Epigenetically-regulated serum GAS5 as a potential biomarker for patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

Cancer Biomarkers : Section a of Disease Markers
Yong GuoJianjian Zheng

Abstract

Long non-coding RNA-growth arrest specific transcript 5 (lncRNA-GAS5) plays a suppressive role in activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). LncRNAs could circulate in the blood in a cell-free form and serve as promising biomarkers for various human diseases. Herein, we investigated the feasibility of using serum GAS5 as a biomarker for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients and whether promoter methylation was responsible for GAS5 down-regulation. Serum GAS5 levels were quantified using quantitative real-time PCR in CHB patients and healthy controls. GAS5 promoter methylation was examined in LX-2 cells and cirrhotic tissues. Compared with the sera from healthy controls, lower GAS5 levels were found in the sera from CHB patients. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis indicated that serum GAS5 had a significant diagnostic value for liver fibrosis in CHB patients. Serum GAS5 negatively correlated with HAI scores as well as ALT values in CHB patients. GAS5 was additionally reduced in cirrhotic tissues, associated with its hypermethylation promoter. In LX-2 cells, transforming growth factor-β1 treatment led to a reduction in GAS5 expression and an increase in promoter methylation. Hypermethylation of GAS5 was...Continue Reading

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