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- Title
A genetic variant in long non-coding RNA MALAT1 associated with survival outcome among patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma: a survival cohort analysis.
- Authors
Jian-Zhong Wang; Jing-Jun Xiang; Li-Ge Wu; Yan-Sen Bai; Zhuo-Wang Chen; Xiang-Qian Yin; Qing Wang; Wen-Hao Guo; Ying Peng; Huan Guo; Ping Xu; Wang, Jian-Zhong; Xiang, Jing-Jun; Wu, Li-Ge; Bai, Yan-Sen; Chen, Zhuo-Wang; Yin, Xiang-Qian; Wang, Qing; Guo, Wen-Hao; Peng, Ying
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Recently studies have demonstrated that the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) may participate in the development and progression of lung cancer. In this study, we hypothesized that genetic variant of this lncRNA may affect the prognosis of lung cancer patients.<bold>Methods: </bold>We conducted a follow-up study for 538 patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), including 140 early-staged (stage I and II) and 398 advanced staged (stage III and IV) patients. The genetic variant rs3200401 in MALAT1 was then genotyped among this population by using TaqMan assay. The association of this variant with overall survival of these patients was further analyzed.<bold>Results: </bold>It was shown that among the advanced lung adenoma patients, subjects carrying rs3200401 CT and CT + TT genotypes had significantly longer median survival time (MST = 29.9, 28.9 vs. 19.3 month, Long-rank P = 0.019 and 0.024, respectively) and decreased death risks [crude HR (95% CI) = 0.65 (0.43-0.98) and 0.64 (0.44-0.95), P = 0.040 and 0.025, respectively], when compared to subjects wtih the MALAT1 rs3200401 CC genotype. However, the beneficial effect of rs3200401 was not seen among early NSCLC and advanced lung squamous cell carcinoma patients. We further tested the TCGA data, and found that a higher expression of MALAT1 was associated with metastatic of advanced lung adenocarcinoma but not with lung squamous cell carcinoma.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The rs3200401 T allele located on the lncRNA MALAT1 was associated with a better survival for advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients, which may offer a novel prognostic biomarker for this patient subgroup. However, these results need to be validated in larger populations of lung cancer and the biological function of this variant still warrants further investigation.
- Subjects
LUNG cancer prognosis; NON-coding RNA; ADENOCARCINOMA; TUMOR growth; CANCER invasiveness; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); COHORT analysis; GENETIC polymorphisms; GENETIC techniques; LUNG cancer; LUNG tumors; PROGNOSIS; RNA; TUMOR classification; PROPORTIONAL hazards models; KAPLAN-Meier estimator
- Publication
BMC Cancer, 2017, Vol 17, p1
- ISSN
1471-2407
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12885-017-3151-6