环状RNA研究进展

环状RNA(circRNA)是一类内源性非编码RNA(Non-coding RNA;ncRNA),与传统线性RNA不同,它是由反向剪接形成的、没有5'端帽子和3'端多聚腺苷酸尾巴的环状闭合结构。起初人们认为circRNA是错误剪接或者低丰度mRNA转录过程中的副产物,但随着高通量测序技术和生物信息学的发展,越来越多的circRNA已被发现和鉴定。circRNA在哺乳动物细胞中具有内生、丰富、保守、稳定、组织特异性、时空特异性等特点,且亚细胞定位存在差异。大量研究发现它可以通过多种机制参与动物生长发育调控,疾病等的发生和发展。综述了circRNA的发现与形成、特征、作用机制、研究方法及与疾病相关的研究进展,以期为circRNA的进一步研究提供参考。     

环状RNA在胃癌与结直肠癌中的功能和作为临床标志物的潜力

环状RNA（circRNA）是一种广泛存在于生物体内的新型内源性RNA。CircRNA由RNA前体可变剪接产生,比线性RNA有更好的稳定性,是最近几年RNA领域的明星分子。CircRNA来源于内含子或外显子,可充当miRNA海绵或者结合蛋白质来参与基因表达调控,甚至已发现有circRNA能编码蛋白质。越来越多的研究表明,circRNA在肿瘤（如：食管癌、肝癌、胃癌、结直肠癌和膀胱癌等）的发生发展中发挥了重要作用。近年来,circRNA在胃癌、结直肠癌的研究逐渐增加,circRNA可能成为新的生物学标志物发挥诊断和预后的作用。本文将主要介绍circRNA 在胃癌及结直肠癌的功能和作为临床标志物的研究进展。     

环状RNA研究进展

环状RNA (circular RNA, circRNA)是一类不具有3’端poly(A)和5’端帽子结构的、以共价键首尾相连的单链内源闭合环状RNA。CircRNA具有广泛性、多样性、稳定性和保守性等特点,其具有转录调控和蛋白质翻译等功能。本文从circRNA的生物合成机制、分类、表达、生物学功能、与疾病的关系,以及鉴定与分析方法等方面对近年来的研究进展作一综述,并展望了circRNA的应用前景和研究方向。     

环状RNA与人类神经系统疾病

环状RNA (circular RNA, circRNA)是通过非经典剪接方式将RNA的3′和5′端通过共价键相连而形成的一种环形非编码RNA。circRNA的主要功能之一是作为微RNA (microRNA, miRNA)的"分子海绵",通过抑制miRNA的功能参与神经系统疾病、肿瘤、肥胖以及炎症等多种人类疾病的调节。越来越多的研究表明,circRNA在人类疾病过程中起着非常重要的作用,甚至可以作为疾病早期诊断的生物标记物之一。在此,文章主要对circRNA的生物合成、特性和功能做简单概述,并着重对circRNA在神经系统疾病中的研究进展予以综述。     

环状RNA与皮肤病的关系

环状RNA(circular RNA,circRNA)是一类新的内源性非编码RNA,与传统线性RNA不同,circRNA的特征在于它是由反向剪接形成的、没有5'端和3'端的环状闭合结构。目前研究发现circRNA在皮肤组织和血液的异常表达与许多皮肤疾病的发生和发展有关,并认为有可能成为皮肤疾病早期诊断、病情评估及治疗靶点的重要生物标志物。本文总结了关于circRNA的分类、功能以及其在皮肤疾病中的调控作用。     

环状RNA计算预测方法的研究进展

环状RNA(circular RNA,circRNA)是一类具有重要生物作用的内源性RNA,大多在可变剪接过程中通过5'端和3'端反向共价连接形成闭合环状结构.目前,环状RNA的识别策略主要分为两大类:一类方法从高通量测序(RNA-seq)数据中检测反向剪接位点,另一类直接从RNA序列中检测成环特征.由于数据本身和识别...     

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。     

CircRNA肿瘤相关生物学功能的研究进展

环状RNA(circRNA)是一类具有环状结构的非编码RNA(noncoding RNAs, ncRNA),广泛存在于多种生物细胞中,具有结构稳定、序列保守及细胞或组织特异性表达等特征。已被证实circRNA在许多癌症中存在表达异常,参与了恶性肿瘤的发生发展。CircRNA在细胞中的分布与其功能发挥密切相关。研究表明,胞核分布的circRNA可以参与调节mRNA转录和表观遗传调控,胞质分布的circRNA具有充当"miRNA海绵"、与RNA结合蛋白结合、影响蛋白质翻译、编码蛋白质等功能。本文对circ RNA在肿瘤中发挥的相关生物学功能进行综述,以期为后续研究提供一定的理论依据。     

环状RNA在巨噬细胞中的作用

环状RNA(circular RNA, circRNA)是一类特殊的非编码RNA类型,在真核生物细胞和人体转录本中大量存在。circRNA是由前体信使RNA(pre-mRNA)反向剪接形成的共价闭合环状RNA分子,通过充当微核糖核酸(microRNA, miRNA)"海绵"、与蛋白质结合、参与基因转录调控和蛋白质翻译等发挥其生物学作用。随着对circRNA研究的日益增多,已有研究人员报道了circRNA在免疫细胞中的作用。现对circRNA的形成、分类、生物学特性、功能及其在巨噬细胞中的作用作一概述。     

环状RNA及其作为疾病标志物的潜能

环状RNA（circular RNA, circRNA）是一种共价闭合环状结构的内源性非编码RNA分子,不具有5′端帽子和3′端poly(A)尾巴结构,具有广泛性、保守性、组织特异性以及稳定性等特性;根据序列来源的不同可分为3种类型：外显子circRNA、内含子circRNA、外显子-内含子circRNA;随着生物信息学的快速发展和高通量测序技术的不断革新,目前已经在真核细胞中发现大量内源性circRNA,主要分布于细胞质中,其独特的序列结构,使它具有microRNA海绵、调节选择性剪接或转录、与RNA结合蛋白结合、滚动翻译和衍生假基因等功能;它参与癌症、糖尿病、神经系统疾病和动脉粥样硬化等疾病发生、发展过程。众多研究显示circRNA会成为新型的疾病临床诊断标志物或人类疾病治疗的潜在靶点,该评述较为详细地从circRNA的形成、特性、生物学功能、研究方法、研究数据库以及和疾病的关系等方面来阐述circRNA的最新研究进展,方便研究人员进行circRNA研究。     

The emerging function and clinical significance of circRNAs in Thyroid Cancer and Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases

Thyroid cancer (TC) is one of the most common malignant tumors, with high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. The incidence of TC, especially that of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC); has increased rapidly in recent decades. Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is closely related to TC and has an estimated prevalence of 5%. Thus, it is becoming increasingly important to identify potential diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets for TC and AITD. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs with covalently bonded circular structures that lack 5''-3'' polarity and polyadenylated tails. Several circRNAs play crucial roles in the development of various diseases, including TC and AITD, and could be important new biomarkers and/or targets for the diagnosis and therapy of such disorders. Although there are four subtypes of TC, research on circRNA has largely focused on its connection to PTC. Therefore, this review mainly summarizes the relationships between circRNAs and PTC and AITD, including the molecular mechanisms underlying these relationships. In particular, the functions of “miRNA sponges” and their interactions with proteins and RNA are discussed. The possible targeting of circRNAs for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of TC and AITD is also described. CircRNAs could be potential biomarkers of TC and AITD, although validation will be required before they can be implemented in clinical practice.     

Comparison of circular RNA prediction tools

CircRNAs are novel members of the non-coding RNA family. For several decades circRNAs have been known to exist, however only recently the widespread abundance has become appreciated. Annotation of circRNAs depends on sequencing reads spanning the backsplice junction and therefore map as non-linear reads in the genome. Several pipelines have been developed to specifically identify these non-linear reads and consequently predict the landscape of circRNAs based on deep sequencing datasets. Here, we use common RNAseq datasets to scrutinize and compare the output from five different algorithms; circRNA_finder, find_circ, CIRCexplorer, CIRI, and MapSplice and evaluate the levels of bona fide and false positive circRNAs based on RNase R resistance. By this approach, we observe surprisingly dramatic differences between the algorithms specifically regarding the highly expressed circRNAs and the circRNAs derived from proximal splice sites. Collectively, this study emphasizes that circRNA annotation should be handled with care and that several algorithms should ideally be combined to achieve reliable predictions.     

Circular RNA in cardiovascular disease: Expression,mechanisms and clinical prospects

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a group of covalently closed, endogenous, non-coding RNAs, which exist widely in human tissues including the heart. Increasing evidence has shown that cardiac circRNAs play crucial regulatory roles in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). In this review, we aimed to provide a systemic understanding of circRNAs with a special emphasis on the cardiovascular system. We have summarized the current research on the classification, biogenesis and properties of circRNAs as well as their participation in the pathogenesis of CVDs. CircRNAs are conserved, stable and have specific spatiotemporal expression; thus, they have been accepted as a potential diagnostic marker or an incremental prognostic biomarker for CVDs.