MiRNA profiles of prostate carcinoma detected by multi-platform miRNA screening - Abstract

University Clinic of Urology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center for molecular medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Glueckstrasse 6, 91054 Erlangen.

 

 

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules that regulate gene expression via posttranscriptional inhibition of protein synthesis. They play a vital role in tumorigenesis. To characterize the diagnostic potential of miRNAs in prostate cancer, a leading cause of cancer mortality, we performed screening of miRNA expression profiles. We used commercially available microarrays to establish miRNA expression profiles from a cohort of 20 cancer samples. The expression of selected miRNAs was analyzed by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) and the identity of miRNA expressing cells was determined by miRNA in situ hybridization. We identified 25 miRNAs that showed a significant differential expression in cancer samples. The comparison with previously published data generated by deep sequencing of cDNA libraries of small RNA molecules revealed a concordance rate of 47% among miRNAs identified with both techniques. The differential expression of miRNAs miR-375, miR-143 and miR-145 was validated by qPCR. MiRNA in situ hybridization revealed that the differential expression is cancer-cell associated. A combination of three miRNAs correctly classified tissue samples with an accuracy of 77.6% with an area under the ROC curve of 0.810. Our data extend the knowledge about the deregulation of miRNAs in prostate cancer. The differential expression of several miRNAs is highly consistent using independent cohorts of tumor samples, different tissue preservation methods and different experimental methods. Our results indicate that combinations of miRNAs are promising biomarkers for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Written by:
Wach S, Nolte E, Szczyrba J, Stöhr R, Hartmann A, Orntoft T, Dyrskjøt L, Eltze E, Wieland W, Keck B, Ekici AB, Grässer F, Wullich B.   Are you the author?

Reference: Int J Cancer. 2011 Mar 11. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1002/ijc.26064

PubMed Abstract
PMID: 21400514

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