Circular RNA circTP63 enhances estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer progression and malignant behaviors through the miR-873-3p/FOXM1 axis

alexandrossfakianakis shared this article with you from Inoreader Circular RNA circTP63 enhances estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer progression and malignant behaviors through the miR-873-3p/FOXM1 axis Via Anti-Cancer Drugs - Published Ahead-of-Print Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been shown to play a functional role in a variety of cancers. However, few studies on circRNAs in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer have been conducted. Here, we investigated the role of circRNA circTP63 in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer progression and malignant behaviors. First, we observed increased expression of circTP63 in MCF7 cells relative to normal human mammary epithelial cell lines, such as DU4475 and MCF-10A, and the changed oncogenicity of MCF7 cells correlated with circTP63 overexpression and downregulation. Interestingly, a series of gain- and loss-of-function assays revealed that a higher level of FOXM1 was closely associated with MCF7 malignant behaviors induced by circTP63 overexpression. Further investigations showed that c ircTP63 sponged to miR-873-3p, which targeted FOXM1 mRNA and inhibited its expression. Mechanistically, circTP63 binds to miR-873-3p and prevents the targeting of FOXM1, thus inducing the progression and malignant behaviors of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, such as cell proliferation, cell cycle dysregulation, invasion, migration and even tumor growth. CircTP63 might be a potential biomarker or target to treat estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patients in the future. Received 2 July 2020 Revised form accepted 25 September 2020 Supplemental Digital Content is available for this article. Direct URL citations appear in the printed text and are provided in the HTML and PDF versions of this article on the journal's website, www.anti-cancerdrugs.com. Correspondence to Yue-e Xu, Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University and The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, 62 Huaihai Road(S), Huai'an 223002, China, Tel: +86 15195387009; e-mail: yueexu1206@163.com Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.