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ArticleGene therapy2025

The circRNA circSCAF8 promotes tumor growth and metastasis of gastric cancer via miR-1293/TIMP1signaling.

Bin Mei, Jiajie Chen, Yang Peng

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  3. Recent advances of circular RNAs in gastrointestinal cancer.World journal of clinical oncology · 2025
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Bin Mei *Hepatic Surgery Centre, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jiajie Chen *Department of Geriatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yang PengDepartment of Geriatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. peng19840524@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1428-0483

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81602134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SR-like CTD-associated factor 8 (SCAF8) can regulate transcriptional termination, but the function of circSCAF8 remains unclear. In our study, we observed a significant increase in circSCAF8 expression in gastric cancer, particularly in tissues with lymph node metastasis. The Kaplan-Meier curve revealed that high circSCAF8 expression was associated with a low overall survival time in gastric cancer patients. Moreover, circSCAF8 shRNA effectively decreased gastric cancer proliferation, invasion, and migration in vitro. Additionally, using bioluminescence imaging (BLI) technology in vivo, we found that circSCAF8 shRNA viruses inhibited the growth of xenograft tumors and gastric cancer lung metastasis. RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) and circRNA pulldown assays confirmed the direct binding of circSCAF8 to miR-1293, but circSCAF8 could not regulate the expression of miR-1293 in gastric cancer. Interestingly, circSCAF8 regulated the downstream gene tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP1) of miR-1293, and this observation was further verified in gastric cancer tissues. Moreover, we confirmed that miR-1293 directly suppressed TIMP1 expression. Subsequent rescue experiments revealed that TIMP1 overexpression reversed the impact of circSCAF8 shRNA viruses on gastric cancer. In conclusion, circSCAF8 expression was elevated in gastric cancer, and circSCAF8 shRNA viruses inhibited gastric cancer growth and metastasis by upregulating TIMP1 expression via miR-1293.

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MicroRNAsRNA, CircularStomach NeoplasmsTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1AnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiceMice, NudeNeoplasm MetastasisSignal TransductionMicroRNAsRNA, CircularTIMP1 protein, humanTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1

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