Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of epigenetically induced longnon-coding RNA1(EPIC1) in prostate cancer(PCa). Methods Ten PCa patients were selected in the Eighth People's Hospital of Hefei, the Second People's Hospital of Hefei and the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University during March, 2017 to January, 2020. The levels of EPIC1 were detected in PCa tissues, corresponding adjacent normal tissues, normal prostate cell line and two PCa cell lines via real-time polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) method. The expression of EPIC1 in PCa cells was inhibited. The effect of EPIC1 on cell proliferation and invasion was observed with siRNA technique. The relationship between EPIC1 and clinical pathology and survival data of 69 PCa patients was analyzed. Results The level of EPIC1 in PCa cell lines PC3 and DU145 was (0.12±0.02) and (0.20±0.03) respectively, while only about (0.01±0.001) in normal prostate cell line RWPE-1. The expression of EPIC1 in PCa cell lines was significantly higher than that inormal prostate cell lines(P<0.05). The average expression of EPIC1 in PCa tissues of patients was (0.61±0.05), while that in normal adjacent tissues was only (0.056±0.003), and the difference was significant(P<0.05).After inhibiting the expression of EPIC1 with siRNA, the proliferation and invasiveness of PCa cells decreased. The expression of EPIC1 was significantly correlated with Gleason score, TNM stage and lymph node metastasis (χ2=4.949, 6.040,5.650, P<0.05),but not clearly with age or PSA level (χ2=0.007, 1.516, P>0.05). The patients were divided into high-EPIC1 group and low-EPIC1 group based on the average level of EPIC1, and survival analysis showed that the 3-year survival rate of patients with high and low expression of EPIC1 was 53.7% and 78.1%, respectively. The difference in the survival rate of the two groups was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusions The level of EPIC1 increases in PCa tissues,EPIC1 can promote the proliferation and invasion of PCa cells, and over expression of EPIC1 indicates a poor prognosis in PCa patients. EPIC1 can be used as an effective index for evaluating metastasis and prognosis of PCa. |