Epstein-Barr virus-derived circular RNA LMP2A induces stemness in EBV-associated gastric cancer

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Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are cancer-initiating cells that are not only a source of tumorigenesis but also the cause of tumour progression, metastasis and therapy resistance. EBV-associated gastric cancer (EBVaGC) is a distinct subtype of gastric cancer with unique clinicopathological and molecular features. However, whether CSCs exist in EBVaGC, and the tumorigenic mechanism of EBV, remains unclear. Here, NOD/SCID mice were injected subcutaneously with the EBVaGC cell line SNU719 and treated with 5-fluorouracil weekly. Successive generations of xenografts yielded a highly malignant EBVaGC cell line, SNU-4th, which displays properties of CSCs and mainly consists of CD44+ CD24- cells. In SNU-4th cells, an EBV-encoded circRNA, ebv-circLMP2A, expression increased and plays crucial roles in inducing and maintaining stemness phenotypes through targeting miR-3908/TRIM59/p53 axis. Additionally, high expression of ebv-circLMP2A is significantly associated with metastasis and poor prognosis in patients with EBVaGC. These findings not only provide evidence for the existence of CSCs in EBVaGC and elucidate the pathogenic mechanism of ebv-circLMP2A in EBVaGC, but also provide a promising therapeutic target for EBVaGC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

EMBO reports - 21(2020), 10 vom: 05. Okt., Seite e49689

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gong, Li-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jian-Ning [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Min [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Zhen-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Zhi-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Yu-Hang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Du, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jing-Yue [VerfasserIn]
Bi, Yuan-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jun-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Chun-Kui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cancer stem cells
Circular RNA
EBV
Gastric carcinoma
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Journal Article
MiR-3908
RNA, Circular
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TRIM59 protein, human
Tripartite Motif Proteins

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Date Completed 27.04.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

GEO: GSE145894

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.15252/embr.201949689

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31364733X