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ABSTRACT: Background
Differentiating benign from canine malignant mammary tumors requires invasive surgical biopsy. Circulating microRNAs (miRNA) may represent promising minimally invasive cancer biomarkers in people and animals.Objectives
To evaluate the serum mRNA profile between dogs with and without mammary carcinoma, and to determine if any of these markers have prognostic significance.Animals
Ten healthy client-owned female dogs (5 intact, 5 spayed) and 10 dogs with histologically confirmed mammary carcinoma were included; 9 were client-owned, whereas 1 was a research colony dog.Methods
Retrospective study. Serum miRNA was evaluated by RNA deep-sequencing (RNAseq) and digital droplet PCR (dPCR).Expression of candidate biomarkers miR-18a, miR-19b, miR-29b, miR-34c, miR-122, miR-125a, and miR-181a was compared with clinical characteristics, including grade, metastasis, and survival.Results
452 unique serum miRNAs were detected by RNAseq. Sixty-five individual miRNAs were differentially expressed (>±1.5-fold) and statistically significant between groups. Serum miR-19b (P = .003) and miR-125a (P?Conclusions and clinical importanceCirculating miRNAs are differentially expressed in dogs with mammary carcinoma. Serum miR-19b and miR-18a represent candidate biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis, respectively.
SUBMITTER: Fish EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7255679 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fish Eric J EJ Martinez-Romero Esther Gisela EG DeInnocentes Patricia P Koehler Jey W JW Prasad Nripesh N Smith Annette N AN Bird Richard Curt RC
Journal of veterinary internal medicine 20200427 3
<h4>Background</h4>Differentiating benign from canine malignant mammary tumors requires invasive surgical biopsy. Circulating microRNAs (miRNA) may represent promising minimally invasive cancer biomarkers in people and animals.<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate the serum mRNA profile between dogs with and without mammary carcinoma, and to determine if any of these markers have prognostic significance.<h4>Animals</h4>Ten healthy client-owned female dogs (5 intact, 5 spayed) and 10 dogs with histologi ...[more]