circRNA basic information
circBase ID: hsa_circ_0008193
Name: hsa_circ_FAM120A
Synonym: circFAM120A
Host Gene: FAM120A
Genomic location(hg19): chr9:96233422-96238620:+
Genomic location(hg38): chr9:93471140-93476338:+
Subcellular localization: cytoplasm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disease basic information
MONDO ID:
0005061
MONDO name: lung adenocarcinoma
Disease details: lung adenocarcinoma / LUAD
Disease DO ID:
3910
Disease MeSH ID:
C538231
Disease NCIt ID:
C3512
Disease ICD11 ID:
-
Disease OMIM ID:
-
Species: Human
Species details: Homo sapiens
Tissue specimen:

paired tumor specimens; adjacent normal lung tissue; lung cancer tissue

Cell lines:

A549

In vivo animal model:

-

circRNA-disease information
Expression pattern:
DN
Associated gene: FOXO3, RB1, CDK6, BCL2, PIK3R5, PLCG2
Associated microRNA: hsa-miR-12119, hsa-miR-370-3p, hsa-miR-4539, hsa-miR-6511a-5p, hsa-miR-6772-3p, hsa-miR-9851-3p
Biological function: Potential biomarker of tumor hypoxia; may participate in lung cancer development and may reflect metastatic risk of lung cancer.
Molecular mechanism: Predicted circRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory mechanism involving targeted miRNAs and downstream mRNAs; GO and KEGG analyses suggest effects on signal transduction, protein phosphorylation, MAPK cascade, ERK1/2 cascade, and cancer-related pathways.
Biological pathway or process:

ceRNA regulation (other); MAPK (other); ERK (other); PI3K/AKT (other); HIF-1 signaling (other); NF-kappaB (other); Wnt/beta-catenin (other); TGF-beta/SMAD (other); VEGF/VEGFR (other); apoptosis (other); migration (other); metastasis (other); proliferation (other); other pathway/process (other)

Detected method:
Q
S
Validation methods:

Back-Splice Junction PCR / divergent primers PCR; Sanger Sequencing; circRNA-seq; RNase R Treatment; RT-qPCR; Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Fractionation; Clinical Sample Validation; Bioinformatics Analysis

Clinical significance:

Potential biomarker of hypoxic lung adenocarcinoma and tumor hypoxia; may have potential to predict metastatic risk of lung cancer.

Description:

CircFAM120A is a human FAM120A-derived circRNA that is significantly downregulated in hypoxic A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells and lymph node-positive lung adenocarcinoma tissues. The study proposes CircFAM120A as a potential biomarker of lung adenocarcinoma hypoxia and metastatic risk, with predicted circRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory effects on signal transduction and cancer-related pathways.

Confidence score:

0.6333

Other information
Title:

Comprehensive circular RNA profiling identifies CircFAM120A as a new biomarker of hypoxic lung adenocarcinoma.

Journal: Annals of translational medicine
Published: 2019
PubMed ID: 31700878
Study type:

combined biological and clinical study

Data availability: TCGA database; Kaplan-Meier Plotter; http://fp.amegroups.cn/cms/atm.2019.08.79-1.pdf
Code availability: -