Abstract

Competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) plays a vital role in cancer stem cells. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the role of the circular RNA (circRNA) antisense to the cerebellar degeneration-related protein 1 transcript (CDR1as) during competitive inhibition of microRNA-7 (miR-7) in the regulation of autophagy to modulate the proliferation and migration of breast cancer stem cells. The CD44+/CD24- phenotype breast cancer stem cells were sorted from the original MCF7 cell by flow cytometry. RT-qPCR was applied to assess the expression of CDR1as and miR-7 in MCF7-Parent and MCF7-Stem cells. The activity of autophagy was evaluated followed the knockdown and overexpression of CDR1as. The correlation between CDR1as and miR-7 and between CDR1as and miR-7-target mRNAs were evaluated. This study revealed that CDR1as overexpression was associated with up-regulation of autophagy and that CDR1as competitive inhibition of miR-7 enhanced the LKB1-AMPK-mTOR signaling and autophagy-associated genes in breast cancer stem cells. CDR1as promoted the cell growth and migration of breast CSCs via the CDR1as/miR-7 axis, and knockdown of CDR1as and miR-7 overexpression obviously impaired the ability of growth and migration. The present study added a new view of developing a new therapeutic strategy against breast cancer.

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Title
Circular RNA CDR1as-induced autophagy regulates the proliferation and migration of CD44+/CD24- phenotype breast cancer stem cells in vitro
Author
Zhi-qiang Ye 1 ; Xu-bin, Dong 2 ; Han-bin, Chen 3 ; Dian-na Gu 3 ; Zheng-jun, Qiu 4 

 Department of General surgery, Shanghai General Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People’s Republic of China 
 Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People’s Republic of China 
 Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People’s Republic of China 
 Department of General surgery, Shanghai General Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China 
Pages
569-576
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Jan 2021
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
ISSN
2689-5293
e-ISSN
2689-5307
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3218423505
Copyright
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