: Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the most general malignant tumors in humans. There were few studies researching the connections between lncRNA UCA1 and EC. This study is to research the effect of lncRNA UCA1 adsorbing microRNA-498 (miR-498) as a ceRNA to regulate ZEB2 expression on epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT), invasion and migration of EC cells. : UCA1, miR-498 and ZEB2 expression in EC tissues and cells was detected by RT-qPCR or western blot analysis. EC cells were transfected with siRNA-UCA1, miR-498 mimics or their controls to determine cell colony, proliferation, cycle distribution, apoptosis, migration and invasion by colony formation assay, CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry, and Transwell assay, respectively. The protein expression of PCNA, c-Myc, E-cadherin, N-cadherin, MMP-2 and MMP-9 was detected by Western blot analysis. The growth rate and weight of transplanted tumor in nude mice were observed. : There were overly expressed UCA1 and ZEB2 and lowly expressed miR-498 in EC tissues and cells. LncRNA UCA1 acted as ceRNA to inhibit miR-498 expression and thereby increasing ZEB2 expression. With down-regulated UCA1 and up-regulated miR-498, ZEB2 expression, cell proliferation, colony formation, invasion, migration ability, EMT, tumor growth rate and weight in nude mice were apparently reduced. : This study demonstrates that inhibited UCA1 up-regulated miR-498 and down-regulated ZEB2, thereby repressing proliferation activity, invasion, migration, and EMT of EC cells.

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