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Plasma exo-hsa_circRNA_0056616: A potential biomarker for lymph node metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma

Fei He1#, Xuejing Zhong1,2#, Zheng Lin1, Jianbo Lin3, Minglian Qiu3, Xu Li3, Zhijian Hu1✉

1. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350108, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350108, China; Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
2. Department of Science and Education, The Affiliated Longyan First Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Longyan, 364000, China
3. Department of Chest Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, China
#The first two authors contributed equally to this paper.

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He F, Zhong X, Lin Z, Lin J, Qiu M, Li X, Hu Z. Plasma exo-hsa_circRNA_0056616: A potential biomarker for lymph node metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma. J Cancer 2020; 11(14):4037-4046. doi:10.7150/jca.30360. https://www.jcancer.org/v11p4037.htm
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Abstract

Background: To investigate the relationship between CXCR4-related circular RNAs (circRNAs) in exosomes and lymph node metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma.

Methods: Totally 41 lung adenocarcinoma tissues (21 with lymph node metastasis and 20 without) were collected. Expression of CXCR4 protein was detected by western blotting analysis. A stable PC9/CXCR4-shRNA and PC14/CXCR4-shRNA knockdown lung adenocarcinoma cell lines were established and subjected to functional assays (cell proliferation, colony formation, migration and invasion) for phenotype changes. Exo-hsa-circRNAs (has-circRNAs in exosomes) were detected in vivo and in vitro. The diagnostic value of differentially expressed exo-has-circRNAs was evaluated.

Results: Expression levels of CXCR4 were higher in patients with lymph node metastasis than in those without (P = 0.001). Silencing CXCR4 expression in PC9 and PC14 cell lines with short hairpin RNA could effectively abolish colony formation frequency, proliferation rate, migration rate, and the number of invasive cells (all P < 0.001). Exo_circRNA_0056616 was detected in both PC-9/CXCR4-shRNA cells and lung adenocarcinoma plasma at significantly higher levels than in the corresponding control (P < 0.001). When a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for plasma exo-hsa_circRNA_0056616 levels and diagnosis of lymph node metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma was generated, a cutoff value of 0.394 was identified with an area under the curve of 0.812 (95% confidence interval 0.720-0.903), a sensitivity of 0.792, and specificity of 0.810.

Conclusions: Taken together, our findings suggested that CXCR4 was higher in the lung adenocarcinoma tissues with lymph node metastasis. Higher plasma levels of exo-hsa_circRNA_0056616 in these patients also suggest that this circRNA represents a potential biomarker for lymph node metastasis predictor in lung adenocarcinoma.

Keywords: Lung adenocarcinoma, CXCR4, exosomes, circRNA, lymph node metastasis


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He, F., Zhong, X., Lin, Z., Lin, J., Qiu, M., Li, X., Hu, Z. (2020). Plasma exo-hsa_circRNA_0056616: A potential biomarker for lymph node metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma. Journal of Cancer, 11(14), 4037-4046. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.30360.

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He, F.; Zhong, X.; Lin, Z.; Lin, J.; Qiu, M.; Li, X.; Hu, Z. Plasma exo-hsa_circRNA_0056616: A potential biomarker for lymph node metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma. J. Cancer 2020, 11 (14), 4037-4046. DOI: 10.7150/jca.30360.

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He F, Zhong X, Lin Z, Lin J, Qiu M, Li X, Hu Z. Plasma exo-hsa_circRNA_0056616: A potential biomarker for lymph node metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma. J Cancer 2020; 11(14):4037-4046. doi:10.7150/jca.30360. https://www.jcancer.org/v11p4037.htm

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He F, Zhong X, Lin Z, Lin J, Qiu M, Li X, Hu Z. 2020. Plasma exo-hsa_circRNA_0056616: A potential biomarker for lymph node metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma. J Cancer. 11(14):4037-4046.

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