Identification and Functional Profiling of Differentially Expressed Extracellular Vesicle-free MicroRNAs for Efficient Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Autor: | Mina Jahandideh, Ebrahim Barzegari |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Cell and Molecular Research, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 10-21 (2020) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 2008-9147 2717-3364 |
DOI: | 10.22067/jcmr.v12i1.87155 |
Popis: | MicroRNAs are interesting as cancer diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers because of their unique tissue expression profiles, higher stability in the blood in comparison to mRNAs, and the possibility for reliable quantification. In the case of prostate cancer (PCa), it is currently emphasized to explore new biomarkers, particularly from microRNAs which are freely available in the bloodstream. In this study, the gene expression omnibus database (GEO), a repository of microarray data for PCa circulating extracellular vesicle-free microRNAs profiling, was analyzed for differentially expressed miRNAs (DE-miRs). Top 20 most differentially expressed miRs with significant (adjusted p-value < 0.01) high expression (fold change) levels were extracted by the simultaneous application of different filtering criteria. Then, microRNA-gene networks were constructed for the two sets of positively (n=20) or negatively (n=20) regulated miRNAs. Gene ontology annotations of the target gene sets were also extracted and analyzed. Results indicated that human miR-1587, miR-223-3p, miR-3125, and miR-642b-3p are highly significant DE-miRs in PCa. In addition, human miR-4459, miR-1273g, miR 642a-3p, and miR-642b-3p were identified as top-ranked hubs in the relevant miRNA-gene networks. FOXK1, PML, CD24, ATN1, BAZ2A, CDKN1A, NUFIP2, and HARNPU were identified as microRNA target genes with significant dysregulation. miR-4459, miR-1273g-3p, miR-3135b, miR-5001-5p, and miR-1587 were proposed as novel microRNAs with the potential to be utilized as diagnostic biomarkers of prostate cancer among circulating vesicle-free miRNAs. |
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