泌尿生殖系统癌症中的循环微小RNA:早期检测与诊断的开创性进展
Circulating miRNAs in genitourinary cancer: pioneering advances in early detection and diagnosis.
作者信息
Cicatiello Annunziata Gaetana, Musone Michele, Imperatore Silvestro, Giulioni Carlo, La Rocca Roberto, Cafarelli Angelo, Del Giudice Francesco, Dentice Monica, Crocetto Felice
机构信息
Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
出版信息
J Liq Biopsy. 2025 Apr 25;8:100296. doi: 10.1016/j.jlb.2025.100296. eCollection 2025 Jun.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are noncoding, single-stranded RNAs molecules modulating gene expression thanks to their ability to bind mRNAs. Indeed, they regulate key processes for the proper functioning of the organism and affect the course of human pathologies. Altered expression of individual miRNAs has been shown in most human cancers, endowed with oncogenic or suppressor potential. Additionally, miRNAs have shown a promising potential as cancer markers. Not only miRNAs are present in various body fluids, such as serum and plasma, they also have high biological stability of miRNAs that in turn facilitates their detection. For these reasons, the use of miRNAs detection as non-invasive prognostic and predictive biomarkers in cancer provides new perspectives and strategies for personalized medicine and cancer therapy. This review summarizes the current knowledge supporting the utility of miRNAs as novel early diagnostic and prognostic tool, with a special focus on the effectiveness of miRNAs of the liquid biopsies in the diagnosis of urogenital cancers. In conclusion, we rightly state that circulating miRNAs and therefore liquid biopsy have the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis, monitoring and even treatment of urological tumors, entering clinical practice as a more accurate, less invasive and more suitable diagnostic tool for patient follow-up compared to current methodologies. With the progress of scientific research and the implementation of advanced technologies that also exploit artificial intelligence, the future of oncological diagnosis, especially for urological tumors, could be increasingly oriented towards less invasive approaches and based on precision medicine, tailored for the specific patient.
微小RNA(miRNA)是一类非编码单链RNA分子,因其能够与信使核糖核酸(mRNA)结合而调节基因表达。事实上,它们调控着生物体正常运作的关键过程,并影响人类疾病的进程。在大多数人类癌症中都已发现个别miRNA的表达发生改变,这些miRNA具有致癌或抑癌潜力。此外,miRNA作为癌症标志物显示出了有前景的潜力。miRNA不仅存在于血清和血浆等各种体液中,而且其具有很高的生物学稳定性,这反过来又便于对它们进行检测。基于这些原因,将miRNA检测用作癌症的非侵入性预后和预测生物标志物,为个性化医疗和癌症治疗提供了新的视角和策略。本综述总结了支持miRNA作为新型早期诊断和预后工具效用的当前知识,特别关注液体活检中的miRNA在泌尿生殖系统癌症诊断中的有效性。总之,我们有理由指出,循环miRNA以及因此的液体活检有潜力彻底改变泌尿系统肿瘤的诊断、监测甚至治疗方式,与当前方法相比,作为一种更准确、侵入性更小且更适合患者随访的诊断工具进入临床实践。随着科学研究的进展以及利用人工智能等先进技术的实施,肿瘤诊断的未来,尤其是泌尿系统肿瘤的诊断,可能会越来越倾向于采用侵入性更小的方法,并基于针对特定患者量身定制的精准医学。