tumor tissues; corresponding adjacent tissues; normal bile duct tissues; lung; liver
HIBEC; CCLP-1; QBC939; RBE; HuCCT1
cell line-derived xenograft
proliferation (promotes); migration (promotes); invasion (promotes); metastasis (promotes); stemness (promotes); apoptosis (inhibits); mRNA stability (promotes); other pathway/process (promotes)
RNase R Treatment; RT-qPCR; Clinical Sample Validation; Transfection; EdU Staining; Transwell Assay; Western Blot; Annexin V/PI Flow Cytometry; Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Fractionation; FISH / smFISH; RNA Pull-Down; RIP (RNA Immunoprecipitation); Actinomycin D / DRB Stability Assay; In Vivo Animal Model; IHC (Immunohistochemistry); H&E Staining; Survival Analysis; ROC Analysis; Bioinformatics Analysis
High circ_0007534 expression correlated with lymph node invasion, advanced TNM stage, poor prognosis, and had prognostic potential with ROC AUC 0.779.
circ_0007534 is up-regulated in cholangiocarcinoma tissues and cell lines and is associated with lymph node invasion, advanced TNM stage, and poor prognosis. Functionally, it promotes proliferation, migration, invasion, stemness, anoikis resistance, tumor growth, and metastasis. Mechanistically, cytoplasmic circ_0007534 binds the RNA-binding protein DDX3X to stabilize DDX42 mRNA, forming a circ_0007534-DDX3X-DDX42 positive feedback loop that drives CCA progression.
0.8717
Circ_0007534 promotes cholangiocarcinoma stemness and resistance to anoikis through DDX3X-mediated positive feedback regulation of parental gene DDX42.
combined biological and clinical study