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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 18, Issue 9, Pages 3888-3907Publisher
IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.72842
Keywords
Hypoxia; Breast cancer; circPFKFB4; CRL4DDB2 E3 ubiquitin ligase; p27
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [82173170, 82103089]
- project of the top-notch talent cultivation program for the graduate students of Chongqing Medical University [BJRC202102]
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This study identified a novel hypoxia-induced circRNA, circPFKFB4, and demonstrated its role in promoting breast cancer progression. The study revealed an interaction between circPFKFB4 and the CRL4DDB2 E3 ubiquitin ligase and suggested circPFKFB4 as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for breast cancer.
Hypoxic microenvironment and circular RNAs (circRNAs) have shown critical implications in breast cancer (BC) progression. However, the specific functions and underlying mechanisms of circRNAs in BC under hypoxia remain largely unknown. We first screened for differentially expressed circRNAs in normoxic and hypoxic MCF-7 cells using circRNA microarray. A novel hypoxia-induced circRNA, circPFKFB4, was identified. Clinical investigation showed that circPFKFB4 was highly expressed in BC tissues and cell lines, and its overexpression was positively correlated with the advanced clinical stage and poor prognosis of BC patients. Functionally, circPFKFB4 promoted the proliferation of BC cells both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, HIF1?? bound to hypoxia response elements in the promoter region of the PFKFB4 gene to facilitate the biogenesis of circPFKFB4 under hypoxia. Hypoxia-induced circPFKFB4 directly bound to both DDB1 and DDB2 and promoted the CRL4DDB2 E3 ubiquitin ligase assembly, resulting in p27 ubiquitination and BC progression under hypoxia. Our findings revealed a novel interaction between circPFKFB4 and the CRL4DDB2 E3 ubiquitin ligase, suggesting that circPFKFB4 might serve as a promising biomarker and therapeutic target for BC.
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