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Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have demonstrated critical roles in the development of cancers. This study aimed to explore the function of circular RNA circPRKCI/miR-20a-5p/SOX4 axis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Our data showed that the expression of circPRKCI and SOX4 was enhanced while the expression of miR-20a-5p was reduced in the clinical T-ALL samples. The expression of miR-20a-5p was negatively associated with circPRKCI and SOX4 in the T-ALL patients and the expression of circPRKCI was positive correlated with SOX4 in the T-ALL patients. Functionally, the silencing of circPRKCI suppressed the viability of T-ALL cells. Conversely, the knockdown of circPRKCI promoted the apoptosis of T-ALL cells. The levels of cleaved PARP and cleaved caspase3 were induced by the depletion of circPRKCI in T-ALL cells. Mechanically, the luciferase activity of circPRKCI was significantly decreased in T-ALL cells after the treatment of miR-20a-5p mimic. Meanwhile, the silencing of circPRKCI promoted the expression of miR-20a-5p in T-ALL cells, implying that circPRKCI serves as a competitive endogenous RNAs (ceRNA) of miR-20a-5p. We validated that the treatment of miR-20a-5p mimic inhibited the viability of T-ALL cells. MiR-20a-5p mimic enhanced the apoptosis of T-ALL cells. The expression of cleaved PARP and cleaved caspase3 was increased by miR-20a-5p mimic in the cells. In summarization, we concluded that circular RNA circPRKCI contributed to malignant progression of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia by modulating miR-20a-5p/SOX4 axis. Targeting circPRKCI may serve as a promising therapeutic strategy of T-ALL.

Circular RNA circPRKCI contributes to malignant progression of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia by modulating miR-20a-5p/SOX4 axis