Upregulation of circFLNA contributes to laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma migration by circFLNA–miR-486-3p-FLNA axis

Cancer Cell International - Tập 19 - Trang 1-13 - 2019
Jian-Xing Wang1,2, Yan Liu1,3, Xin-Ju Jia4, Shu-Xia Liu2, Jin-Hui Dong2, Xiu-Min Ren2, Ou Xu2, Hai-Zhong Zhang2, Hui-Jun Duan1, Chun-Guang Shan2
1Department of Pathology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China
2Department of Otolaryngology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China
3Department of Anesthesiology, The 4th Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China
4Departmen of Endocrinology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China

Tóm tắt

Accumulating evidence shows that circular RNAs (circRNAs) plays vital roles in tumor progression. However, the biological functions of circRNAs in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) metastasis is still unclear. qRT-PCR was used to detect circFLNA, miRNAs and FLNA mRNA expression. Transwell assay and western blot were performed to evaluate cell migration ability and to detect FLNA, MMP2 and MLK1 protein expression, respectively. RNA pull-down analysis was used to find the binding-miRNAs of circFLNA. Luciferase reporter assay was used to examine the effect of circFLNA on miRNAs and miR-486-3p on FLNA expression. In this study, we confirmed that a Filamin A (FLNA)-derived hsa_circ_0092012 known as circFLNA, was upregulated in LSCC, and the higher expression of circFLNA was correlated with LSCC lymph node metastasis. Increased circFLNA facilitates LSCC cell migration ability through upregulating FLNA and MMP2 protein expression. Mechanistically, we find that circFLNA sponges miR-486-3p in LSCC cells, relieving miR-486-3p-induced repression of FLNA which promotes LSCC cell migration. Accordingly, FLNA mRNA is overexpressed in LSCC tissues and a higher FLNA level is correlated with poor survival. Dysregulation of the circFLNA/miR-486-3p/FLNA regulatory pathway contributes to LSCC migration. In summary, our study sheds light on the regulatory mechanism of circFLNA in LSCC migration via sponging miR‐486-3p, which downregulates the FLNA protein expression. Targeting circFLNA/miR-486-3p/FLAN axis provides a potential therapeutic target for aggressive LSCC.

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