Review Article

Long Noncoding RNAs and Circular RNAs in the Metabolic Reprogramming of Lung Cancer: Functions, Mechanisms, and Clinical Potential

Table 1

List of lncRNAs and circRNAs that participate in lung cancer metabolic reprogramming.

MetabolismlncRNA/circRNADeregulationTarget miRNADownstream componentFunctionReference

Glucose metabolismARHGAP10miR-150-5pGLUT1Enhances Warburg effect[19]
circMYLKmiR-195-5pGLUT3Enhances Warburg effect[20]
circ_0008928miR-488HK2Enhances Warburg effect[21]
DUXAP8miR-409-3pHK2, LDHAEnhances Warburg effect[22]
IGFBP4-1HK2, LDHA, PDK1Enhances Warburg effect[23]
circMAGI3miR-515-5pHDGFEnhances Warburg effect[24]
BCYRN1miR-149PKM2Enhances Warburg effect[25]
AC020978PKM2, HIF-1αEnhances Warburg effect[26]
KIMAT1LDHBEnhances Warburg effect[27]
CRYBG3LDHAEnhances Warburg effect[28]
circAGFG1miR-28-5pHIF-1αEnhances Warburg effect[29]
circSLC25A16miR-488-3pHIF-1αEnhances Warburg effect[30]
LINC01123miR-199a-5pc-MycEnhances Warburg effect[31]
circ-MEMO1miR-101-3pKRASEnhances Warburg effect[32]
HOXA11-ASmiR-3619-5pSALL4Enhances Warburg effect[33]
LINC00243miR-507PDK4Enhances Warburg effect[34]
ABHD11-AS1KLF4Enhances Warburg effect[35]
AL355338ENO1Enhances Warburg effect[36]
HOTAIRM1miR-498ABCE1Enhances Warburg effect[37]
LINC01537PDE2AInhibits aerobic glycolysis[38]
circDCUN1D4TXNIPInhibits aerobic glycolysis[39]
circ-ERBB2miR-7-5pFOXM1Enhances Warburg effect[40]
circTADA2AmiR-455-3pFOXM1Enhances Warburg effect[41]
circ-PGCmiR-532-3pFOXR2Enhances Warburg effect[42]
circPUM1miR-590-5pMETTL3Enhances Warburg effect[43]
circ_0000517miR-330-5pYY1Enhances Warburg effect[44]
circ-PITX1miR-1248CCND2Enhances Warburg effect[45]
circ_0006677miR-578SOCS2Inhibits aerobic glycolysis[46]
circNFIXmiR-212-3pADAM10Enhances Warburg effect[47]
circ-ENO1miR-22-3pENO1Enhances Warburg effect[48]

Lipid metabolismCTD-2245E15.3ACC1, PCEnhances fatty acid synthesis and anaplerosis[49]
CCAT1FAS, ACC1, ACOX1, PDK1, CD36, VEGFA, and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathwayEnhances fatty acid synthesis[50]

Glutamine metabolismPVT1-5miR-126SLC7A5Promotes cell proliferation[51]
circ-LDLRAD3miR-137SLC1A5Promotes cell proliferation and mobility and supresses apoptosis[52]
MINCRmiR-126SLC7A5Promotes cell proliferation and migration and suppresses apoptosis[53]
hsa_circRNA_103809miR-377-3pGOT1Increases cisplatin resistance[54]
circ_0003028miR-1298-5pGOT2Promotes cell proliferation, colony formation, cell cycle progression, migration and invasion and suppresses apoptosis and autophagy[55]

↑: upregulated; ↓: downregulated; ACC1: acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1; ACOX1: acyl-coenzyme A oxidase 1; ADAM10: metalloprotease domain 10; CCND2: cyclin D2; circRNAs: circular RNAs; ENO1: α-enolase; FAS: fatty acid synthase; FOXM1: forkhead box M1; GOT1: glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase 1; GOT2: glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase 2; GLUT 1: glucose transporter member 1; GLUT 3: glucose transporter member 3; HDGF: hepatoma-derived growth factor; HIF-1α: hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha; HK2: hexokinase 2; KLF4: Krüppel-like factor 4; LDHA: lactate dehydrogenase A; LDHB: lactate dehydrogenase B; lncRNAs: long noncoding RNAs; METTL3: methyltransferase like 3; PC: pyruvate carboxylase; PDK1: pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1; PKM2: pyruvate kinase 2; PDK4: pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4; SALL4: Sal-like protein 4; SLC1A5: glutamine transporter solute carrier family A1 member 5; SLC7A5: glutamine transporter solute carrier family A7 member 5; TXNIP: thioredoxin-interacting protein; VEGFA: vascular endothelial growth factor A; YY1: Yin yang-1; ABCE1: ATP binding cassette subfamily E member 1; FOXR2: forkhead box R2; PDE2A: phosphodiesterase 2A.