期刊
MOLECULAR CANCER
卷 17, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12943-018-0914-x
关键词
CircRNA; Breast cancer; Prognosis; Metastasis; EMT
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81472027]
- Key Project of Science and Technology Development of Nanjing Medicine [ZDX16001]
- Innovation team of Jiangsu provincial health-strengthening engineering by science and education [CXTDB2017008]
- Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [KYCX18_0169]
- Jiangsu Youth Medical Talents Training Project [QNRC2016066, QNRC2016074]
- Nanjing Medical Science and Technique Development Foundation [JQX13003]
BackgroundRecent studies indicate that circular RNA (circRNA) plays a pivotal role in cancer progression. Here, we sought to investigate its role in breast cancer.MethodsCircANKS1B (a circRNA originated from exons 5 to 8 of the ANKS1B gene, hsa_circ_0007294) was identified by RNA-sequencing and validated by qRT-PCR and Sanger sequencing. Clinical breast cancer samples were used to evaluate the expression of circANKS1B and its associations with clinicopathological features and prognosis. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments in cell lines and mouse xenograft models were performed to support clinical findings and elucidate the function and underlying mechanisms of circANKS1B in breast cancer.ResultsCircANKS1B was significantly up-regulated in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) compared with non-TNBC tissues and cell lines. Increased circANKS1B expression was closely associated with lymph node metastasis and advanced clinical stage and served as an independent risk factor for overall survival of breast cancer patients. Functional studies revealed that circANKS1B promoted breast cancer invasion and metastasis both in vitro and in vivo by inducing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), while had no effect on breast cancer growth. Mechanistically, circANKS1B abundantly sponged miR-148a-3p and miR-152-3p to increase the expression of transcription factor USF1, which could transcriptionally up-regulate TGF-1 expression, resulting in activating TGF-1/Smad signaling to promote EMT. Moreover, we found that circANKS1B biogenesis in breast cancer was promoted by splicing factor ESRP1, whose expression was also regulated by USF1.ConclusionsOur data uncover an essential role of the novel circular RNA circANKS1B in the metastasis of breast cancer, which demonstrate that therapeutic targeting of circANKS1B may better prevent breast cancer metastasis.
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