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Decreased expression of the long non-coding RNA MLLT4 antisense RNA 1 is a potential biomarker and an indicator of a poor prognosis for gastric cancer

  • Authors:
    • Yuexing Lai
    • Ping Xu
    • Jie Liu
    • Qinghua Li
    • Dabin Ren
    • Jun Zhang
    • Jing Wang
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  • Published online on: June 23, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6478
  • Pages: 2629-2634
  • Copyright: © Lai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

In recent years, the identification of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) led to the analysis of their characteristics in cancer biology. However, the expression of lncRNAs in cancer and their clinical significance remain unclear. In the present study, an investigation of lncRNAs that may be involved in the regulation of metastasis using microarray and polymerase chain reaction analyses resulted in the identification of MLLT4 antisense RNA 1 (MLLT4‑AS1) as a significantly downregulated lncRNA in gastric cancer tissue compared with normal adjacent tissue (P=0.006). Furthermore, the downregulation of MLL4‑AS1 was significantly associated with advanced Tumor‑Node‑Metastasis stage (P=0.007) and lymph node metastasis (P=0.008). Cox regression analysis showed that MLLT4-AS1 expression was an independent predictor for overall survival (hazard ratio, 13.136; 95% confidence interval, 5.065-34.068; P<0.001). These data suggest that the decreased expression of MLLT4‑AS1 is a potential biomarker and a predictor of a poor prognosis for gastric cancer.

Introduction

Gastric cancer is the fourth most commonly occurring malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide (1). Almost two-thirds of gastric cancer cases occur in developing countries, with an incidence of ~42% in China alone (2). Despite improvements in therapy in the past decades, this type of cancer remains highly lethal due to its aggressive metastatic behavior and the fact that it is often diagnosed at an advanced stage (3). An improved understanding of the disease-causing mechanism and the identification of specific biomarkers for gastric cancer progression are urgently required for the prediction and improvement of clinical outcomes.

Human genome studies have identified a large number of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that are differentially-expressed in varying organs and tissue types (47). Such developments have been equaled through discoveries made by analyzing the role of ncRNAs in human diseases, particularly cancer, which has corroborated the importance of their cellular functions (8,9). Preliminary results have indicated that ncRNAs, particularly long ncRNAs (lncRNA), exhibit key roles in tumorigenesis (8), and that lncRNA-mediated biology is focal to the progression of cancer (8,1013). Those lncRNAs associated with cancer are often aberrantly expressed and affect cancer progression through different mechanisms (14,15). Therefore, a better understanding of the expression and function of lncRNAs may lead to the identification of novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for the treatment of cancer.

The present primary investigation of lncRNAs that may be involved in gastric cancer progression led to the identification of several noteworthy candidates. One of these was MLLT4 antisense RNA 1 (MLLT4-AS1), which is also known as chromosome 6 open reading frame 124 (C6orf124), dJ431P23.3 or HGC6.4. This gene is located in chromosome 6:167,823,876-167,826,709, and 3 transcripts (splice variants) have been identified, namely MLLT4-AS1-001 (2,238 bp), MLLT4-AS1-002 (311 bp) and MLLT4-AS1-003 (182 bp) (www.ensembl.org). It is unknown whether this gene is associated with cancer. In the present study, the expression level of MLLT4-AS1 was examined in gastric cancer tissues and the potential correlation between its expression level and the clinicopathological features of gastric cancer patients was evaluated. These findings indicated that decreased expression of MLLT4-AS1 is associated with a poor prognosis in gastric cancer.

Materials and methods

Sample preparation

A total of 103 human primary gastric cancer samples and paired adjacent non-cancerous tissue samples were collected after obtaining informed consent from patients who underwent D2 radical resection between January 2007 and December 2008 in Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University (Shanghai, China). Of these, 5 tissue samples were randomly selected for human lncRNA microarray analysis and the remaining 98 were used for quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University. All subjects provided informed written consent at the time of surgery for donation of their tissue for this study. Specimens were obtained immediately after surgical resection and stored at −80°C for further analysis. Lymph nodes (LNs) with or without metastasis were also harvested during gastrectomy. The 98 samples analyzed by qPCR were obtained from 51 men and 47 women, with a median age of 57 years (range, 31–83 years). Tumor stage was defined according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer/International Union against Cancer Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) classification system (seventh edition) (16). Clinical data, including date of birth, gender, date of surgery, serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level, Helicobacter pylori status, tumor size, tumor location and other content of histopathological reports, were extracted from the computerized clinical database.

RNA preparation

RNA preparation. Briefly, gastric cancer and paired adjacent non-cancerous tissues were homogenized in TRIzol reagent (1 ml per 50–100 mg tissue; Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA). After sample homogenization, total RNA was extracted following the manufacturer's instructions. The concentration and quality of total RNA from each sample were measured using a NanoDrop ND-1000 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), and RNA integrity was assessed by 1.5% agarose-formaldehyde gel electrophoresis.

lncRNA and mRNA microarray

The Human lncRNA 4*180K array was manufactured by Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA). Each array represented all long transcripts, including protein coding mRNAs and lncRNAs in the human genome. More than 41,053 lncRNAs were collected. Each transcript was represented by 1–5 probes to improve statistical confidence.

Microarray analysis

For microarray analysis, RNA purity and integrity was analyzed by Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100 (Agilent Technologies, Inc.). Qualified total RNA was further purified by RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) and RNase-free DNase set (Qiagen). Total RNA was then amplified and labeled by a Low Input Quick Amp Labeling kit, One-Color (Agilent), following the manufacturer's instructions. Labeled cRNA were purified by RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen). Each Slide was hybridized with 600 ng Cy3-labeled cRNA using a Gene Expression Hybridization kit (Agilent Technologies, Inc.) in a Hybridization Oven (Agilent Technologies, Inc.), according to the manufacturer's instructions. After 17 h of hybridization, the slides were washed in staining dishes (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) with Gene Expression Wash Buffer kit (Agilent Technologies, Inc.), following the manufacturer's instructions. Slides were scanned by Agilent Microarray Scanner (Agilent) with default settings as follows: Dye channel, green; scan resolution, 3 µm; 20 bit. Data were extracted with Feature Extraction software 10.7 (Agilent Technologies, Inc.). Raw data were normalized by Quantile algorithm, Gene Spring Software 11.0 (Agilent).

Reverse transcription (RT)-qPCR

The mRNA from gastric cancer samples and paired adjacent non-cancerous tissues was analyzed by reverse transcription using M-MLV Reverse Transcriptase (Takara Biotechnology, Co., Ltd., Dalian, China). The cDNA template was amplified by RT-qPCR using the SYBR® Premix Dimmer Eraser kit (Takara Biotechnology, Co., Ltd.). Primer sequences used for MLLT4-AS1 amplifications were as follows: Forward, 5′-TGCTGTGCGGTGTTCCTCTC-3′ and reverse, 5′-CGAAGAATTGGCAGATAACGATGT-3′. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was used as an internal control (forward, 5′-ACCCACTCCTCCACCTTTGAC-3′ and reverse, 5′-TGTTGCTGTAGCCAAATTCGTT-3′), and MLLT4-AS1 values were normalized to GAPDH. RT-qPCR was performed with the ABI7500 system (Applied Biosystems; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). The cycling conditions were as follows: 95°C for 10 min, followed by 40 cycles of 95°C for 15 sec and 60°C for 45 sec. All experiments were repeated 3 times. The relative expression fold-change of the mRNA was calculated using the 2−ΔΔCq method (17).

Statistical analysis

Comparisons of continuous data between the two groups were performed with the independent t-test or paired t-test, whereas categorical data were analyzed using the χ2 test. Overall survival was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method, and the differences between groups were estimated by the log-rank test. Independent prognostic indicators were assessed by multivariate analysis using Cox's proportional hazards regression model. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS for Windows v.16.0 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) and GraphPad Prism 5.0 (GraphPad Software, La Jolla, CA, USA). P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

lncRNAs are aberrantly expressed in gastric cancer compared with adjacent non-cancerous tissues

To investigate the potential biological functions of lncRNAs in gastric cancer, the lncRNA expression profiles in human gastric cancer were examined using microarray analysis. The lncRNA expression profiling data revealed 41,053 lncRNAs expressed in gastric cancer (Fig. 1); of these, 1,102 lncRNAs showed different expression profiles (fold-change, ≥2.0 or ≤0.5; P<0.01) between the gastric cancer and adjacent non-cancerous tissues. Among these, 448 lncRNAs were upregulated and 654 were downregulated in the gastric cancer tissues compared with the adjacent non-cancerous tissues. MLLT4-AS1 was significantly downregulated (fold-change, 0.48).

MLLT4-AS1 is downregulated in human gastric carcinoma tissues

The expression of MLLT4-AS1, which was identified as a significantly downregulated lncRNA in gastric cancer, was further examined in 98 pairs of human gastric cancer and adjacent non-cancerous tissues using qPCR. Downregulation of MLLT4-AS1 was detected in 77/98 (78.6%) gastric cancer samples compared with their non-tumorous counterparts (P=0.006; Fig. 2A), indicating that MLLT4-AS1 was frequently downregulated in gastric cancer.

Next, the association between MLLT4-AS1 expression and various clinicopathological parameters was evaluated. Low MLLT4-AS1 expression was positively correlated with advanced TNM stage (P=0.007) and LN metastasis (P=0.008). No significant correlation was observed between MLLT4-AS1 expression and gender, age, location of tumor, size of tumor, liver metastasis, Lauren's classification or serum CEA levels (Table I).

Table I.

Association between MLLT4-AS1 expression and clinicopathological features.

Table I.

Association between MLLT4-AS1 expression and clinicopathological features.

MLLT4-AS1 expression

Clinicopathological variablenLowHighχ2P-value
All cases987721
Age, years 0.7660.381
  ≤5036306
  >50624715
Gender 0.0010.972
  Male514011
  Female473710
HP 1.7870.181
  Positive50428
  Negative483513
Size of tumor, cm 1.2650.261
  <5 (small)32239
  ≥5 (large)665412
Location of tumor 1.8740.392
  Cardia22157
  Body25205
  Antrum51429
Depth of tumor invasion 0.4660.495
  T1-T239327
  T3-T4594514
Lymph node metastasis 7.0520.008
  Present756411
  Absent231310
Liver metastasis 0.4290.513
  Absent695316
  Present29245
Invasion of contiguous organs 3.6550.056
  Yes26179
  No726012
Vessel invasion 0.8390.360
  Negative523913
  Positive46388
Stage 7.2890.007
  I, II322012
  III, IV66579
Lauren's classification 0.7050.401
  Diffuse30228
  Intestinal685513
Grade of differentiation 1.7670.184
  Well and moderate392811
  Poor and undifferentiated594910
Pre-operative chemotherapy 1.4450.229
  Yes44377
  No544014
Serum CEA value, µg/l 0.1050.746
  <5594712
  ≥539309

[i] MLLT4-AS1, MLLT4 antisense RNA 1; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; HP, Helicobacter pylori.

Downregulation of MLLT4-AS1 is associated with LN metastasis

LN metastasis is one of the most important prognostic factors in patients with gastric cancer. To further investigate the role of MLLT4-AS1 in LN metastasis, MLLT4-AS1 expression was compared between 23 paired LN specimens using RT-qPCR. Each paired LN specimen consisted of one LN with metastasis and one without metastasis, derived from the same patient. Overall, 19/23 pairs of LNs (82.6%) showed lower MLLT4-AS1 expression in the metastatic LNs than in their matched non-metastatic counterparts (P=0.017; Fig. 2B).

In addition, the study investigated whether MLLT4-AS1 expression status in the primary tumor could predict the presence of LN metastasis. Calculation of predictive values by receiver operating curve analysis showed that the area under the curve was 0.8204 (Fig. 2C).

MLLT4-AS1 expression and clinical outcomes

The 1-, 3- and 5-year cumulative survival rates for patients with high MLLT4-AS1 expression were 90, 71 and 57% respectively, whereas the corresponding values for patients with low MLLT4-AS1 expression were 78, 43 and 23%, respectively. These results indicated that gastric cancer patients with low MLLT4-AS1 expression had a poorer prognosis than those with high MLLT4-AS1 expression (P<0.05; Fig. 3). Potential prognostic factors of 98 cases gastric cancer patients were analyzed by the Cox's proportional hazards regression model to investigate the association between patient survival and several clinicopathological parameters (Table II). The results indicated that MLLT4-AS1 expression was an independent prognostic factor for patients with gastric cancer [Hazard ratio (HR), 13.136; 95% CI, 5.065–34.068; P<0.001], in addition to the TNM stage (HR, 6.489; 95% CI, 2.932–14.360; P<0.001) and LN metastasis (HR, 4.330; 95% CI, 1.572–11.930; P=0.005)(Table II).

Table II.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with overall survival.

Table II.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with overall survival.

Multivariate

Clinicopathological variableUnivariate P-valueHazard ratio95% CIP-value
Age: ≤50 vs. >50 years0.3010.9140.349–2.3930.855
Gender: Male vs. female0.3421.3030.708–2.3930.396
HP: Positive vs. negative0.2800.8240.459–1.4800.518
Size: <5 vs. 5 cm0.2620.9620.542–1.7070.893
Location: Cardia vs. body vs. antrum0.3241.1640.935–1.4490.173
Invasion depth: T1-T2 vs. T3-T40.5500.8240.457–1.4880.522
LNM: N0 vs. N1 vs. N2 vs. N3a vs. N3b<0.0014.3301.572–11.9300.005
Liver metastasis: Yes vs. no0.2541.1920.633–2.2450.586
MLLT4-AS1: High vs. low<0.00113.1365.065–34.068<0.001
Invasion of contiguous organs: Yes vs. no0.8690.6840.356–1.3140.254
Microvessel invasion: Yes vs. no0.8231.1560.676–1.9770.596
Stage: I, II vs. III, IV<0.0016.4892.932–14.360<0.001
Lauren's classification: Diffuse vs. intestinal0.6180.7240.371–1.4160.724
Grade of differentiation: Well and moderate vs. poor0.6500.9600.534–1.7250.892
Preoperative chemotherapy: Yes vs. no0.0301.1000.613–1.9740.750
CEA: 5 vs. >5 µg/ml0.7970.6600.376–1.1580.147

[i] MLLT4-AS1, MLLT4 antisense RNA 1; LNM, lymph node metastasis; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CI, confidence interval; HP, Helicobacter pylori.

Discussion

The present study showed for the first time that the lncRNA MLLT4-AS1 is downregulated in gastric cancer tissues. The downregulation of MLL4-AS1 expression was significantly associated with histological grade, LN metastasis, distant metastasis and a shorter disease-free interval. These data suggested that MLLT4-AS1 functions as a tumor suppressor gene and that downregulation of MLLT4-AS1 is a potential predictor of a poor disease prognosis.

Two issues remain to be addressed. Firstly, the mechanism by which MLLT4-AS1 is silenced in gastric cancer. In cancer cells, tumor suppressive genes are usually silenced by genetic (18) and epigenetic (19) alterations. Two main pathways are involved in the process of genetic alteration. One pathway is the hypermutability pathway, in which repair gene inactivation results in an increased mutation rate, affecting a number of different genes (20) and leading to deregulated cancer cell proliferation. In the second pathway, the chromosomal instability pathway, gross chromosomal alterations result in aneuploidy of cancer cells and lead to tumor suppressor gene inactivation and oncogene activation (21). Studies have reported that chromosome 6 is a target of chromosome instability that is associated with gastric cancer development. Deletions of the long arm of chromosome 6 have been observed in 26–45% of primary gastric carcinomas (2226). Two regions on chromosome 6 undergo heterozygous loss in primary gastric carcinomas; the region between 6q16.3 and 6q23 is lost in 50% of informative cases, whereas the region between 6q26 and 6q27 is lost in 37% of informative cases (27). MLLT4-AS1 is located in 6q27 (www.ensembl.org), which indicates that the silencing of MLLT4-AS1 in gastric cancer may result from the heterozygous loss of regions on chromosome 6. However, the possibility that epigenetic alterations may also play a role cannot be excluded.

The second issue to be addresses is the mechanism linking MLLT4-AS1 loss to enhanced gastric cancer metastasis. To date, the majority of well-characterized lncRNAs have exhibited a functional role in gene expression regulation, and normally in transcriptional rather than post-transcriptional regulation. This may occur through the targeting of genomically local (cis-regulation) or genomically distant (trans-regulation) genes (28). Typically, antisense lncRNAs regulate gene transcription by suppressing the expression of their sense counterparts (29). The counterpart of MLLT4-AS1 is MLLT4, which encodes afadin/AF6, an actin-binding protein that regulates cell-cell adhesions. Previous studies have revealed an association between afadin/AF6 and cancer (3032). For instance, loss of afadin/AF6 expression, which is associated with adverse prognosis and increased risk of metastatic relapse in breast cancer, induces cell migration, invasiveness, and tumor growth (33). Nevertheless, in future studies, it would be of interest to investigate whether the role of MLLT4-AS1 in gastric cancer metastasis involves the regulation of the expression of its sense counterpart.

In summary, the present study showed that the lncRNA MLLT4-AS1 was downregulated in gastric cancer. Decreased expression of MLLT4-AS1 was associated with LN metastasis and a poor prognosis in patients with gastric cancer. These data suggest that MLLT4-AS1 is a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of gastric cancer.

Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Medical Leading Project of Songjiang Commission of Health and Family Planning (grant no. 2011LX07), the Youth Scientific Research Fund of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning (grant no. 20144Y0162), the Key Medical Specialties Fund of Shanghai (grant no. ZK2012A38), the Science and Technology Development Fund of Nanjing Medical University (grant no. 2016NJMU161) and the Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation (grant no. 16ZR1432000).

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