LINC00662 affects the sensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma cells to sorafenib drug by regulating miR-106a-5p/CAV1 axis

Objective:To investigate the mechanism of long non-coding RNA-LINC00662 on induction of sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)cells.Methods:HCC cells(HepG2,HCCLM3),sorafenib-resistant hepatocellular carcinoma cells HCC-SR(HepG2-SR,HCCLM3-SR)were investigated by real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RT-qPCR)and Western blot was used to detect LINC00662,miR-106a-5p and cavitin-1(CAV1)expression in each group of cells.106a-5p and cavitin-1(CAV1)expression levels were measured by RT-qPCR and Western blot.The si-LINC00662 and miR-106a-5p mimics were transfected with HCC-SR cells,respectively,and cell sensitivity to sorafenib drug was detected by cell activity kit(CCK-8).And the targeting relationship between LINC00662 and miR-106a-5p,miR-106a-5p and CAV1 was further determined by dual luciferase reporter assay,RT-qPCR,and Western blot.Results:The relative expression of LINC00662 and CAV1 was significantly increased and miR-106a-5p expression was significantly decreased in HCC-SR cells(P<0.01,P<0.001);interference with LINC00662 expression or overexpression of miR-106a-5p significantly increased the sensitivity of HCC-SR cells to sorafenib drug(P<0.05,P<0.01).And LINC00662 targeted to negatively regulate miR-106a-5p expression and miR-106a-5p targeted to negatively regulate CAV1 expression(P<0.05).Conclusion:LINC00662 could act as a competitive endogenous RNA(ceRNA)of miR-106a-5p to promote the expression of CAV1 and mediate the resistance of sorafenib in HCC cells.Interfering with LINC00662 expression can inhibit sorafenib resistance and increase sorafenib drug sensitivity in HCC cells.