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Expression profile of Breast Cancer tumors in Brazilian women

ABSTRACT: On the basis of prognostic information provided by the PAM50 predictor, we evaluated how samples grouped relative to the other breast tumor subtypes. mRNA samples from 24 patients were amplified, labeled, and hybridized to the Affymetrix GeneChip Human Exon 1.0 ST array. After normalization and analysis of the microarray data using Partek® software (http://www.partek.com), we clustered all samples using the PAM50 predictor. We analyzed tumors from 24 patients with breast cancer using the Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST platform. Array data was processed by AffymetrixExpression Console and analysed using Partek software

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Binato Renata

PROVIDER: S-ECPF-GEOD-58102 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is rarely diagnosed in very young women (35 years old or younger), and it often presents with distinct clinical-pathological features related to a more aggressive phenotype and worse prognosis when diagnosed at this early age. A pending question is whether breast cancer in very young women arises from the deregulation of different underlying mechanisms, something that will make this disease an entity differentiated from breast cancer diagnosed in older patients. METHODS: We performed a comprehensive study of miRNA expression using miRNA Affymetrix2.0 array on paraffin-embedded tumour tissue of 42 breast cancer patients 35 years old or younger, 17 patients between 45 and 65 years old and 29 older than 65 years. Data were statistically analyzed by t-test and a hierarchical clustering via average linkage method was conducted. Results were validated by qRT-PCR. Putative targeted pathways were obtained using DIANA miRPath online software. RESULTS: The results show a differential and unique miRNA expression profile of 121 miRNAs (p-value <0.05), 96 of those with a FDR-value <0.05. Hierarchical clustering grouped the samples according to their age, but not by subtype nor by tumour characteristics. We were able to validate by qRT-PCR differences in the expression of 6 miRNAs: miR-1228*, miR-3196, miR-1275, miR-92b, miR-139 and miR-1207. Moreover, all of the miRNAs maintained the expression trend. The validated miRNAs pointed out pathways related to cell motility, invasion and proliferation. CONCLUSIONS: The study suggests that breast cancer in very young women appears as a distinct molecular signature. To our knowledge, this is the first time that a validated microRNA profile, distinctive to breast cancer in very young women, has been presented. The miRNA signature may be relevant to open an important field of research in order to elucidate the underlying mechanism in this particular disease, which in a more clinical setting, could potentially help to identify therapeutic targets in this particular set of patients.

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