环状RNA翻译蛋白在癌症中的研究进展北大核心CSCD

环状RNA(circular RNA,circRNA)是一种单链环状闭合RNA分子,由线性RNA通过反向剪接形成,具有稳定、高度保守、组织特异性等特点。circRNA能够通过形成竞争性内源性RNA、结合蛋白等多种方式参与机体的生理、病理过程。最近发现,circRNA分子可以通过翻译形成多肽或蛋白参与癌症的发生和发展。circRNA是人类癌症中有前途的诊断和预后标志物,也是癌症治疗的潜在药物靶点。本文重点介绍了circRNAs编码的多肽和蛋白质在多种癌症中的相关研究进展。这些多肽和蛋白质分别依赖内部核糖体进入位点和m6A两种不同的机制进行翻译。我们还总结了circRNA编码的多肽和蛋白质在各种癌症的诊断、治疗、预后和机制研究中的潜在用途。     

环状RNA与人类疾病

环状RNA(circular RNAs, circRNAs)是一类广泛存在于各种生物细胞中具有调控基因表达功能的非编码RNA,具有结构稳定和组织特异性表达等特征. 有些circRNA分子富含微小RNA结合位点,可通过充当竞争性内源RNA的角色来发挥作用,如CDR1as对miR-7的海绵作用与肺癌、乳腺癌、胶质瘤及肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化等疾病发生相关. cANRIL可通过影响多梳家族参与动脉粥样硬化的发生. 大量circRNA的发现及其结构和功能的阐明不仅可以使我们更加深入地了解疾病的发生机制,而且为相关疾病的预防、诊断和治疗提供了新的方向.     

环状RNA在人类疾病中的作用及研究进展

环状RNA（circular RNA,circRNA）是一类广泛表达于真核细胞的环形RNA,多起源于蛋白编码基因。近年来发现circRNAs可通过如miRNA“海绵”等作用模式在基因的表达中发挥重要的调控作用,存在器官组织特异性的表达谱,并且越来越多的证据表明circRNAs可能是一种潜在的疾病标志物和治疗靶点。本文将对circRNAs近年在疾病中的研究进展进行综述,具体分为以下几个方面：（1）circRNAs的基本特征;（2）circRNAs的合成调控;（3）环状RNA介导基因表达的调控机制;（4）circRNAs在肿瘤性疾病中的作用;（5）circRNAs在感染免疫相关性疾病中的作用;（6）circRNAs在心血管疾病中的作用;（7）研究展望。     

血小板环状 RNA研究进展

血小板环状RNA (platelet circular RNA, platelet circRNA)是一类在血小板中由RNA反向剪切封闭形成的环形RNA分子,具有结构稳定、丰度高以及细胞、组织特异性.血小板环状RNA可以参与细胞内RNA调控网络,与疾病的发生和发展密切相关,可能成为新型的生物标记物及治疗靶点.近年来,关于血小板环状RNA产生、调控、生物学特性、功能及其与疾病的关系等均取得了初步的研究进展.本文将对血小板环状RNA的研究进展予以综述.     

环状RNA在肿瘤中的表达与功能

环状RNA(circular RNA,circRNA)是一类闭合环状的内源RNA分子,广泛存在于不同物种及多种人体细胞中,具有丰富性、稳定性和组织特异性等特点。人体细胞中的circRNA主要可分为外显子circRNA、环状内含子RNA和外显子-内含子circRNA等。与正常组织相比,circRNA在多种肿瘤组织中异常表达,并具有作为微小RNA(microRNA,miRNA)海绵调控miRNA、结合蛋白质、参与翻译等功能。虽然circRNA在肿瘤中异常表达的具体机制尚不明确,但其在食管鳞状细胞癌、胃癌、结直肠癌、肝细胞癌、神经胶质瘤等多种肿瘤发生、发展的分子通路中具有重要作用,并有望成为全新的肿瘤标志物和治疗靶点。circRNA领域的发展日新月异,本文根据最新研究报道,就circRNA的基本特征、异常表达机制、调控肿瘤的机制及其在多种肿瘤中发挥的作用作一综述。     

环状RNA在慢性病发病中作用机制的研究进展

环状RNA作为一种对基因表达进行精细调节的重要非编码RNA,不仅增加了非编码RNA介导的基因调控网络的复杂度,也加深了疾病发病机制研究的深度。虽然近年来环状RNA的功能研究有了长足的进步,确定了其作为ceRNA能够特异性吸附miRNA,解除相应miRNA对下游靶mRNA的抑制作用,此类研究也表明核外环状RNA介导的凋亡活化,增殖抑制和细胞与细胞间的交流在疾病发生发展过程中是至关重要的,但我们对环状RNA的了解还只是冰山一角,特别是病理状态下其作用的具体机制仍然需要我们不断探索。在此,本综述的主要目的是回顾目前关于环状RNA在心血管疾病、中枢神经系统疾病和癌症等慢性病领域的研究,探讨以上慢性病发病过程中环状RNA所起的作用以及展望未来环状RNA在疾病发病机制领域的研究。     

环状RNA的生物学功能及其在肿瘤发生中的作用

近年来,随着RNA研究技术的进步,研究者们在多种生物中发现了数量众多的环状RNA,且发现它们具有重要的生物学功能。环状RNA来源于内含子或外显子,可以充当微小RNA海绵,还能与蛋白质相结合,从而参与基因表达调控并影响蛋白质的功能,此外,个别环状RNA甚至能编码蛋白质。更重要的是,环状RNA在肿瘤(如:胃癌、肝癌、结直肠癌、乳腺癌、宫颈癌和卵巢癌等)的发生和发展过程中起着重要的调控作用。因此,环状RNA有希望成为肿瘤诊断的标志物和治疗的新靶点。     

环状RNA的生物特征及其在植物中的研究进展

环状RNA(circular RNA,circRNA)是真核细胞中广泛存在的一类由3′末端和5′末端共价结合形成的环状非编码RNA(non-coding RNA,ncRNA)。越来越多的研究表明,circRNA具有种类丰富、结构稳定、序列保守以及细胞或组织特异性表达等特点。circRNA具有很多潜在的功能,例如作为天然小RNA(microRNA,miRNA)海绵体吸附并调控miRNA的活性,与转录调控元件结合或与蛋白互作调控基因的转录等。目前关于circRNA的研究多集中在动物和人体中,在植物中的研究还较少,仅在水稻(Oryza sativa)、拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)、小麦(Triticum aestivum)、猕猴桃(Actinidia chinensis)、番茄(Solanum lycopersicum)和大豆(Glycine max)等中鉴定到了circRNA的存在,并且其作用机理尚不清楚。该文主要针对circRNA的分类、形成机制、分子特征、相关研究方法以及在植物中的主要研究进展进行综述,并对目前植物circRNA研究中存在的问题进行了分析总结。     

环状RNA在恶性肿瘤中的研究进展

环状RNA(circRNA)最早发现于20世纪70年,与传统的线性RNA不同,它的结构是一个闭合的共价环状分子,无5’的帽子结构和3’的poly A尾,不易被核酸外切酶降解,具有高度保守性、稳定性。circRNA的来源主要有三类:内含子序列形成的环状RNA(ciRNA),外显子序列形成的环状RNA(ecircRNA)以及内含子和外显子序列共同形成的环状RNA(EIciRNA)。目前cricRNA在核糖核酸的领域已经成为一个新的研究热点。大量研究发现,circRNA具有调节细胞增殖、分化、凋亡等作用,与肿瘤发生、发展密切相关。本文就circRNA的起源、功能及其与肿瘤关系的研究进展做一综述。     

Insights into circular RNAs: Biogenesis,function and their regulatory roles in cardiovascular disease

As a distinctive member of the noncoding RNA family, circular RNAs (circRNAs) are generated from single-stranded, covalently closed structures and are ubiquitous in mammalian cells and tissues. Due to its atypical circular architecture, it was conventionally deemed insignificant dark matter for a prolonged duration. Nevertheless, studies conducted over the last decade have demonstrated that this abundant, structurally stable and tissue-specific RNA has been increasingly relevant in diverse diseases, including cancer, neurological disorders, diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Therefore, regulatory pathways controlled by circRNAs are widely involved in the occurrence and pathological processes of CVDs through their function as miRNA sponges, protein sponges and protein scaffolds. To better understand the role of circRNAs and their complex regulatory networks in CVDs, we summarize current knowledge of their biogenesis and function and the latest research on circRNAs in CVDs, with the hope of paving the way for the identification of promising biomarkers and therapeutic strategies for CVDs.     

N-myc 蛋白和非编码RNA在神经母细胞瘤中的研究进展

神经母细胞瘤是儿童外周神经系统的肿瘤。在近20%的神经母细胞瘤病例中发现有原癌基因MYCN的扩增和过表达现 象。近几年发现MYCN基因编码的N-myc 蛋白,不仅能够调控多种非编码RNA 的表达,而且也受非编码RNA的调控。miRNA 是在神经母细胞瘤中研究最广泛的非编码RNA,近年来研究发现N-myc 蛋白对于绝大部分miRNA 起抑制作用,如mir-184、 mir-542-5p 等,仅对少数miRNA起诱导表达的作用,如mir-17-92 基因簇、mir-9、mir-421 等。N-myc 蛋白不仅对miRNA 的表达起 调节作用,而且也调控其它lncRNA 的表达,如T-UCR、NDM29、linc00467、MALAT1。有趣的是,N-myc 蛋白和miRNA 之间的作 用是相互的,它们可以双向调节,其调控网络也是复杂的。miRNA 能够靶向MYCN,同时MYCN也能够调控miRNA。该文对神 经母细胞瘤中N-myc蛋白和非编码RNA 间的相互影响,以及两者之间的关系对神经母细胞瘤的发生有何作用作一综述。     

植物环状RNA研究进展

环状RNA (circRNA)是一类由mRNA前体经反向可变剪切而来的共价闭合且保守的单链转录本,通过miRNA海绵功能、干扰可变剪切、结合蛋白等方式调控源基因及线性mRNA的表达。测序结果显示,circRNA广泛存在于不同的植物体内,通过细胞类型特异性表达以及组织特异性表达参与花发育、果实成熟、逆境响应等多个生命过程,在植物发育过程中发挥着重要作用。本文综述了植物circRNA的形成机制、鉴定方法、数据库、表达模式以及潜在的生物学功能,通过与动物相关研究结果的比较,概括了植物circRNA的结构特征和调控潜能,以期为植物circRNA研究提供参考。     

The function and mechanism of circular RNAs in gastrointestinal tumours

Gastrointestinal tumours are tumours that originate in the digestive tract and have extremely high morbidity and mortality. The main categories include: oesophageal, gastric, and colorectal cancers. Circular RNAs are a new class of non‐coding RNAs with a covalent closed‐loop structure without a 5’ cap or a 3’ poly A tail, which can encode a small amount of polypeptide. Recent studies have shown that circRNAs are involved in multiple biological processes during the development of gastrointestinal tumours including proliferation, invasion and metastasis, radio‐ and chemoresistance, and inflammatory responses. Also, the clinical and pathological characteristics of the patient, such as staging and lymph node metastasis, are closely associated with the expression level of circRNAs. Further investigation of the function and the role of circRNAs in the development of gastrointestinal tumours will provide new directions for its clinical diagnosis and treatment.     

Diagnostic and prognostic value of circular RNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common malignant tumour, which has posed a heavy health and financial burden worldwide. Due to limited symptoms at the early stage and the limitation in current biomarkers, HCC patients are usually diagnosed at the advanced stage with a pessimistic overall survival rate. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a subclass of single-stranded RNAs characterized by a covalently closed loop structure without 3’- or 5’-end. With advances in high-throughput sequencing technology and bioinformatics, accumulating studies have demonstrated the promotor or suppressor roles of circRNAs in the carcinogenesis, progression, and metastasis of HCC. Moreover, circRNAs are characteristic of higher abundance, stability and conservation compared with linear RNAs. Therefore, circRNAs have emerged as one of the most promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for HCC with reliable accuracy, sensitivity and specificity. In this review, we briefly introduce the characteristics of circRNAs and summarize the roles of circRNAs in the biological procedures of HCC. Furthermore, we provide an overview on the potential diagnostic and prognostic value of circRNAs as biomarkers for patients with HCC. Finally, we discuss future perspectives of circRNAs in cancer research.     

Emerging roles of circular RNAs in neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain is a major type of chronic pain caused by the disease or injury of the somatosensory nervous system. It afflicts about 10% of the general population with a significant proportion of patients’ refractory to conventional medical treatment. This highlights the importance of a better understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of neuropathic pain so as to drive the development of novel mechanism‐driven therapy. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a type of non‐coding, regulatory RNAs that exhibit tissue‐ and disease‐specific expression. An increasing number of studies reported that circRNAs may play pivotal roles in the development of neuropathic pain. In this review, we first summarize circRNA expression profiling studies on neuropathic pain. We also highlight the molecular mechanisms of specific circRNAs (circHIPK3, circAnks1a, ciRS‐7, cZRANB1, circZNF609 and circ_0005075) that play key functional roles in the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain and discuss their potential diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic utilization in the clinical management of neuropathic pain.