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Published on: June 16, 2023
Circular RNA CircSATB2 facilitates osteosarcoma progression through regulating the miR-661/FUS-mediated mRNA of ZNFX1
Zhen Wang1, Diankun She2, Lei Liu3
1Department of Orthopaedics, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; Department of Orthopaedics, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Orthopaedics, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs which take part in the regulation of the initiation and development of different types of cancer. Numerous studies have demonstrated that circRNAs are involved in the progression of osteosarcoma (OS) as well. Thus, we put our emphasis on the exploration of crucial circRNAs in the process of OS initiation and progression. Using RNA sequencing, we found that circSATB2 was highly expressed in OS tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues. Then, we confirmed the high expression of circSATB2 in OS cell lines and OS tissues and its high expression was related to poor prognosis of OS patients. Functional experiments exhibited that circSATB2 promoted OS proliferation and migration in vitro, primary OS model and OS lung metastasis model showed that circSATB2 aggravated OS progression in vivo. Mechanistically, circSATB2 was found to promote OS progression through sponging miR-661 and FUS regulating the mRNA of ZNFX1. Therefore, circSATB2 could act as a prognostic marker and a therapeutic target for osteosarcoma in the future.
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