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  • Title: Upregulation of circular RNA circ-ERBB2 predicts unfavorable prognosis and facilitates the progression of gastric cancer via miR-503/CACUL1 and miR-637/MMP-19 signaling.
    Author: Li X, He M, Guo J, Cao T.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 2019 Apr 16; 511(4):926-930. PubMed ID: 30853181.
    Abstract:
    Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies of digestive system with aggressive phenotypes. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play a pivotal function in cancer initiation and development. Nevertheless, the function and mechanism of circRNAs in gastric cancer (GC) is not fully understood. We found circ-ERBB2 was strikingly increased in GC tissues and cells. Noticeably, circ-ERBB2 upregulation in tumorous tissues was linked to patients' tumor size, depth of invasion, and overall survival. A series of gain and loss-of-function assays indicated its oncogenic role in GC cells, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasion. We further predicted and identified circ-ERBB2 sponged miR-503 and miR-637 by bioinformatics analysis and luciferase reporter system. CACUL1 and MMP-19 were then predicted and confirmed as the target of miR-503 and miR-637, respectively. Furthermore, rescue assays indicated that circ-ERBB2 promoted tumor growth and invasion via miR-503/CACUL1 and miR-637/MMP-19 pathways, respectively. In summary, these findings demonstrated that circ-ERBB2 functions as an oncogene in GC and might be useful in developing promising therapies for this fatal malignancy.
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