Translation of the circular RNA circß-catenin promotes liver cancer cell growth through activation of the Wnt pathway.
Genome Biol
; 20(1): 84, 2019 04 26.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Circular RNAs are a class of regulatory RNA transcripts, which are ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotes. In the current study, we evaluate the function of a novel circRNA derived from the ß-catenin gene locus, circß-catenin.RESULTS:
Circß-catenin is predominantly localized in the cytoplasm and displays resistance to RNase-R treatment. We find that circß-catenin is highly expressed in liver cancer tissues when compared to adjacent normal tissues. Silencing of circß-catenin significantly suppresses malignant phenotypes in vitro and in vivo, and knockdown of this circRNA reduces the protein level of ß-catenin without affecting its mRNA level. We show that circß-catenin affects a wide spectrum of Wnt pathway-related genes, and furthermore, circß-catenin produces a novel 370-amino acid ß-catenin isoform that uses the start codon as the linear ß-catenin mRNA transcript and translation is terminated at a new stop codon created by circularization. We find that this novel isoform can stabilize full-length ß-catenin by antagonizing GSK3ß-induced ß-catenin phosphorylation and degradation, leading to activation of the Wnt pathway.CONCLUSIONS:
Our findings illustrate a non-canonical function of circRNA in modulating liver cancer cell growth through the Wnt pathway, which can provide novel mechanistic insights into the underlying mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
RNA
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular
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Beta Catenina
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Via de Sinalização Wnt
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Genome Biol
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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GENETICA
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article