机构:[1]Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 14183 Huddinge, Sweden[2]Department of Pharmacy, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institution, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610041, China临床药学部临床药学部四川省人民医院四川省肿瘤医院[3]Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, 22185 Lund, Sweden[4]Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurosurgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, 22185 Lund, Sweden
Simple Summary:& nbsp;Here the expression profile of circular RNAs in Hedgehog signaling-dependent cell lines and medulloblastoma cells was interrogated. Using stringent criteria, a reduced expression of seven circular RNAs in Hedgehog-dependent medulloblastoma versus cerebellum was clearly established. Depletion and/or overexpression of these deregulated RNA circles in two medulloblastoma cell lines revealed minimal effects in cellular proliferation based on two independent assays. These findings highlight the complexity of gene expression outcomes and the possibility that gene products may not necessarily have an obvious phenotypic impact on the cellular context where they are present. It is not inconceivable that a substantial number of differentially expressed circular RNAs may represent "passenger molecules " with little impact on a cell, reflecting the stochasticity of the gene expression and splicing processes.</p> & nbsp;</p> Within the past decade, circular RNAs have largely emerged as novel regulators of human biology, including brain function and cancer development. On the other hand, the Hedgehog pathway has established roles in regulating biological processes, including tumorigenesis. Here, the circular RNA transcriptome, in the context of Hedgehog signaling activation of medulloblastoma Daoy and human embryonic palatal mesenchyme HEPM cells, was determined. In total, 29 out of the 30 selected circular RNAs were validated by Sanger sequencing, with some regulated to a limited extent by Hedgehog signaling. Interestingly, back-spliced junctions, the marker of exonic RNA circles, were also identified at a low frequency within poly (A) mRNAs, reflecting exon repetition events. Thirteen circular RNAs had reduced expression in human medulloblastoma tumors in comparison to normal cerebellum. For seven out of these thirteen RNA circles, the linear mRNAs originating from the same genes did not exhibit a reduced expression. Depletion and/or overexpression of these seven circular RNAs minimally affected medulloblastoma cell proliferation. These findings highlight that differential expression of a gene product may not necessarily elicit an obvious phenotypic impact. Consequently, further analysis is required to determine the possible subtle contributions to the development of this cerebellar tumor.</p>
基金:
This study was funded by the Swedish Cancer Society and the Swedish Childhood Cancer
Foundation. A.A. was supported by the Karolinska Institutet Doctoral (KID) funding program
and T.W. by the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (No. 2021YFH0144) and the China
Scholarship Council.
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 14183 Huddinge, Sweden
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[1]Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 14183 Huddinge, Sweden[2]Department of Pharmacy, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institution, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610041, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Ani Azatyan,Shasha Zhang,Anna Darabi,et al.Circular RNAs in Hedgehog Signaling Activation and Hedgehog-Mediated Medulloblastoma Tumors[J].CANCERS.2021,13(20):doi:10.3390/cancers13205138.
APA:
Ani Azatyan,Shasha Zhang,Anna Darabi,Peter Siesjö,Ting Wang&Peter G. Zaphiropoulos.(2021).Circular RNAs in Hedgehog Signaling Activation and Hedgehog-Mediated Medulloblastoma Tumors.CANCERS,13,(20)
MLA:
Ani Azatyan,et al."Circular RNAs in Hedgehog Signaling Activation and Hedgehog-Mediated Medulloblastoma Tumors".CANCERS 13..20(2021)