Effect of the Up-Regulation of Circular RNA Hsa_circ_0069767 Derived from C-KIT on the Biological Behavior of Multiple Myeloma Cells.

PURPOSE

Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable disease. This study focused on the expression of circular RNA in MM and its influence on prognosis, in order to provide a potential target.

PATIENTS AND METHODS

Totally 66 MM patients participated in this research. Using RT-PCR method to determine the expression level of in 66 sorted samples from multiple myeloma patients and 21 normal control bone marrow samples, Kaplan-Meier was applied for survival analysis. We constructed stable over-expressing and silenced circ_0069767 cell lines and used MTS experiment to detect cell viability, transwell experiment to detect cell migration and invasion ability and flow cytometry to detect cell apoptosis. Dual luciferase experiment, qRT-PCR experiment and Western blot were used to explore miRNA and downstream genes.

RESULTS

The expression of in MM was significantly higher than that of the normal control group. Patients with high expression of had longer PFS and OS. Cell function experiments showed that overexpression of in MM cells led to decreased proliferation, migration and invasion, but increased apoptosis; meanwhile, knockdown of caused opposite biological behaviors. by sponging in MM cells regulates the expression of while the gene remained unmutated.

CONCLUSION

plays an antitumor role and its expression can be used as a reliable prognostic indicator for MM patients.