Basic Information
| LncRNA/CircRNA Name | UCA1 |
| Synonyms | UCA1, CUDR, LINC00178, NCRNA00178, UCAT1, onco-lncRNA-36 |
| Region | GRCh38_19:15828206-15836326 |
| Ensemble | ENSG00000214049 |
| Refseq | NR_015379 |
Classification Information
| Regulatory Mechanism | Biological Function | Clinical Application | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TF | Immune | Survival | |||
| Enhancer | Apoptosis | Drug | |||
| Variant | Cell Growth | Circulating | |||
| MiRNA | EMT | Metastasis | |||
| Methylation | Coding Ability | Recurrence |
Cancer&Entry Information
| Cancer Name | esophageal cancer |
| ICD-0-3 | C15 |
| Methods | qPCR, RNAi, Western blot, Luciferase reporter assay, Cell proliferation assay etc. |
| Sample | EC tissues, cell lines (EC9706 and KYSE) |
| Expression Pattern | up-regulated |
| Function Description | UCA1 was significantly upregulated in EC tissues and associated with poor prognosis. Overexpression of UCA1 promoted the proliferation of EC cells, while silence of UCA1 inhibited EC cells growth. Furthermore, we found that Sox4 was a direct target gene of UCA1. UCA1 regulated Sox4 expression through functioning as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA). UCA1 directly interacted with miR-204 and decreased the binding of miR-204 to Sox4 3'UTR, which suppressed the degradation of Sox4 mRNA by miR-204. |
| Pubmed ID | 27667646 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Title | lncRNA-UCA1 enhances cell proliferation through functioning as a ceRNA of Sox4 in esophageal cancer. |
External Links
| Links for UCA1 | GenBank HGNC NONCODE |
| Links for esophageal cancer | OMIM COSMIC |