AUTHOR=Zheng Zhijian , Hong Dan , Zhang Xiaodong , Chang Yixin , Sun Ning , Lin Zhenni , Li Hongyan , Huang Shirui , Zhang Ruirui , Xie Qipeng , Huang Haishan , Jin Honglei TITLE=uc.77- Downregulation Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Proliferation by Inhibiting FBXW8-Mediated CDK4 Protein Degradation JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology VOLUME=11 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.673223 DOI=10.3389/fonc.2021.673223 ISSN=2234-943X ABSTRACT=

Transcribed ultraconserved regions (T-UCRs) are a new type of long non-coding RNA, and the UCR has 481 segments longer than 200 base pairs that are 100% conserved between humans, rats, and mice. T-UCRs involved in colorectal cancer (CRC) have not been studied in detail. We performed T-UCR microarray analysis and found that uc.77- was significantly downregulated in CRC tissues and cell lines. Ectopic expression of uc.77- significantly inhibited the proliferation of CRC cells in vitro and the growth of xenograft tumors in nude mice in vivo. Mechanistic studies showed that uc.77- competed with FBXW8 mRNA for binding to microRNA (miR)-4676-5p through a competing endogenous RNA mechanism and inhibited the proliferation of CRC cells by negatively regulating CDK4. The present findings highlight the role of the uc.77-/miR-4676-5p/FBXW8 axis in CRC and identify uc.77- as a potential novel target for the treatment of CRC.