Purpose: Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable disease. This study focused on the expression of circular RNA circ_0069767  in MM and its influence on prognosis, in order to provide a potential target.
Patients and Methods: Totally 66 MM patients participated in this research. Using RT-PCR method to determine the expression level of circ_0069767  in 66 sorted samples from multiple myeloma patients and 21 normal control bone marrow samples, Kaplan–Meier was applied for survival analysis. We constructed stable over-expressing circ_0069767  and silenced circ_0069767 cell lines and used MTS experiment to detect cell viability, transwell experiment to detect cell migration and invasion ability and flow cytometry to detect cell apoptosis. Dual luciferase experiment, qRT-PCR experiment and Western blot were used to explore miRNA and downstream genes.
Results: The expression of circ_0069767  in MM was significantly higher than that of the normal control group. Patients with high expression of circ_0069767  had longer PFS and OS. Cell function experiments showed that overexpression of circ_0069767  in MM cells led to decreased proliferation, migration and invasion, but increased apoptosis; meanwhile, knockdown of circ_0069767  caused opposite biological behaviors. Circ_0069767  by sponging miR-636  in MM cells regulates the expression of K-RAS  while the K-RAS  gene remained unmutated.
Conclusion: Circ_0069767  plays an antitumor role and its expression can be used as a reliable prognostic indicator for MM patients.
Keywords: circular RNA, multiple myeloma, prognostic factor