Department of Molecular Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku 6-1-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
Sci Rep. 2020 Dec 10;10(1):21766. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78500-1.
Streptozotocin administration to mice (STZ-mice) induces type I diabetes and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We attempted to elucidate the carcinogenic mechanism and the miRNA expression status in the liver and blood during the precancerous state. Serum and liver tissues were collected from STZ-mice and non-treated mice (CTL-mice) at 6, 10, and 12 W. The exosome enriched fraction extracted from serum was used. Hepatic histological examination and hepatic and exosomal miRNA expression analysis were serially performed using next-generation sequencing (NGS). Human miRNA expression analysis of chronic hepatitis liver tissue and exosomes, which were collected before starting the antiviral treatment, were also performed. No inflammation or fibrosis was found in the liver of CTL-mice during the observation period. In STZ-mice, regeneration and inflammation of hepatocytes was found at 6 W and nodules of atypical hepatocytes were found at 10 and 12 W. In the liver tissue, during 6-12 W, the expression levels of let-7f-5p, miR-143-3p, 148a-3p, 191-5p, 192-5p, 21a-5p, 22-3p, 26a-5p, and 92a-3p was significantly increased in STZ-mice, and anti-oncogenes of their target gene candidates were down-regulated. miR-122-5p was also significantly down-regulated in STZ-mice. Fifteen exosomal miRNAs were upregulated in STZ-mice. Six miRNAs (let-7f-5p, miR-10b-5p, 143-3p, 191-5p, 21a-5p, and 26a-5p) were upregulated, similarly to human HCC cases. From the precancerous state, aberrant expression of hepatic miRNAs has already occurred, and then, it can promote carcinogenesis. In exosomes, the expression pattern of common miRNAs between mice and humans before carcinogenesis was observed and can be expected to be developed as a cancer predictive marker.
链脲佐菌素(STZ)处理的小鼠(STZ 小鼠)可诱导 I 型糖尿病和肝细胞癌(HCC)。我们试图阐明癌前状态下肝脏和血液中的致癌机制和 miRNA 表达状态。从 STZ 小鼠和未处理的对照(CTL)小鼠中收集血清和肝组织,分别在 6、10 和 12 周时收集。提取血清中富含外泌体的部分。使用下一代测序(NGS)连续进行肝组织学检查以及肝组织和外泌体的 miRNA 表达分析。还对开始抗病毒治疗前收集的慢性肝炎肝组织和外泌体的人 miRNA 表达进行了分析。在观察期间,CTL 小鼠的肝脏未发现炎症或纤维化。在 STZ 小鼠中,在 6 周时发现肝细胞再生和炎症,在 10 和 12 周时发现非典型肝细胞结节。在肝组织中,在 6-12 周时,STZ 小鼠中 let-7f-5p、miR-143-3p、148a-3p、191-5p、192-5p、21a-5p、22-3p、26a-5p 和 92a-3p 的表达水平显著增加,其靶基因候选物的抑癌基因下调。miR-122-5p 在 STZ 小鼠中也显著下调。在 STZ 小鼠中,有 15 个外泌体 miRNA 上调。6 个 miRNA(let-7f-5p、miR-10b-5p、143-3p、191-5p、21a-5p 和 26a-5p)上调,与人类 HCC 病例相似。从癌前状态开始,肝 miRNA 的异常表达已经发生,然后促进致癌作用。在外泌体中,观察到致癌前小鼠和人类之间常见 miRNA 的表达模式,有望作为癌症预测标志物进行开发。