Journal
MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 422-437Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12045
Keywords
circular RNA; HCC; qRT-PCR; RNA-seq; ZKSCAN1
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [8157111144, 81570593]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China [2014A020212122]
- Medical Research Foundation of Guangdong Province, China [A2016 312]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou city, Guangdong Province, China [1563000226]
- Cultivate Project for the Interdiscipline and Emerging Disciplines by Sun Yat-sen University [15ykjc19c]
- Innovative Funds for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Guangdong Province [2016A010119103]
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There is increasing evidence that circular RNA (circRNA) are involved in cancer development, but the regulation and function of human circRNA remain largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that ZKSCAN1, a zinc finger family gene, is expressed in both linear and circular (circZKSCAN1) forms of RNA in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues and cell lines. Here, we analyzed a cohort of 102 patients and found that expression of both ZKSCAN1 mRNA and circZKSCAN1 was significantly lower (P < 0.05) in the HCC samples compared with that in matched adjacent nontumorous tissues by reverse transcription PCR (RTPCR). The low expression level of ZKSCAN1 was only associated with tumor size (P = 0.032), while the cirZKSCAN1 levels varied in patients with different tumor numbers (P < 0.01), cirrhosis (P = 0.031), vascular invasion (P = 0.002), or microscopic vascular invasion (P = 0.002), as well as with the tumor grade (P < 0.001). Silencing both ZKSCAN1 mRNA and circZKSCAN1 promoted cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. In contrast, overexpression of both forms of RNA repressed HCC progression in vivo and in vitro. Silencing or overexpression of both forms of RNA did not interfere with each other. RNA-seq revealed a very different molecular basis for the observed effects; ZKSCAN1 mRNA mainly regulated cellular metabolism, while circZKSCAN1 mediated several cancer-related signaling pathways, suggesting a nonredundant role for ZKSCAN1 mRNA and circRNA. In conclusion, our results revealed two post-translational products (ZKSCAN1 mRNA and circZKSCAN1) that cooperated closely with one another to inhibit growth, migration, and invasion of HCC. cirZKSCAN1 might be a useful marker for the diagnosis of HCC.
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