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Abstract
Background/purpose: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a premalignant condition of the oral cavity, and its pathogenesis remains largely unknown. A multitude of non-coding RNAs are aberrantly expressed in OSF, and their implication for the development of OSF is a matter meriting investigation.
Materials and methods: The functional role of long non-coding RNA NCK1-AS1 in myofibroblast activation of fibrotic buccal mucosal fibroblasts (fBMFs) derived from OSF tissues was assessed. Wound healing, collagen gel contraction and transwell migration assays have been employed to assess the myofibroblast activities. In addition, a luciferase-based reporter assay was used to illustrate the potential mechanism underlying the regulation of NCK1-AS1 in myofibroblast activation.
Results: Silencing of NCK1-AS1 markedly downregulated myofibroblast activation and the expression of fibrosis markers in fBMFs. Besides, we demonstrated that NCK1-AS1 directly interacted with microRNA-137 (miR-137) and was negatively correlated with it. Moreover, we found that NCK1 was a target of miR-137 and positively related to NCK1-AS1. Our results demonstrated that NCK1-AS1 may regulate myofibroblast activation by suppressing miR-137 and upregulating NCK1.
Conclusion: We showed that NCK1-AS1 acted as a sponge of miR-137 and titrated the suppressive effect of miR-137 on NCK1 to modulate myofibroblast activation in OSF condition.
期刊介绍：
he Journal of Dental Sciences (JDS), published quarterly, is the official and open access publication of the Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China (ADS-ROC). The precedent journal of the JDS is the Chinese Dental Journal (CDJ) which had already been covered by MEDLINE in 1988. As the CDJ continued to prove its importance in the region, the ADS-ROC decided to move to the international community by publishing an English journal. Hence, the birth of the JDS in 2006. The JDS is indexed in the SCI Expanded since 2008. It is also indexed in Scopus, and EMCare, ScienceDirect, SIIC Data Bases.
The topics covered by the JDS include all fields of basic and clinical dentistry. Some manuscripts focusing on the study of certain endemic diseases such as dental caries and periodontal diseases in particular regions of any country as well as oral pre-cancers, oral cancers, and oral submucous fibrosis related to betel nut chewing habit are also considered for publication. Besides, the JDS also publishes articles about the efficacy of a new treatment modality on oral verrucous hyperplasia or early oral squamous cell carcinoma.
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