Song Cailu, Zhang Lijuan, Wang Jin, Huang Zhongying, Li Xing, Wu Mingqing, Li Shuaijie, Tang Hailin, Xie Xiaoming
Department of Breast Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Department of Nursing, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Sci Rep. 2016 Apr 13;6:24502. doi: 10.1038/srep24502.
More sensitive and effective diagnostic markers for the detection of breast cancer are urgently needed. The microRNA-183/182/96 cluster has been reported to be involved in tumorigenesis and progression in a variety of cancers, and it is a promising cancer prognostic biomarker. The goal of this study was to determine the expression levels of the miR-183/182/96 cluster in breast cancer tissues and evaluate its prognostic role in breast cancer. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression levels of the miR-183/182/96 cluster in 41 breast cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues (control tissues) and also in different mammary cell lines. In situ hybridization (ISH) of the miR-183/182/96 cluster on 131 tissue microarrays (TMAs) was used to statistically analyze its prognostic role. The miR-183/182/96 cluster levels were significantly higher in breast cancer tissues than in control tissues. The miR-183/182/96 cluster was also upregulated in human breast cancer cell lines. An increased miR-183/182/96 cluster level was correlated with local relapse, distant metastasis and poor clinical outcomes. Our findings improve our understanding of the expression level of the miR-183/182/96 cluster in breast cancer and clarify the role of the miR-183/182/96 cluster as a novel prognostic biomarker for breast cancer.
迫切需要更灵敏、有效的乳腺癌诊断标志物。据报道,微小RNA-183/182/96簇参与多种癌症的肿瘤发生和进展,是一种很有前景的癌症预后生物标志物。本研究的目的是确定miR-183/182/96簇在乳腺癌组织中的表达水平,并评估其在乳腺癌中的预后作用。采用实时定量聚合酶链反应分析(qRT-PCR)检测41例乳腺癌组织及癌旁正常组织(对照组织)以及不同乳腺细胞系中miR-183/182/96簇的表达水平。对131个组织芯片(TMA)上的miR-183/182/96簇进行原位杂交(ISH),以统计分析其预后作用。乳腺癌组织中miR-183/182/96簇水平显著高于对照组织。miR-183/182/96簇在人乳腺癌细胞系中也上调。miR-183/182/96簇水平升高与局部复发、远处转移及不良临床结局相关。我们的研究结果增进了我们对miR-183/182/96簇在乳腺癌中表达水平的理解,并阐明了miR-183/182/96簇作为乳腺癌新型预后生物标志物的作用。