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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2021

Circular RNA circβ-catenin aggravates the malignant phenotype of non-small-cell lung cancer via encoding a peptide.

Weijun Zhao, Yandan Zhang, Yonggang Zhu

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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  7. Circular RNA-Encoded Proteins in Disease Pathogenesis.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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3 authors.

Weijun ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Yandan ZhangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Yonggang ZhuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1643-2903

Funding

Ningbo Public Welfare Science and Technology Plan Project 202002N3179
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMore and more evidences demonstrate that circular RNAs (circNRAs) can encode protein. As a circRNA with translation capabilities, outcomes of circβ-catenin in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) still need to be explored.

methodThe research methods of circβ-catenin in the article include qRT-PCR, wound healing assay, CCK-8, colony formation, and Transwell assay. Western blotting and immunofluorescence were provided to detect protein expression levels and peptide encoded by circβ-catenin, respectively.

resultsA prominently higher circβ-catenin expression was found in NSCLC tissues. Silencing of circβ-catenin was able to inhibit NSCLC cell migrating, invasive, and proliferative phenotypes. Overexpression of circβ-catenin could enhance the migrating, invasive, and proliferative phenotypes of NSCLC cells. Importantly, circβ-catenin was found to encode a peptide in NSCLC cells. Silencing or overexpression of circβ-catenin could reduce or increase β-catenin protein expression via suppressing the degradation of β-catenin.

conclusionCircβ-catenin could promote NSCLC cell malignant phenotypes via peptide-regulated β-catenin pathway. Our study provided a new understanding for the mechanisms of NSCLC.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAmino Acid SequenceApoptosisbeta CateninBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell CycleCell MovementCell ProliferationHumansLung NeoplasmsNeoplasm InvasivenessPeptide FragmentsPrognosisRNA, CircularTumor Cells, Culturedbeta CateninBiomarkers, TumorCTNNB1 protein, humanPeptide FragmentsRNA, Circularcircular RNAsCircβ-cateninnon-small-cell lung cancerβ-catenin

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PMID34296778
PMCPMC8418486

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