a new potential target for the hepatocarcinoma treatment.
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    [1]
    Tameemi W A, Dale T P, Jumaily R M K A, et al.Hypoxia-modified cancer cell metabolism.Front. Cell Dev. Biol., 2019, 7:4.
    [2]
    Pavlova N N, Thompson C B.The emerging hallmarks of cancer metabolism. Cell Metab., 2016, 23(1):27-47.
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    Liberti M V, Locasale J W.The Warburg Effect: How does it benefit cancer cells?. Trends Biochem. Sci., 2016,41(3):211-218.
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    Birsoy K, Possemato R, Lorbeer F K, et al.Metabolic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to glucose limitation and biguanides. Nature, 2014,508(7494):108-112.
    [5]
    Zeng P, Sun S N, Li R, et al. HER2 upregulates ATF4 to promote cell migration via activation of ZEB1 and downregulation of E-cadherin. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2019,20(9):2223
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    Zong Y, Feng S J, Cheng J W, et al.Up-regulated ATF4 expression increases cell sensitivity to apoptosis in response to radiation. Cell. Physiol. Biochem., 2017,41(2):784-794.
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