LncRNA PVT1 Facilitates Tumorigenesis and Progression of Glioma via Regulation of MiR-128-3p/GREM1 Axis and BMP Signaling Pathway

The current research was aimed at probing into the role of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) PVT1 in the pathogenesis of glioma and the regulatory mechanism of PVT1/miR-128-3p/ GREM1 network in glioma via regulation of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathway. Microarray analysis was used for preliminary screening for candidate lncRNAs and mRNAs in glioma tissues. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, Western blot, MTT assay, flow cytometry, migration and invasion assays, and xenograft tumor model were utilized to examine the influence of the lncRNA PVT1/miR-128-3p/ GREM1 network on the biological functions of glioma cells. Luciferase assay and RNA-binding protein immunoprecipitation assay were used to validate the miR-128-3p-target relationships with lncRNA PVT1 or GREM1. In addition, the impact of GREM1 on BMP signaling pathway downstream proteins BMP2 and BMP4 was detected via Western blot. LncRNA PVT1 was highly expressed in human glioma tissues and significantly associated with WHO grade (I–II vs III–IV; p