PMID- 37543219 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230913 LR - 20230913 IS - 1879-0038 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1119 (Linking) VI - 884 DP - 2023 Oct 30 TI - CircCDK1 blocking IGF2BP2-mediated m6A modification of CPPED1 promotes laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma metastasis via the PI3K/AKT signal pathway. PG - 147686 LID - S0378-1119(23)00527-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147686 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Circular RNA (circRNA) is a novel noncoding RNA (ncRNA) that plays a critical role in various cancers. However, the clinical significance, biological function, and molecular mechanisms of circRNAs in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) remain unclear. METHODS: A circRNA array was performed to identify the differentially expressed circRNAs. In vitro and in vivo assays were proceeded to verify the biological function of circCDK1 in LSCC. RNA pulldown assays and RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) were used to confirm the binding between circCDK1 and insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 2(IGF2BP2). The MeRIP assay was then used to identified the N6-methyladenisine (m6A) methylation of calcineurin like phosphatase domain containing1 (CPPED1). RESULTS: Hsa_circ_0005774 (circCDK1) was found upregulated in LSCC tissues compared to adjacent normal tissues. The level of circCDK1 was positively correlated with poor prognosisof LSCC patients. In vitro and in vivo, circCDK1 promoted migration and invasion of LSCC cells. Mechanistically, eukaryotic translation initiation factor4A3(EIF4A3) induced biogenesis of circCDK1 by binding to its flanking. By competitively binding to IGF2BP2, circCDK1 blocked the m6A modification of CPPED1 in IGF2BP2-dependent manner. Moreover, the circCDK1-mediated decrease of CPPED1 activated the PI3K/AKT signal pathway to facilitate progression of LSCC. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrated that EIF4A3-induced upregulation of circCDK1 promoted LSCC metastasis via EIF4A3-circCDK1-IGF2BP2-CPPED1 to activate PI3K-AKT signal pathway. CircCDK1 might serve as a new diagnostic and prognostic marker or potential therapeutic target for LSCC. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Jinling AU - Li J AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. FAU - Cao, Huan AU - Cao H AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. FAU - Yang, Jianwang AU - Yang J AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. FAU - Wang, Baoshan AU - Wang B AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. Electronic address: hebwangbs@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230803 PL - Netherlands TA - Gene JT - Gene JID - 7706761 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Circular) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (EIF4A3 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.7.- (Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A) RN - EC 3.6.4.13 (DEAD-box RNA Helicases) RN - 0 (IGF2BP2 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/genetics MH - *MicroRNAs/genetics MH - RNA, Circular/genetics MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - *Laryngeal Neoplasms/genetics/pathology MH - *Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Signal Transduction/genetics MH - *Head and Neck Neoplasms/genetics MH - Cell Proliferation/genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A/genetics/metabolism MH - DEAD-box RNA Helicases/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - CPPED1 OT - CircCDK1 OT - IGF2BP2 OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - Metastasis OT - N6-methyladenisine methylation COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/08/06 05:42 MHDA- 2023/09/13 06:42 CRDT- 2023/08/05 19:15 PHST- 2023/05/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/09/13 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/06 05:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/05 19:15 [entrez] AID - S0378-1119(23)00527-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147686 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gene. 2023 Oct 30;884:147686. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147686. Epub 2023 Aug 3.