Abstract
BackgroundOvarian cancer (OC) is a malignancy among female globally. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a family of circular endogenous RNAs generated from selective splicing, which take part in many traits. Former investigation suggested that circ-TFRC was abnormally expressed in breast cancer (BC). Further, the role of circ-TFRC to the progress of OC remains unclear. So, the aim of this study was to reveal the regulatory mechanism of circ-TFRC.MethodsOur team made the luciferase reporter assay to validate circ-TFRC downstream target. Transwell migration assay, 5-ethynyl-20-deoxyuridine, and cell counting kit-8 were applied to investigate both proliferation and migration. In vivo tumorigenesis and metastasis assays were performed to investigate the circ-TFRC role in OC.ResultsThe outputs elucidated that circ-TFRC expression incremented in OC cells and tissues. circ-TFRC downregulation inhibited OC cell proliferation as well as migration in in vivo and in vitro experiments. The luciferase results validated that miR-615-3p and IGF2 were circ-TFRC downstream targets. IGF2 overexpression or miR-615-3p inhibition reversed OC cell migration after circ-TFRC silencing. Also, IGF2 overexpression reversed OC cell migration and proliferation post miR-615-3p upregulation.ConclusionResults demonstrate that circ-TFRC downregulation inhibits OC progression and metastasis via IGF2 expression regulation and miR-615-3psponging.
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