Journal
PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Volume 249, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.154730
Keywords
CircWHSC1; CircRNA; Cancer; Biomarker; Noncoding RNA
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
CircWHSC1 is a cancer-related circRNA that acts as a sponge for multiple miRNAs and regulates various signaling pathways, leading to increased cell growth and metastasis. Upregulation of CircWHSC1 is associated with reduced patient survival.
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a group of non-coding RNAs with a closed loop shape, which are transcribed via non-canonical splicing. They are mainly formed by reverse splicing of a precursor mRNA. circWHSC1 (Hsa_circ_0001387), is a cancer-related circRNA that originated from the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 1 (WHSC1) gene on chromosome 4. circWHSC1 has been found to be overexpressed in different neoplastic conditions. circWHSC1 acts as a sponge for many different miRNAs, including miR-195-5p, miR-532-3p, miR-646, miR-142-3p, miR-7, miR-296-3p, miR-145, miR-1182, miR-212-5p, etc. It can also moderate several signaling pathways, including FASN/AMPK/mTOR, LTBP2, NPM1, HOXA1, TAB2, AKT3, hTERT, and MUC1. Studies have shown that circWHSC1 may leads to an increase in cell growth, tumor size, cell migration, invasion, and metastasis, but a reduction in apoptosis rates. Moreover, upregulation of CircWHSC1 has been associated with reduced patient's survival in different cancers, representing the function of this circRNA as a novel prognostic marker. Nevertheless, there are no reviews focusing on the relationship between circWHSC1 and cancers. Therefore, in the current review, we will first describe the oncogenic effect of circWHSC1 in various tissues according to the evidence from in vitro, in vivo, and human studies.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available