Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 10 pp 3362—3375

Circular RNA hsa_circ_0001649 inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma progression via multiple miRNAs sponge

Yang Su1,2, *, , Chao Xu1, *, , Yuting Liu1, , Yilin Hu3, , Haiyan Wu1, ,

  • 1 Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, China
  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
  • 3 Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, China
* Equal contribution

Received: December 16, 2018       Accepted: May 20, 2019       Published: May 28, 2019      

https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101988
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Abstract

Circular RNA (circRNA) exerts an essential role in tumor development. Hsa_circ_0001649 (circ-0001649) was produced at the SHPRH gene locus containing exon 26-29. This study analyzed the specific mechanism of circ-0001649 in influencing the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Relative levels of circ-0001649 in HCC cell lines and tissues were examined by qRT-PCR. The direct binding between circ-0001649 and miR-127-5p/miR-612/miR-4688 were verified through Dual-luciferase reporter gene assay, RNA Binding Protein Immunoprecipitation (RIP) assay and western blot detection. In vitro and in vivo regulatory roles of circ-0001649 in proliferative and migratory abilities of HCC were evaluated by EdU, Transwell and tumourigenicity assay, respectively. Results showed that circ-0001649 was markedly decreased in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines and tumor tissues. Overexpression of circ-0001649 greatly inhibited proliferation and migration of HCC in vitro and in vivo. More importantly, we confirmed that circ-0001649 regulated cellular behaviors of HCC cells by targeting SHPRH. Furthermore, we determined that circ-0001649 served as a ceRNA to sponge miR-127-5p, miR-612 and miR-4688, thus activating SHPRH. In summary, our study showed that circ-0001649 was lowly expressed in HCC and inhibited HCC progression via multiple miRNAs sponge.

Abbreviations

HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; SHPRH: SNF2 histone linker PHD RING helicase; EdU: 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine; ceRNA: competing endogenous RNAs; circRNA: Circular RNA; RIP: RNA Binding Protein Immunoprecipitation; AUC: area under the ROC curve; DMEM: Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle medium; SDS-PAGE: sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.