Application of LINC01012 as gastric cancer diagnosis molecule and drug target gene
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of biomedicine, and relates to application of LINC01012 as a gastric cancer diagnosis molecule and a drug target gene.
Background
Gastric Cancer (GC) is the second largest cancer worldwide leading to death. The rapid progression and metastasis of the disease results in a poor prognosis. In order to improve early diagnosis and targeted therapy of GC, understanding of its underlying molecular mechanisms and identifying new, effective biomarkers and therapeutic targets are urgently needed.
Long-chain non-coding RNAs (lncrnas) are RNA molecules with transcripts longer than 200nt, different from other small-molecule non-coding RNAs, which can regulate RNA metabolism, protein functional activity, histone modification and chromatin remodeling in a cis (in cis) or trans (in trans) action manner, and are widely involved in cellular biological processes at epigenetics, transcription and post-transcriptional levels. Non-coding RNA (ncrna) is RNA that cannot be translated into protein. Two main categories are distinguished: small RNAs (< 200NT) and lncRNAs. Small ncRNA, including small RNA, siRNA and DNA, has been demonstrated to play an important role in gastric carcinogenesis. In recent years, a number of studies have shown that lncRNAs are involved in the development of a variety of diseases, having a variety of functions in a wide range of biological processes, particularly in connection with the development of human cancer. The study showed that: in addition to these coding genes, which have been extensively studied, abnormal expression of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) is also involved in tumor malignant progression. More and more researches prove that the lncRNAs not only play an important role in maintaining the normal physiological functions and the development process of the body, but also have close relation between the abnormal expression and the occurrence and the development of diseases, particularly the malignant development of tumors. One well-known pathogenesis of tumor involvement of oncogenic lncRNA is HOTAIR (HOX transcriptional antisense RNA), which is consistently up-regulated and is identified as a prognostic marker of patient outcome, e.g., affecting survival in a variety of human tumor patients.
Recently, many studies have shown that lncRNA is highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find new lncRNAs and investigate their biological effects on gastric cancer in order to obtain potential therapeutic targets for diagnosis and gene therapy of gastric cancer.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a long-chain non-coding RNA marker for diagnosing and treating gastric cancer. Experiments prove that the expression level of LINC01012 in gastric cancer tissues is obviously higher than that in para-cancer tissues, so that LINC01012 can be used as a molecular marker for diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer.
In order to test the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the invention provides an application of a reagent for detecting long-chain non-coding RNA expression in preparation of gastric cancer diagnosis products.
The long non-coding RNA of the invention is named LINC01012 in NCBI, and the gene ID: 100507173, the transcript sequence of LINC01012 includes the following: genbank accession number NR _038292.1 (having a length of 2785bp, corresponding DNA sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 1); genbank accession number NR _038293.1 (having a length of 675bp, the corresponding DNA sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO. 2); genbank accession number NR-038294.1 (having a length of 753bp, the corresponding DNA sequence being shown in SEQ ID NO. 3).
Further, the reagent comprises a PCR amplification primer used for detecting the LINC01012 expression level by using SYBR Green, a TaqMan probe, a molecular beacon, a double-hybridization probe or a composite probe.
In a specific embodiment of the invention, the primer sequences are shown as SEQ ID NO.4 and SEQ ID NO. 5.
The invention provides a product for gastric cancer diagnosis, which comprises a reagent for detecting the expression level of LINC 01012.
Further, the reagent comprises SYBR Green, a TaqMan probe, a molecular beacon, a double-hybridization probe or a PCR amplification primer used for detecting the LINC01012 expression quantity by a composite probe.
In a specific embodiment of the invention, the primer sequences are shown as SEQ ID NO.4 and SEQ ID NO. 5.
Further, the aforementioned products include, but are not limited to, chips, kits, test strips, or high throughput sequencing platforms; the high-throughput sequencing platform is a special tool for diagnosing gastric cancer, and with the development of a high-throughput sequencing technology, the construction of an RNA expression profile of a person becomes very convenient work. By comparing the RNA expression profiles of patients with disease and normal populations, it is easy to identify which RNA abnormalities are associated with disease. Therefore, the knowledge that non-LINC 01012 abnormalities are associated with gastric cancer in high throughput sequencing is also included in the use of LINC01012 and is also within the scope of the present invention.
The kit comprises a reagent for detecting the expression quantity of LINC01012, the reagent comprises nucleic acid combined with LINC01012 or a DNA sequence thereof, and the nucleic acid comprises SYBR Green, a TaqMan probe, a molecular beacon, a double-hybridization probe or a PCR amplification primer used when a composite probe is used for detecting the expression quantity of LINC 01012.
The chip comprises a reagent for detecting the expression level of LINC01012, wherein the reagent comprises a nucleic acid combined with LINC01012 or a DNA sequence thereof, and the nucleic acid comprises a probe capable of detecting the expression level of LINC 01012.
The test paper comprises a reagent for detecting the expression level of LINC01012, the reagent comprises a nucleic acid combined with LINC01012 or a DNA sequence thereof, and the nucleic acid comprises a probe capable of detecting the expression level of LINC 01012.
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of gastric cancer comprising an agent that inhibits LINC 01012.
Further, the agent is not limited as long as it can inhibit the expression level of LINC01012 or inhibit the functional activity of LINC 01012.
The reagent comprises siRNA or shRNA of LINC 01012. In a specific embodiment of the invention, the siRNA sequence of LINC01012 is shown in SEQ ID NO.8 and SEQ ID NO. 9.
The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may be administered alone or together with other drugs as a medicine. The other drug that can be administered together with the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is not limited as long as it does not impair the effect of the therapeutic or prophylactic pharmaceutical composition of the present invention.
The pharmaceutical composition of the invention can be prepared into various dosage forms according to requirements. Including, but not limited to, tablets, solutions, granules, patches, ointments, capsules, aerosols or suppositories for transdermal, mucosal, nasal, buccal, sublingual or oral use.
The route of administration of the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is not limited as long as it can exert the desired therapeutic or prophylactic effect, and includes, but is not limited to, intravenous, intraperitoneal, intraocular, intraarterial, intrapulmonary, oral, intravesicular, intramuscular, intratracheal, subcutaneous, transdermal, transpleural, topical, inhalation, transmucosal, cutaneous, gastrointestinal, intraarticular, intraventricular, rectal, vaginal, intracranial, intraurethral, intrahepatic. In some cases, the administration may be systemic. In some cases topical administration.
The dosage of the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is not limited as long as the desired therapeutic effect or prophylactic effect is obtained, and can be appropriately determined depending on the symptoms, sex, age, and the like. The dose of the therapeutic or prophylactic pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can be determined using, for example, the therapeutic effect or prophylactic effect on a disease as an index.
The invention also provides the application of the long-chain non-coding RNA in preparing a medicament for treating gastric cancer.
The invention also provides the application of the reagent for inhibiting the long-chain non-coding RNA in preparing the medicine for treating gastric cancer.
Further, the reagent is as defined above.
The present invention also provides a method for diagnosing gastric cancer, comprising the steps of:
(1) obtaining a sample from a subject;
(2) detecting the expression level of LINC01012 in a sample from the subject;
(3) correlating the measured expression level of LINC01012 with the presence or absence of disease in the subject.
(4) If the expression level of LINC01012 is increased compared to the control, the subject is determined to have gastric cancer, or the subject is at high risk of having gastric cancer, or the gastric cancer patient is determined to have poor prognosis.
The present invention also provides a method for the treatment of gastric cancer, said method comprising reducing the expression level of LINC01012 or inhibiting the functional activity of LINC 01012.
The invention also provides a screening method of the gastric cancer drug, which can measure the effect of the tumor drug on improving tumor prognosis by measuring the expression level of LINC01012 after adding the test drug to gastric cancer cells or at a certain period after applying the test drug to gastric cancer model animals. More specifically, when the expression level of LINC01012 decreases or returns to normal levels after addition or administration of the test drug, the drug can be selected as a therapeutic drug for improving the prognosis of tumor.
In the context of the present invention, "diagnosing gastric cancer" includes determining whether a subject has gastric cancer, determining whether a subject is at risk of having gastric cancer, determining responsiveness of a gastric cancer patient to drug treatment, or determining a prognosis for a gastric cancer patient.
As used herein, "treatment" encompasses treatment-related diseases or disease states in a mammal, such as a human, having the associated disease or disorder, and includes:
(1) preventing the occurrence of a disease or condition in a mammal, particularly when the mammal is susceptible to said disease condition but has not been diagnosed as having such a disease condition;
(2) inhibiting a disease or disease state, i.e., preventing its occurrence; or
(3) Alleviating the disease or condition, i.e., causing regression of the disease or condition.
The term "treatment" generally refers to the treatment of a human or animal (e.g., as applied by a veterinarian) wherein some desired therapeutic effect is achieved, e.g., inhibiting the progression of a condition (including slowing the progression, stopping the progression), ameliorating the condition, and curing the condition. Treatment as a prophylactic measure (e.g., prophylaxis) is also included. The use of a patient who has not yet developed a condition but who is at risk of developing the condition is also encompassed by the term "treatment".
The invention has the advantages and beneficial effects that:
the invention discloses a molecular marker for diagnosing gastric cancer, which can be used for judging the early stage of gastric cancer occurrence and provides the survival rate of patients.
The therapeutic agent of the present invention comprising an agent that inhibits LINC01012 can be used as a novel therapeutic agent for gastric cancer.
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FIG. 1 shows a statistical chart of the detection of the inhibition of LINC01012 expression by QPCR.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Experimental procedures without specific conditions noted in the examples, generally following conventional conditions, such as Sambrook et al, molecular cloning: the conditions described in the laboratory Manual (New York: Cold Spring harbor laboratory Press,1989), or according to the manufacturer's recommendations.
Example 1 study of differential expression of LncRNA
1. Study object
Surgical specimens (gastric cancer tissues and corresponding paracancerous normal tissues) of 50 primary gastric cancer patients subjected to gastric carcinoma radical surgery in tumor surgery in hospitals were collected. 30 men and 20 women in 50 patients; the patients are 38-79 years old, and the average age is 61 years old, and the patients have not received adjuvant treatment before operation. Immediately storing the tissue specimen at-80 ℃ after RNA extraction.
Grouping standard: a. primary gastric cancer is diagnosed before operation, and the cancer is not treated; b. no other malignancies were merged; c. no other complications such as gastric perforation, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, gastrointestinal obstruction and the like exist, and the general condition of the patient before the operation is good; d. no other chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, etc.
2. Detection at the transcriptional level
Total RNA was extracted from each of the experimental group (gastric cancer tissue) and the control group (adjacent normal stomach tissue) using RNAassoplus (TaKaRa, Shiga, Japan), and the concentration and purity of the RNA were measured using a spectrophotometer. It was reverse-transcribed into complementary DNA (cDNA) using PrimeScript reverse transcriptase (TaKaRa, Shiga, Japan). cDNA as template, according to SYBRGREEN EX TaqTM(TaKaRa, Shiga, Japan) Specification requires the reaction system and reaction time to carry out QPCR on LightCycler480, and all experimental results were repeated 3 times with results of 2-△△CT calculations and statistical analysis. GAPDH was used as the reference gene in the experiment. An upstream primer 5'-GGCAGTAGCATTATGAACAA-3' (SEQ ID NO.4) and a downstream primer 5'-ACAGAGCAAGACTCCATC-3' (SEQ ID NO.5) of LINC 01012; GAPDH upstream primer: 5'-TCATGGGTGTGAACCATGAGAA-3' (SEQ ID NO.6), and a downstream primer 5'-GGCATGGACTGTGGTCATGAG-3' (SEQ ID NO. 7).
3. Results
The statistical results show that the expression level of LINC01012 in gastric cancer tissues (relative expression level of 2.567 + -0.702) is significantly increased, about 2.6 times, compared with the paracarcinoma tissues (setting expression level of 1), and the difference has statistical significance (P < 0.05). Using the GEO database for electronic validation, ROC curve analysis showed that LINC01012 has an AUC value of 0.8319 when differentiating between gastric cancer patients and normals.
Example 2 inhibition of LINC01012 expression
1. Cell culture and transfection
Cell culture: the gastric cancer cell line BGC-823 is prepared from DMEM containing 10% FBS and placed in 5% CO2And saturated humidity, and culturing in a carbon dioxide incubator at 37 ℃. The culture medium was changed every two days and the cells were passaged by digestion with 0.25% trypsin.
siRNA transfection: the day before transfection, cells are digested and plated onto a petri dish or plate in an amount that ensures a density of 30-50% at the next day of transfection. The siRNA transfection was performed strictly according to LipofectaminTM2000, the culture was continued for 48h after 4-6h by replacing fresh culture medium containing 10% FBS.
2. SiRNA design
Design of siRNA (small interfering RNA): by BLAST search, siRNA sequences were designed in the specific sequence region of LINC 01012:
siRNA-LINC01012
sense strand: 5'-UUUCUUCUGAACAAGAAUGUG-3' (SEQ ID NO. 8);
antisense strand: 5'-CAUUCUUGUUCAGAAGAAACA-3' (SEQ ID NO. 9).
The above siRNA was synthesized by Shanghai Jima pharmaceutical technology, Inc., while the company provided negative control siRNA (siRNA-NC).
3. Detection of siRNA interference Using QPCR assay
The procedure is as in example 1.
4. Results
After siRNA transfects gastric cancer cell strain BGC823, change of LncRNA transcription level is detected by QPCR. The results are shown in fig. 1, the expression level of LncRNA in the experimental group cells (siRNA-LncRNA) is obviously reduced compared with the control group cells (siRNA-NC), the inhibition rate is about 73%, the difference has statistical significance (P <0.05), and the results show that the siRNA-LncRNA of the invention can obviously inhibit the expression of LINC01012 in the cells.
Example 3 measurement of gastric cancer cell proliferation potency by inhibiting LINC01012 expression
1. The method comprises the following steps:
BGC-823 cells in logarithmic growth phase are taken and inoculated on a 96-well culture plate, after the cells are cultured for 12 hours, siRNA-LncRNA and siRNA-NC are transfected respectively, and after 4-6 hours, DMEM containing 10% FBS is replaced to continue culturing for 72 hours; and adding 10 mu LCCK8 to each well of each plate, incubating for 2h in an incubator, and detecting the absorbance value with the wavelength of 450nm by using a microplate reader. Each group of cells was set with 5 replicate wells, and the experiment was repeated 3 times to plot cell growth curves.
2. Statistical analysis
The experimental data are expressed as mean-squared-off standard deviations (MS-SD) using SPSS15.0 statistical software, and subjected to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) or t-test. P <0.05 is statistically significant for the differences.
3. Results
The results showed that 72h after transfection, the cell growth rate of siRNA-LncRNA group (0.874 + -0.024) was significantly decreased (P <0.05) compared to siRNA-NC (1.546 + -0.052). The result shows that the inhibition of LINC01012 expression has an inhibitory effect on the proliferation capacity of the gastric cancer cell strain BGC 823.
The above description of the embodiments is only intended to illustrate the method of the invention and its core idea. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the principle of the present invention, several improvements and modifications can be made to the present invention, and these improvements and modifications will also fall into the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.
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