Table 1.
The crosstalk between circRNAs and cervical cancer progression with a focus on signaling pathways and miRNAs that are sponged
| CircRNA | Oncogenic/tumor-suppressive function | Expression pattern | Target miRNA | Target signaling pathway | Biological roles in CC | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CircRNF121 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-153-3p | Wnt/β-catenin signaling | CircRNF121 enhances cell proliferation and migration and suppresses autophagy through the miR-153-3p/ATF2 axis and wnt/β-catenin pathway | [98] |
| CircSAMD11 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-503 | Wnt/β-catenin signaling | CircSAMD11 enhances CC progression, cell proliferation, migration, and invasion and inhibits cell apoptosis by regulating the wnt/β-catenin pathway through the miR-503/SOX4 axis | [99] |
| Hsa_circ_0003204 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | _ | MAPK signaling pathway | Hsa_circ_0003204 enhances cell proliferation and migration, and suppresses cell apoptosis via regulating the MAPK signaling | [100] |
| CircFAT1 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-409-3p | MAPK signaling pathway | CircFAT1 increases tumor growth and CC progression by enhancing the ERK1/2 and p38 of MAPK pathway through the miR-409-3p/CDK8 axis | [101] |
| Hsa_circ_0000515 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-326 | MAPK signaling pathway | Has_circ_0000515 induces cell proliferation and invasion, while represses apoptosis and autophagy by up-regulating the ELK1 through targeting miR-326 | [102] |
| Hsa_circ_CSPP1 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-361-5p | PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway | Hsa_circ_CSPP1 improves proliferation and invasion of CC through miR-361-5p/ITGB1 in PI3K-Akt signaling pathway | [103] |
| Hsa_circ_0001627 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-1225-5p | PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway | Hsa_circ_0001627 promotes CC progression via regulating the hsa_circ_0001627/miR-1225-5p/FNDC3B axis through the PI3K/mTOR pathway | [104] |
| Hsa_circ_0001495 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-526b-3p | PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway | Has_circ_0001495 increases cell proliferation and tumor growth, while decreases apoptosis by upmodulating the TMBIM6 through sponging miR-526-3p | [105] |
| CircCCDC134 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-503-5p | _ | ALKBH5-mediated m6A modification of circCCDC134 leads to circCCDC134 overexpression, which enhances the CC progression and metastasis by promoting the HIF1A-induced angiogenesis | [106] |
| Circ_0006646 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-758-3p | _ | Circ_0006646 improves CC progression and metastasis by enhancing the expression of RRM2 by sponging miR-758-3p | [107] |
| Circ_0001823 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-613 | _ | Circ_0001823 promotes cell viability and invasion leading to improved metastasis of CC by increasing the expression of RAB8A through sponging miR-613 | [108] |
| Hsa_circ_0005358 | Tumor suppressive | Under-expression | _ | _ | Hsa_circ_0005358 suppresses CC progression and metastasis by blocking the interaction between PTBP1 and CDCP1 and decreasing CDCP1 expression | [109] |
| CircLMO1 | Tumor suppressive | Under-expression | miR-4291 | _ | CircLMO1 enhances CC metastasis by inducing ferroptosis and apoptosis of CC cells through sponging miR-4291 | [110] |
| CircVPRBP | Tumor suppressive | Under-expression | miR-106b-5p | _ | CircVPRBP suppresses CC metastasis and progression through the miR-106b-5p/TRIM3 axis | [111] |
| CircPVT1 (Hsa_circ_0009143) | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-1286 | _ | CircPVT1 stimulates migration and invasion, and thus pulmonary metastasis. Also, it promotes EMT by sponging miR-1286, in an exosome-dependent manner | [112] |
| Circ-0000745 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | _ | _ | Circ-0000745 upregulation leads to poor differentiation and vascular/lymphatic invasion | [113] |
| Circ-000284 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-506 | _ | Circ-000284 induces tumor growth and invasion by sponging miR-506, and subsequent regulation of Snail-2 | [97] |
| Circ-NRIP1 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-629-3p | _ | Circ-NRIP1 triggers the migration and invasion by inhibiting the PTP4A1/ ERK1/2 through sponging miR-629-3p | [114] |
| Circ-0003204 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | _ | MAPK signaling pathway | Circ-0003204 induces tumor growth, migration, and invasion by regulating the MAPK signaling | [100] |
| CircUBAP2 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-361-3p | _ | CircUBAP2 provokes tumor growth and metastasis by targeting the miR-361-3p/SOX4 axis | [115] |
| Hsa_circRNA_0001400 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-326 | PI3K-Akt signaling pathway | Hsa_circRNA_0001400 improves CC cell proliferation and decreases apoptosis by enhancing the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway | [116] |
| Circ_0000263 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-1179 | _ | Circ_0000263 enhances CC progression by reducing cell apoptosis and amplifying cell proliferation through the miR-1179/ABL2 axis | [117] |
| CircRNA_0000285 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-654-3p | _ | CircRNA_0000285 suppresses miR-654-3p expression leading to increased cell viability, reduced cell apoptosis, and suppressed CC progression | [118] |
| Hsa_circ_0001038 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR-337-3p | _ | Has_circ_0001038 induces tumor growth, migration, lymph node and myometrial invasion, while suppresses apoptosis by affecting MACC1 and CNNM3 in a miR-337-3p-dependent manner | [119] |
| Circ_0003221 | Oncogenic | Overexpression | miR‑139‑3p | _ | Circ_0003221 promotes CC angiogenesis and progression via positive enhancing of S100A14 expression through sponging miR-139-3p | [120] |