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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2022

Downregulation of HULC Induces Ferroptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma via Targeting of the miR-3200-5p/ATF4 Axis.

Lulu Guan, Feifei Wang, Mengjiao Wang, Songfeng Han, Zhaohai Cui, Shoumin Xi, Haixu Xu, Shipeng Li

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lulu GuanMedical Research Center, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, School of Basic Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-9046
Feifei WangDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Jiaozuo 454000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-1440
Mengjiao WangMedical Research Center, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, School of Basic Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9645-3984
Songfeng HanMedical Research Center, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, School of Basic Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6684-0465
Zhaohai CuiDepartment of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease of the Educational Ministry of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, 300070 Tianjin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0208-6648
Shoumin XiMedical Research Center, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, School of Basic Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2831-0898
Haixu XuDepartment of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease of the Educational Ministry of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, 300070 Tianjin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8310-2461
Shipeng LiLiver Transplantation Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8615-2440
Henan University of Science and Technology · CNTianjin Medical University · CNCapital Medical University · CNJiaozuo University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a malignant tumor that poses a serious threat to human health. Ferroptosis, which represents an identified type of regulated iron-dependent cell death, may play an important role in hepatocellular carcinoma. However, it is unclear as to whether ferroptosis is involved with the mechanisms of lncRNA HULC in liver cancer cells. Here, we show that knockdown of HULC increases ferroptosis and oxidative stress in liver cancer cells. We also found changes in some related miRNAs in cells treated with HULC siRNA. Differential miRNA expression levels were determined with the use of high-throughput sequencing and prediction target genes identified using bioinformatics analysis. HULC was found to function as a ceRNA of miR-3200-5p, and miR-3200-5p regulates ferroptosis by targeting ATF4, resulting in the inhibition of proliferation and metastasis within HCC cells. In summary, these findings illuminate some of the molecular mechanisms through which downregulation of HULC induces liver cancer cell ferroptosis by targeting the miR-3200-5p/ATF4 axis to modulate the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularFerroptosisLiver NeoplasmsMicroRNAsRNA, Long NoncodingActivating Transcription Factor 4Cell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDown-RegulationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansActivating Transcription Factor 4ATF4 protein, humanHULC long non-coding RNA, humanMicroRNAsMIRN3200 microRNA, humanRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID35615577
PMCPMC9126659
OpenAlexW4280624881

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