Clinical significance of lncRNA MIR31HG in melanoma.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the expression of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) MIR31HG in malignant melanoma (MM), and to investigate its clinical significance. PATIENTS AND METHODS The quantitative Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression of lncRNA MIR31HG in MM tissues and cells. The relationship between lncRNA MIR31HG expression and the clinicopathological characteristics was analyzed. Furthermore, the cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and the transwell assays were performed to assess the effect of MIR31HG on cell proliferation and metastasis in vitro, respectively. RESULTS The expression of MIR31HG was significantly upregulated in MM tissues and cells. To explore the relationship between MIR31HG expression and clinical features, the patients were divided into two groups according to the mean expression of MIR31HG, including high expression group and low expression group. The subsequent results indicated that MIR31HG expression was correlated with lymph nodes metastasis, distal metastasis, and TNM stage. The multivariate analysis indicated that a high expression of MIR31HG could be used as an independent prognostic factor for MM. MIR31HG low-expression cells were constructed in vitro. Compared with the control cells, the cells with low expression of MIR31HG showed significantly low malignancy, including decreased cell proliferation rate and migration and invasion rates. CONCLUSIONS LncRNA MIR31HG was a novel factor involved in MM progression, which could be used as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for MM.

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