Hsa_circ_0001649: A circular RNA and potential novel biomarker for colorectal cancer

作者:Ji, Wenxin; Qiu, Chunli; Wang, Mao; Mao, Ning; Wu, Shaofeng; Dai, Yinhai*
来源:Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2018, 497(1): 122-126.
DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.036

摘要

The circRNAs are differentially expressed in a wide range of cancers in regulating their initiation and progression, and could be used to make a diagnosis for some diseases like tumor as a new biomarker. However, the correlation and the mechanism of action between circRNAs and colorectal cancer (CRC) are still unclear. In this study, by using qRT-PCRs, we detected the expression level of hsa_circ_0001649 in tissue and serum samples from CRC patients, and the cultured cell has been detected. We found that the hsa_circ_0001649 in CRC is significantly lower than the expression level of correspondent nontumorous tissues (n = 64, P < 0.01). We also tested the HCTII6 cell lines, and the similar result is observed (n = 15, P< 0.01). Moreover, we detected the serum samples obtained before and after surgery, showing significantly the expression level of hsa_circ_0001649 in the same patient is up-regulated after surgery (n = 18, P < 0.01). Besides, we analyzed the correlation between clinicopathological date and the expression level of hsa_circ_0001649, we found that hsa_circ_0001649 expression level is closely associated with pathological differentiation (P = 0.037), and the result also illustrated that the expression level of hsa_circ_0001649 is no direct correlation with age, gender, TMN stage, lymphatic metastasis, CEA, CA19-9, and CA-724 levels. The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was 0.857. In conclusion, this study showed that the expression level of hsa_circ_0001649 was down regulated in CRC and could use it as a new biomarker for specific and sensitive inspection of CRC.