LncRNA AGAP2 antisense RNA 1 stabilized by insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 3 promotes macrophage M2 polarization in clear cell renal cell carcinoma through regulation of the microRNA-9-5p/THBS2/PI3K-Akt pathway

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BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence highlights the potential role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the biological behaviors of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Here, we explored the mechanism of AGAP2-AS1 in the occurrence and development of clear cell RCC (ccRCC) involving IGF2BP3/miR-9-5p/THBS2.

METHODS: The expressions of AGAP2-AS1, IGF2BP3, miR-9-5p, and THBS2 and their relationship were analyzed by bioinformatics. The targeting relationship between AGAP2-AS1 and miR-9-5p and between miR-9-5p and THBS2 was evaluated with their effect on cell biological behaviors and macrophage polarization assayed. Finally, we tested the effect of AGAP2-AS1 on ccRCC tumor formation in xenograft tumors.

RESULTS: IGF2BP3 could stabilize AGAP2-AS1 through m6A modification. AGAP2-AS1 was highly expressed in ccRCC tissues and cells. The lentivirus-mediated intervention of AGAP2-AS1 induced malignant behaviors of ccRCC cells and led to M2 polarization of macrophages. In addition, THBS2 promoted M2 polarization of macrophages by activating the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. AGAP2-AS1 could directly bind with miR-9-5p and promote the expression of THBS2 downstream of miR-9-5p. These results were further verified by in vivo experiments.

CONCLUSION: AGAP2-AS1 stabilized by IGF2BP3 competitively binds to miR-9-5p to up-regulate THBS2, activating the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and inducing macrophage M2 polarization, thus facilitating the development of RCC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Cancer cell international - 23(2023), 1 vom: 18. Dez., Seite 330

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Da-Xiong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yao-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiao-Han [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Jia-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Jia-Fu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AGAP2-AS1
IGF2BP3
Journal Article
Long non-coding RNA
M2 polarization
MiR-9-5p
N6-methyladenosine
PI3K/AKT
Renal cell carcinoma
THBS2

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Date Revised 21.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12935-023-03173-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366016792