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Development and Validation of a 6-miRNA Prognostic Signature in Spinal Chordoma.

ABSTRACT: Background:Published data have suggested a critical role for microRNA (miRNA) expression in chordoma progression. However, most of these studies focus on single miRNA and no multi-miRNA prognostic signature has been currently established for chordoma. In this study, we sought to develop and validate a 6-miRNA risk score (miRscore) model for survival prediction. Methods:Medline, Embase, and Google scholar searches (from inception to July 20, 2018) were conducted to identify candidate miRNAs with prognostic value as per predefined criteria. Quantitative RT-PCR was used to measure miRNA levels in 114 spinal chordoma (54 in the training and 60 in the validation cohort) and 20 control specimens. Subsequently, the miRscore was built based on miRNAs data. Results:Literature searches identified six prognostic miRNAs (miR-574-3p, miR-1237-3p, miR-140-3p, miR-1, miR-155, and miR-1290) with differential expression in tumor tissues. Bioinformatical analysis revealed an important regulatory role for miR-574-3p/EGFR signaling in chordoma and showed that the target genes of these prognostic miRNAs were mainly enriched in transcription regulation, protein binding and cancer-related pathways. In both cohorts, the miRscore was associated with surrounding muscle invasion by tumor and/or other aggressive features. The miRscore model well predicted local recurrence-free survival and overall survival, which remained after adjusting for other relevant covariates. Further time-dependent receiver operating characteristics analysis in the two cohorts found that the miRscore classifier had stronger prognostic power than known clinical predictors and improved the ability of Enneking staging to predict outcomes. Importantly, recursive-partitioning analysis of both samples combined separated patients into four prognostically distinct risk subgroups for recurrence and survival (both P < 0.001). Conclusions:These data suggest the miRscore as a useful prognostic stratification tool in spinal chordoma and may represent an important step toward future personalized treatment of patients.

SUBMITTER: Huang W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7656123 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Development and Validation of a 6-miRNA Prognostic Signature in Spinal Chordoma.

Huang Wei W Yan Yi-Guo YG Wang Wen-Jun WJ Ouyang Zhi-Hua ZH Li Xue-Lin XL Zhang Tao-Lan TL Wang Xiao-Bin XB Wang Bing B Lv Guo-Hua GH Li Jing J Zou Ming-Xiang MX

Frontiers in oncology 20201027

<h4>Background</h4>Published data have suggested a critical role for microRNA (miRNA) expression in chordoma progression. However, most of these studies focus on single miRNA and no multi-miRNA prognostic signature has been currently established for chordoma. In this study, we sought to develop and validate a 6-miRNA risk score (miRscore) model for survival prediction.<h4>Methods</h4>Medline, Embase, and Google scholar searches (from inception to July 20, 2018) were conducted to identify candida ...[more]

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