Distribution and characterization of extrachromosomal circular DNA in colorectal cancer.

Mol Biomed

Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Province, China.

Published: December 2022

Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) has been shown to play an important role in the amplification of tumor genes and the maintenance of intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity, although its complex functional mechanism still remains to be elucidated. As the top three common malignancies in the world, colorectal cancer (CRC) has been threatening human life and health, whose tumorigenesis and development may have elusive connection with eccDNAs. Here, we described the extensive distribution of eccDNAs in the CRC tissues using Circle-seq, which range in size from hundreds to thousands of base pairs (bp). The distribution in tumor tissues had aggregation and tendency compared with random in tumor-adjacent tissues, accompanied with smaller and more regular circle lengths. After sequencing and restoring, we found that the shedding sites of eccDNAs in CRC had similar tendency in chromosome distribution, and focused on tumor-associated genes. Meanwhile, we combined RNA sequencing to explore the correlation of eccDNA differential expression in the gene transcription and signaling pathways, confirming a connection between eccDNA and RNA somewhere. Subsequently, we validated eccDNAs in CRC cell lines and the potential consistency of the junction sites of eccDNAs in CRC tissues and cell lines. Using fragments of the cationic amino acid transporter SLC7A1 to synthesize eccDNAs, we discovered the role of eccDNAs in different regions within the gene.

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