CircMALAT1 Promotes the Proliferation and Metastasis of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Via the MiR-512-5p/VCAM1 Axis

Overview

Journal Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai)

Specialties Biochemistry
Biophysics

Date 2024 Oct 28

PMID 39463204

Authors

Meixia Zhang

Mingyan He

Liangliang Bai

Fan Du

Yingping Xie

Bimin Li

Yuming Zhang

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Abstract

Circular RNAs play a pivotal role in the progression of various cancers. In our previous study, we observed high expression of the circRNA MALAT1 (cMALAT1) in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) cells co-incubated with activated hepatic stellate cells. This study is designed to explore the roles of cMALAT1 and the underlying mechanisms in ICC. We find that cMALAT1 significantly facilitates the progression of ICC both and . The binding between cMALAT1 and miR-512-5p is subsequently confirmed through RNA pull-down experiments. As anticipated, the application of miR-512-5p mimics noticeably reverses the cMALAT1 overexpression-induced malignant phenotypes of ICC cells. Furthermore, is identified as a downstream gene of the cMALAT1/miR-512-5p axis. Importantly, silencing of not only effectively suppresses the malignant phenotypes of ICC cells but also significantly impairs the functions of cMALAT1. Our study reveals that cMALAT1 promotes the progression of ICC by competitively binding to mRNA with miR-512-5p, leading to the upregulation of VCAM1 expression and the activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.

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