Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 11 pp 10381—10397
High circ-SEC31A expression predicts unfavorable prognoses in non-small cell lung cancer by regulating the miR-520a-5p/GOT-2 axis
- 1 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201203, P.R. China
- 2 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, P.R. China
- 3 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200127, China
- 4 Department of Urology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
- 5 China Medical University, Shenyang 110011, Liaoning, China
- 6 Experiment Center for Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
Received: February 5, 2020 Accepted: April 20, 2020 Published: June 4, 2020
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.103264How to Cite
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Abstract
Dysregulation of circular RNAs (circRNAs) has recently been shown to play important regulatory roles in cancer development and progression, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the roles of most circRNAs in NSCLC are still unknown. In this study, we found that hsa_circ_0001421 (circ-SEC31A) was upregulated in NSCLC tissues and cell lines. Increased circ-SEC31A expression in NSCLC was significantly correlated with malignant characteristics and served as an independent risk factor for the post-surgical overall survival of NSCLC patients. Reduced circ-SEC31A expression in NSCLC decreased tumor cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and malate-aspartate metabolism. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that silencing circ-SEC31A downregulated GOT-2 expression by relieving the sponging effect of miR-520a-5p, which resulted in significantly reduced malate-aspartate metabolism in NSCLC cells. Taken together, these results revealed the important role of circ-SEC31A in the proliferation, migration, invasion, and metabolic regulation of NSCLC cells, providing a new perspective on circRNAs in NSCLC progression.
Abbreviations
circRNAs: circular RNAs; NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer; FBS: fetal bovine serum; FISH: Fluorescence in situ hybridization; RT-qPCR: quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; CCK-8: Cell Counting Kit-8; EMT: epithelial-mesenchymal transition; miRNA: microRNA; NC: negative controls; DMEM: Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium.