PMID- 34455918 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211207 LR - 20220204 IS - 2165-5987 (Electronic) IS - 2165-5979 (Print) IS - 2165-5979 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Dec TI - A novel circular RNA circPPFIA1 promotes laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma progression through sponging miR-340-3p and regulating ELK1 expression. PG - 5220-5230 LID - 10.1080/21655979.2021.1959866 [doi] AB - Abnormal expression of circular RNA (circRNA) is closely related to the occurrence and development of many cancers. By screening the expression of circRNA, we identified a novel circRNA termed as has_circ_0023326 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). We verified the expression of circPPFIA1 and found that it was upregulated in LSCC tissues compared to the adjacent normal tissues. Functional studies were carried out to detect the effect of circPPFIA1 expression on the phenotype of LSCC cells. These results suggest that circPPFIA1 knockdown can suppress the proliferation, migration, and invasion of LSCC cells, while circPPFIA1 overexpression can promote these processes. Mechanistically, miR-340-3p was predicted to be the target miRNA sponged by circPPFIA1 as confirmed through the luciferase assay and rescue experiments. In addition, miR-340-3p was found to target ELK1 and inhibit its expression. Taken together, circPPFIA1 promotes the progression of LSCC via the miR-340-3p/ELK1 signaling axis, which may serve as a novel prognostic or therapeutic target for LSCC. FAU - Shuang, Yu AU - Shuang Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7940-9620 AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China. FAU - Liu, Jing AU - Liu J AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China. FAU - Niu, Juntao AU - Niu J AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China. FAU - Guo, Wenyu AU - Guo W AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China. FAU - Li, Chao AU - Li C AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Bioengineered JT - Bioengineered JID - 101581063 RN - 0 (ELK1 protein, human) RN - 0 (MIRN340 microRNA, human) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Circular) RN - 0 (ets-Domain Protein Elk-1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Disease Progression MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Mice MH - MicroRNAs/*genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Circular/*genetics/metabolism MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - ets-Domain Protein Elk-1/*genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC8806628 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Circppfia1 OT - ceRNA OT - elk1 OT - lscc OT - miR-340-3p COIS- No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s). EDAT- 2021/08/31 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2021/08/30 CRDT- 2021/08/30 05:25 PHST- 2021/08/30 05:25 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1959866 [pii] AID - 10.1080/21655979.2021.1959866 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bioengineered. 2021 Dec;12(1):5220-5230. doi: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1959866.