Abstract
Circular RNA ITCH (circ-ITCH) is implicated in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) development. Nevertheless, the more detailed molecular mechanism remains uncovered. The transcriptional level of circ-ITCH was tested via quantitative real-time PCR. Transwell assay was introduced to assess the migrative and invasive abilities of cells. RNA interference technology was employed to reduce the level of circ-ITCH as well as JAZF1 in PTC cells. Western blot assay was utilized to reveal the content of JAZF1 and proteins related to epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) progression. Circ-ITCH was downregulated in PTC tissues as well as cells. Overexpression of circ-ITCH suppressed EMT, migration, invasion, facilitated apoptosis in PTC cells, while silencing circ-ITCH exhibited reversed effects. Additionally, miR-106a-5p was the target of circ-ITCH and negatively regulated through circ-ITCH. MiR-106a-5p mimic partly eliminated the influences of overexpressed circ-ITCH in PTC cells. Moreover, JAZF1 could interact with miR-106a-5p, then it was regulated via circ-ITCH. Silencing JAZF1 partially counteracted the role of circ-ITCH in PTC cells progress. This study uncovered that circ-ITCH suppressed the development of PTC cells at least partly by mediating miR-106a-5p/JAZF1 network.
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