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Research Paper|Volume 16, Issue 6|pp 5740—5750

Evaluation of the clinical significance of long non-coding RNA MALAT1 genetic variants in human lung adenocarcinoma

Shu-Hui Lin1,2,3, Jeng-Wei Lu4,5, Wang-Ting Hsieh6,7, Ying-Erh Chou8, Tzu-Cheng Su1, Tun-Jen Tsai6, Yun-Jung Tsai9, Po-Jen Yang8,10, Shun-Fa Yang11,12
  • 1Department of Pathology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
  • 2Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 3Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 4Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 5The Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet/National University Hospital, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 6The Affiliated High School of Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 7Department of Occupational Therapy, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 8School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 9Translational Pathology Core Laboratory, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
  • 10Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 11Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 12Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Received: November 15, 2023Accepted: March 4, 2024Published: March 21, 2024
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.205675

Copyright: © 2024 Lin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the most frequent histological subtype of lung cancer, which is the most common malignant tumor and the main cause of cancer-related mortality globally. Recent reports revealed that long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) of metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) plays a crucial role in tumorigenesis and metastasis development in lung cancer. However, the contribution of MALAT1 genetic variants to the development of LUAD is unclear, especially in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status. In this study, 272 LADC patients with different EGFR status were recruited to dissect the allelic discrimination of the MALAT1 polymorphisms at rs3200401, rs619586, and rs1194338. The findings of the study showed that MALAT1 polymorphisms rs3200401, rs619586, and rs1194338 were not associated to LUAD susceptibility; however, rs3200401 polymorphisms was significantly correlated to EGFR wild-type status and tumor stages in LUAD patients in dominant model (p=0.016). Further analyses using the datasets from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) revealed that lower MALAT1 mRNA levels were associated with the advanced stage, and lymph node metastasis in LADC patients. In conclusion, our results showed that MALAT1 rs3200401 polymorphisms dramatically raised the probability of LUAD development.