期刊
THERANOSTICS
卷 9, 期 12, 页码 3526-3540出版社
IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/thno.32796
关键词
circular RNA; hepatocellular carcinoma; cancer stem cell; RNA-binding protein
资金
- state Key project for liver cancer [2018ZX10732202-001-001/013]
- National Research Program of China [2017YFA0505803, 2017YFC0908100]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81790633, 91729303, 81672860, 81702298, 81422032]
- National Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [17ZR143800]
Circular RNA (circRNA) possesses great pre-clinical diagnostic and therapeutic potentials in multiple cancers. It has been reported playing roles in multiple malignant behaviors including proliferation, migration, metastasis and chemoresistance. However, the underlying correlation between circRNAs and cancer stem cells (CSCs) has not been reported yet. Methods: circZKSCAN1 level was detected in HCC tissue microarrays to clarify its prognostic values. Gain and loss function experiments were applied to investigate the role of circZKSCAN1 in HCC stemness. Bioinformatic analysis was used to predict the possible downstream RNA binding protein and further RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing was carried out to identify the RBP-regulated genes. Results: The absence of circZKSCANI endowed several malignant properties including cancer stemness and tightly correlated with worse overall and recurrence-free survival rate in HCC. Bioinformatics analysis and RNA immunoprecipitation-sequencing (RIP-seq) results revealed that circZKSCAN1 exerted its inhibitive role by competitively binding FMRP, therefore, block the binding between FMRP and P-catenin-binding protein-cell cycle and apoptosis regulator 1 (CCAR1) mRNA, and subsequently restrain the transcriptional activity of Wnt signaling. In addition, RNA-splicing protein Quaking 5 was found downregulated in HCC tissues and responsible for the reduction of circZKSCAN1. Conclusion: Collectively, this study revealed the mechanisms underlying the regulatory role of circZKSCAN1 in HCC CSCs and identified the newly discovered Qki5-circZKSCAN1- FMRP-CCAR1-Wnt signaling axis as a potentially important therapeutic target for HCC treatment.
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