Intragenic antagonistic roles of protein and circRNA in tumorigenesis

Jlenia Guarnerio, Yang Zhang, Giulia Cheloni, Riccardo Panella, Jesse Mae Katon, Mark Simpson, Akinobu Matsumoto, Antonella Papa, Cristian Loretelli, Andreas Petri, Sakari Kauppinen, Cassandra Garbutt, Gunnlaugur Petur Nielsen, Vikram Deshpande, Mireia Castillo-Martin, Carlos Cordon-Cardo, Spentzos Dimitrios, John G Clohessy, Mona Batish, Pier Paolo Pandolfi

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Abstract

circRNAs arise from back splicing events during mRNA processing, and when deregulated can play an active role in cancer. Here we characterize a new circRNA (circPOK) encoded by the Zbtb7a gene (also kown as POKEMON, LRF) in the context of mesenchymal tumor progression. circPOK functions as a non-coding proto-oncogenic RNA independently and antithetically to its linear transcript counterpart, which acts as a tumor suppressor by encoding the Pokemon transcription factor. We find that circPOK regulates pro-proliferative and pro-angiogenic factors by co-activation of the ILF2/3 complex. Importantly, the expression of Pokemon protein and circRNA is aberrantly uncoupled in cancer through differential post-transcriptional regulation. Thus, we identify a novel type of genetic unit, the iRegulon, that yields biochemically distinct RNA products, circular and linear, with diverse and antithetical functions. Our findings further expand the cellular repertoire towards the control of normal biological outputs, while aberrant expression of such components may underlie disease pathogenesis including cancer.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftCell Research
Vol/bind29
Udgave nummer8
Sider (fra-til)628-640
Antal sider13
ISSN1001-0602
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 aug. 2019

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Korrektion til artiklen:
Guarnerio, J., Zhang, Y., Cheloni, G. et al. Author Correction: Intragenic antagonistic roles of protein and circRNA in tumorigenesis. Cell Res 30, 188 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-019-0262-4

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