PMID- 32231737 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 1837-9664 (Print) IS - 1837-9664 (Electronic) IS - 1837-9664 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 11 DP - 2020 TI - Circular RNA MAN2B2 promotes cell proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via the miRNA-217/MAPK1 axis. PG - 3318-3326 LID - 10.7150/jca.36500 [doi] AB - The increasing incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major challenge worldwide. In the past few years, an increasing number of studies have suggested that circular RNAs (circRNAs) play an important role in the development of human tumors, including HCC, but our understanding of their function is still limited. In this study, we investigated differences in the expression of circRNA MAN2B2 (circMAN2B2) in hepatocellular tissues and paired normal tissues. We found that knockdown of circMAN2B2 expression in the HCC cell lines Hep-G2 and Huh-7 significantly inhibited cell proliferation by sponging (miRNA) miR-217 and inhibiting its function. Through a series of experiments, we also demonstrated that miR-217 functioned as a tumor suppressor molecule in HCC cells and regulated the expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 (MAPK1). Restoration of MAPK1 rescued repression of cell proliferation induced by circMAN2B2 knockdown. In summary, our study indicated that circMAN2B2 acted as an onco-miRNA in HCC by sponging miRNA-217 to promote MAPK1 expression. CI - (c) The author(s). FAU - Fu, Xiaoying AU - Fu X AD - Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. AD - Shenzhen University. FAU - Zhang, Juanjuan AU - Zhang J AD - Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. FAU - He, Xing AU - He X AD - Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. FAU - Yan, Xu AU - Yan X AD - Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. FAU - Wei, Jian AU - Wei J AD - Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. FAU - Huang, Min AU - Huang M AD - Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. FAU - Liu, Yaya AU - Liu Y AD - Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. FAU - Lin, Jianwei AU - Lin J AD - Shenzhen People's Hospital. Shenzhen 518039, China. FAU - Hu, Hongxing AU - Hu H AD - Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. FAU - Liu, Lei AU - Liu L AD - Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200305 PL - Australia TA - J Cancer JT - Journal of Cancer JID - 101535920 PMC - PMC7097945 OTO - NOTNLM OT - MAPK1 OT - circMAN2B2 OT - circular RNA OT - hepatocellular carcinoma OT - miR-217 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists. EDAT- 2020/04/02 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/02 06:01 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/04/02 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jcav11p3318 [pii] AID - 10.7150/jca.36500 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Cancer. 2020 Mar 5;11(11):3318-3326. doi: 10.7150/jca.36500. eCollection 2020.