HMGA2 regulates circular RNA ASPH to promote tumor growth in lung adenocarcinoma

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In this study, we identified a circular form of ASPH RNA (circASPH), expression of which was upregulated in lung adenocarcinoma and the human lung adenocarcinoma cell lines. We also found a positive correlation between circASPH level and the T and N stages of lung adenocarcinoma patients. Patients with higher levels of circASPH had a shorter overall survival. Moreover, we demonstrated that circASPH was directly regulated by HMGA2 and Twist1. The direct positive regulation of circASPH by Twist1 was dependent on the presence of HMGA2. Functional assays indicated that circASPH promoted the proliferation, migration, and invasion of lung adenocarcinoma cell lines in vitro. The promoting effect of tumor growth by circASPH was also observed in vivo. Mechanistically, circASPH was identified to act as a molecular sponge for miR-370 and abrogate miR-370-mediated inhibition of HMGA2. Finally, we demonstrated that the oncogenic function of circASPH was HMGA2-dependent. These findings reveal the oncogenic functions of the HMGA2-circASPH-HMGA2 axis and may be useful in developing circRNA-based therapeutic strategies for lung adenocarcinoma.

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Xu, L., Ma, Y., Zhang, H., Lu, Q. J., Yang, L., Jiang, G. N., & Liao, W. L. (2020). HMGA2 regulates circular RNA ASPH to promote tumor growth in lung adenocarcinoma. Cell Death and Disease, 11(7). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-020-2726-3

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