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Table 3 CircRNAs and their contribution to the metabolism reprogramming of cancer cells

From: The role of noncoding RNAs in metabolic reprogramming of cancer cells

circRNAs

Oncogene/TS

Cancer

Metabolic reprogramming

Mechanism

Refs

circMYLK

Oncogene

Lung cancer

Elevating glucose metabolism

Overexpression of GLUT3 by targeting miR-195-5p

[139]

circMAGI3

Oncogene

Lung cancer

Elevation of glucose metabolism

Overexpression of HDGF by targeting miR-515-5p

[140]

circAGFG1

Oncogene

Lung cancer

Elevation of glucose metabolism

Overexpression of HIF-1α

[141]

circ-ENO1

Oncogene

Lung cancer

Elevation of glucose metabolism

Regulating ENO1 expression by targeting miR-22-3p

[142]

circRAD18

Oncogene

Papillary thyroid cancer

Elevation of glucose metabolism

Upregulation of PDK1 by targeting miR-516b

[143]

circRHBDD1

Oncogene

HCC

Elevation of glucose metabolism

Through an m6A dependent manner

[144]

circCARM1

Oncogene

Breast cancer

Elevation of glucose metabolism

Upregulating PFKFB2 by sponging miR-1252-5p

[117]

piR-Hep1

Oncogene

HCC

Elevation of glucose metabolism

Activating glycolysis through PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

[145]

snoRD113-1

Oncogene

HCC

Elevation of glucose metabolism

Through PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

[146]

hsa_circ_0018180 (circPARD3)

Oncogenic

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Elevation of glucose metabolism

Through the miR-5194/ENO1 axis

[147]

circMBOAT2

Oncogene

ICC

Elevation of lipid metabolism

Stabilizing PTBP1 to facilitate FASN mRNA cytoplasmic export

[148]

circRIC8B

Oncogene

CLL

Elevation of lipid metabolism

Acting as a sponge of miR-199b-5p and preventing it from decreasing the level of lipoprotein lipase mRNA

[132]

circ-LDLRAD3

Oncogene

Lung cancer

Elevation of amino acid metabolism

promoting glutamine metabolism through upregulation of SLC1A5 by targeting miR-137

[133]

circ-103809

Oncogene

NSCLC

Elevation of amino acid metabolism

Upregulating GOT1 and promoting glutamine metabolism by targeting miR-377-3p

[149]

circ-0003028

Oncogene

Lung cancer

Elevation of amino acid metabolism

Overexpression of GOT2 by miR-1298-5p

[136]

circMYH9

Oncogene

CRC

Elevation of amino acid metabolism

Promotes the expression of serine and glycine synthesis enzymes to facilitate serine and glycine biosynthesis though p53-mediated upregulation of PHGDH

[137]

circ_0025033

Oncogene

Ovarian cancer

Elevation of amino acid metabolism

Promotes ovarian cancer cell malignant behaviors and glutamine metabolism via the hsa_miR-370-3p/SLC1A5 axis

[134]

  1. GLUT3: glucose transporter 3; TS: tumor Suppressor; HDGF: heparin-binding growth factor; HIF-1α: hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha; ENO1: enolase 1; PDK1: pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; ICC: intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; CLL: chronic lymphocytic leukemia; PFKFB2: 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 2; PI3K/Akt: phosphoinositide-3-kinase/protein kinase B (PKB, or Akt); PTBP1: polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 1; FASN: fatty acid synthase; SLC1A5: solute carrier family 1 member 5; GOT1: glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 1; GOT2: glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 2; NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer; CRC: colorectal cancer; PHGDH: phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase