Department of Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Orthopedics, Shaoguan First People's Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Shaoguan, China.
Bioengineered. 2021 Dec;12(1):2022-2032. doi: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1923259.
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a type of non-coding RNAs generated from back splicing to enhance or inhibit the progression of multiple human cancers including osteosarcoma (OS). Although circ_0102049 has been found to be highly expressed in OS cell lines, the role and specific mechanism of circ_0102049 in OS remains unclear. Here, we found that silence of circ_0102049 could significantly exacerbate the tumorigenesis of OS through sponging microRNA-520g-3p. Polo-like kinase 2 (PLK2) was predicted to be a target of miR-520g-3p, and luciferase reporter assay revealed that overexpression of miR-520g-3p dramatically suppressed the expression of PLK2, whereas miR-520g-3p inhibitor promoted the PLK2 expression. Moreover, the silence of circ_0102049 could markedly promote the proliferation, invasion, migration and cell-cycle promotion while inhibiting the apoptosis of OS cell line MG63 cells through regulating miR-520g-3p/PLK2 axis. Taken together, the present study indicated that circ_0102049 suppressed the progression of osteosarcoma via modulating miR-520g-3p/PLK2/TAp73 axis, providing a potential therapeutic target for OS.
环状 RNA(circRNAs)是一种通过反向剪接产生的非编码 RNA,可增强或抑制多种人类癌症的进展,包括骨肉瘤(OS)。尽管已经发现 circ_0102049 在 OS 细胞系中高度表达,但 circ_0102049 在 OS 中的作用和具体机制仍不清楚。在这里,我们发现沉默 circ_0102049 通过海绵 microRNA-520g-3p 可以显著加剧 OS 的肿瘤发生。Polo 样激酶 2(PLK2)被预测为 miR-520g-3p 的靶标,荧光素酶报告基因检测显示过表达 miR-520g-3p 可显著抑制 PLK2 的表达,而 miR-520g-3p 抑制剂则促进 PLK2 的表达。此外,沉默 circ_0102049 通过调节 miR-520g-3p/PLK2/TAp73 轴可以显著促进 OS 细胞系 MG63 细胞的增殖、侵袭、迁移和细胞周期促进,同时抑制细胞凋亡。综上所述,本研究表明 circ_0102049 通过调节 miR-520g-3p/PLK2/TAp73 轴抑制骨肉瘤的进展,为骨肉瘤提供了一个潜在的治疗靶点。