Long non-coding (lncRNA) cancer susceptibility candidate (CASC7) plays a tumor-suppressive role in several malignancies. In this study, the role of CASC7 in neuroblastoma was investigated for the first time. We observed the downregulation of CASC7 in neuroblastoma tissues compared to non-cancer tissues of neuroblastoma patients. Across neuroblastoma tissues, CASC7 was inversely correlated with microRNA-10a (miR-10a) but positively correlated with phosphatase and tensin homolog mRNA. In neuroblastoma cells, CASC7 overexpression led to downregulated miR-10a but upregulated phosphatase and tensin homolog. Furthermore, miR-10a overexpression led to downregulated phosphatase and tensin homolog and reduced effects of CASC7 overexpression. CASC7 overexpression resulted in inhibition, while miR-10a overexpression resulted in increased proliferation rate of neuroblastoma cells. We therefore concluded that lncRNA CASC7 may upregulate phosphatase and tensin homolog by downregulating miR-10a to inhibit neuroblastoma cell proliferation.

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