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Guoyan Chen1, Jingjuan Shang1, Xiaobo Feng1
1Department of Digestive Internal Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Background/Aim:
Circular RNA (circRNA) is related to gastric carcinogenesis and progression. This study explored the effects of circTCF25 on gastric cancer cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and cancer stem cell markers, as well as the potential network of circTCF25-miR and miR-149.
Materials And Methods:
circTCF25 expression was detected in tissue specimens and cells by real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Cell Counting Kit-8 and transwell assays were used to measure the effects of circTCF25 knockdown on proliferation, migration and invasion. The potential network of circTCF25 was analyzed using bioinformatic analysis.
Results:
circTCF25 was overexpressed in human gastric cancer tissues, and a series of cancer cell lines, and was associated with shorter overall survival. Interfering with circTCF25 reduced gastric cancer cell proliferation, migration, invasion and expression of cancer stem cell markers. CircTCF25 reduced expression of miR-149, apparently by acting as a miR-149 sponge. A new circTCF25-miR-149 competitive endogenous RNA network in gastric cancer was constructed, and most core genes were associated with the malignant growth and metastatic behavior of gastric cancer.
Conclusion:
circTCF25 may have prognostic value and an oncogenic role in gastric cancer. A circTCF25-miR-149 RNA regulatory network was established which may provide novel biomarkers or potential therapeutic targets for treating gastric cancer.
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