CircMETTL3, upregulated in a m6A-dependent manner, promotes breast cancer progression

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Growing evidence indicates N6-methyladenosine (m6A) has biological function in oncogenesis. METTL3, the catalytic component, is the most important part of methyltransferase complex and plays a crucial role in cancers. However, the biological function of circRNAs derived from METTL3 in breast cancer and the underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear. Herein, we report circMETTL3, which has not been explored in breast cancer, and it is markedly upregulated in breast cancer. Moreover, we uncovered that circMETTL3 could facilitate cell proliferation, migration and invasion in breast cancer. Mechanism investigation showed that circMETTL3 might act as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) of miR-31-5p and upregulate its target cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK1). Moreover, m6A modification of circMETTL3 might affect its expression. Taken together, our results elucidate that circMETTL3 promotes breast cancer progression through circMETTL3/miR-31-5p/CDK1 axis. Moreover, METTL3, the host gene of circMETTL3, may regulate circMETTL3 expression in an m6A-dependent manner, while circMETTL3 has no effect on METTL3 expression, providing a new relationship between the circRNA and the corresponding host gene. Thus, it may serve as a new therapeutic target for breast cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

International journal of biological sciences - 17(2021), 5 vom: 20., Seite 1178-1190

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Hai-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Xin-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yu-Zhou [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Ji-Fu [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Qiang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adenosine
Breast cancer
CDC2 Protein Kinase
CDK1
CDK1 protein, human
CLE6G00625
CircMETTL3
EC 2.1.1.-
EC 2.1.1.62
EC 2.7.11.22
Journal Article
K72T3FS567
METTL3 protein, human
MIRN31 microRNA, human
Methyltransferases
MiR-31-5p
MicroRNAs
N-methyladenosine
N6-methyladenosine
RNA, Circular
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 24.03.2022

Date Revised 24.03.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7150/ijbs.57783

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324225024