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Sujun Chen1, Vincent Huang2, Xin Xu3
1Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Cell
|February 9, 2019
概括
前列腺癌的超深RNA测序显示出不同的转录组亚型和广泛的循环RNA产生. 这些循环RNA对癌细胞的增殖至关重要,并且与疾病的进展有关.
科学领域:
- 癌症学
- 基因组学
- 分子生物学
背景情况:
- 癌症转录组复杂,含有低丰度和非多化转录.
- 需要对局部性前列腺癌的转录组进行全面的表征.
研究的目的:
- 在局部前列腺癌中进行超深度总RNA测序.
- 识别与疾病特征相关的转录组亚型和分子特征.
- 研究圆形RNA在前列腺癌进展和扩散中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在144个局部前列腺瘤中进行了超深度总RNA测序 (RNA-seq),没有多A选择.
- 线性和循环RNA表达的分析,包括背接事件.
- 功能丧失查,以评估循环RNA对细胞增殖的必要性.
主要成果:
- 鉴定了一种线性转录组亚型与侵袭性内导癌相关.
- 发现一种与转移性前列腺癌区分的融合特征.
- 观察到广泛的循环RNA (circRNA) 生产 (平均7232个瘤),与疾病进展相关.
- 发现11.3%的丰富的circRNAs对于细胞增殖至关重要,具有不同的功能.
结论:
- 没有多A选择的超深RNA-seq对于全面的转录组分析至关重要.
- 循环RNA在前列腺癌细胞增殖和进展中起着重要作用.
- 这些circRNA是前列腺癌的潜在治疗点和生物标志物.
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