Circular RNA (circRNA) is a type of RNA that, unlike linear RNA, forms a covalently closed continuous loop.Recently, circRNAs are found to behighly abundant and conserved in human cells. They have been categorized as noncoding RNA with potential as gene regulators.However, the expression, function and mechanism of circRNAs in human cancer remain unknown. In this study, we have identified a set of circRNAs differently expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by using high-throughput RNA sequencing and bioinformatics analyses. Furthermore, functional assay screening by siRNA indicated that some of these HCC-related circRNAs have significant roles in liver cancer cells proliferation and migration. In this project, we will focus on the expression levels and clinical significance of HCC-related circRNAs in HCC as well as their function and molecular mechanism to provide new insights into genetic diagnosis and treatment of HCC in clinic.
环状RNA(Circular RNA, circRNA)是一类非线性,自身成环的RNA分子,最近研究发现它大量存在于人类细胞中。作为一类新的调控性非编码RNA,环状RNA在肿瘤中的存在情况,临床意义,功能和作用机制都还不清楚。本研究前期工作采用高通量RNA测序,结合生物信息分析,鉴定并筛选出肝癌组织中差异表达的环状RNA,发现肝癌组织中存在着不少具有一定丰度的差异表达环状RNA;进一步,通过特异siRNA对这些肝癌相关的环状RNA进行初步的功能筛选,发现有部分的环状RNA在肝癌细胞中具有一定的生物学功能。本项目将在前期工作基础上,进一步研究这些肝癌相关环状RNA的临床意义,以及它们在肝癌发生发展过程中所起的功能和作用机制,这些将为肝癌的发病机制提供新的思路,以及肝癌的诊疗提供新的候选靶点。
环状RNA(Circular RNA, circRNA)作为一类新的调控性非编码RNA,在肿瘤中的存在情况,临床意义,功能和作用机制有待。本项目首次解析环状RNA在肿瘤中的存在情况和表达规律,发现一类高丰度高反式剪切的环状RNA,鉴定并阐明了一个高丰度环状RNA circHIPK3的功能和分子机制(Nature Communications,2016);发现环状RNA circPVT1可靶向miR-125家族调控癌细胞的增殖,可作为癌症的独立预后因子(Cancer Letters, 2017),为研究癌症发病机制提供了新的思路和靶点。此外,还发现外泌体富集大量的环状RNA,揭示了细胞内环状RNA的新去向,并发现肿瘤来源的外泌体环状RNA可释放并稳定存在于血液中,作为潜在的肿瘤诊断标记物(Cell Research,2015),进一步构建首个人类血液外泌体长链RNA数据库exoRBase(Nucleic Acids Research, 2018),为肿瘤液体活检提供全新思路和重要基础。 由于在环状RNA研究领域取得的成果被认可, 受邀在RNA Biology发表关于人类环状RNA潜在功能和意义的综述(RNA Biology, 2017),以及Cancer Letters发表关于环状RNA在肿瘤中的研究进展(Cancer Letters, 2018)。本课题资助的文章共7篇(5篇第一标注,2篇第二标注),其中论著5篇,受邀综述2篇,总影响因子65,被引用677次。
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