Project description:Exosomes are cell membrane-derived endoplasmic reticulum measuring 30 to 120 nm, which are secreted from various cells including cancer cells, and consist of lipids, proteins, mRNAs, and microRNAs (miRNAs). Tumor-derived exosomes are involved in tumor progression by delivering various factors to neighboring cells and promoting intercellular communication. MiRNA is a non-coding RNA consisting of 20-24 nucleotides that binds to the 3'UTR region of the target gene with a complementary nucleotide sequence during gene expression to degrade target mRNA or inhibit translation into target protein. In our study, exosomal miRNA profiling was utilized as a crucial technique to analyze the mechanisms of intercellular communication in tumor malignancy
Project description:Exosomes were isolated from plasma and saliva of healthy individuals and head and neck cancer (HNSCC) patients. miRNA profiling of plasma- and saliva-derived exosomes was performed using nCounter SPRINT system. Diagnostic panels were selected from the exosomal miRNA profile.
Project description:Exosomes were isolared from saliva od healthy individuals and head and neck cancer (HNSCC) patients.miRNA profiling of saliva-derived exosomes was perfomred using nCounter SPRINT system. Samples were grouped according to Healthy and Tumor based on their saliva-derived exosomal miRNA profile.
Project description:Urinary exosomal miRNA profiling was conducted in urinary exosomes obtained from 8 healthy controls (C), 8 patients with type II diabetes (T2D) and 8 patients with type II diabetic nephropathy (DN) using Agilent´s miRNA microarrays.
Project description:Recently, exosome has been treated as a key mechanism for cell-to-cell communication. We thus demonstrated the roles of exosomes for the encoding messages between primary tumors and metastases. To investigate the difference between pTDE miRNA (primary tumor-derived exosomal miRNA) and mDE miRNA (metastases-derived exosomal miRNA), we isolated exosomal miRNA from each cell lines. Next, we performed small RNA sequencing for miRNA profiling. Compared with pTDE and mDE miRNAs, miR-1 is specifically abundunt in pTDE and also shows therapeutic effects to repress the growth of metastases after primary tumor resection.
Project description:Tuberculosis (TB) is difficult to diagnose under complex clinical conditions. Exosomal miRNAs have emerged as promising disease biomarkers. We aim to investigate the potential of exosomal miRNAs to assist with TB clinical diagnosis. In the present research, we used the Affymetrix Genechip miRNA 4.0 Array to investgate the profiles of differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) in the exosomes of peripheral blood plasma. As a result, exosomal miRNA profiling yielded a total of 102 DEMs (98 with up-expression and 4 with down-expression) between the TB (pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis meningitis) patients and controls.
Project description:To investigate the exosomal miRNA changes under LPS treatment in RAW 264.7 cells, 2 μg/mL LPS were added into complete medium to incubate RAW 264.7 cells. And then The exosomes were isolated and tested the exosomal miRNAs change using microarray.
Project description:Bcl-xL is an anti-apoptotic protein that is frequently found to be overexpressed in non-small cell lung cancer leading to an inhibition of apoptosis and poor prognosis. Recently, the role of miRNAs in regulating apoptosis and cell survival during tumorigenesis has become evident, with cancer cells showing perturbed expression of various miRNAs. We utilized miRNA microarrays to determine if miRNA dysregulation in bcl-xL silenced lung adenocarcinoma cells could be involved in regulating apoptotic behavior, and identified dysregulated miRNAs with putative targets involved in signal transduction pathways regulating apoptosis, cell proliferation and cell progression. Short interfering RNA-based transfection of A549 was carried out inducing a reduction in bcl-xL expression levels. 24 hours post-transfection total RNA was isolated using TRIzol reagent and hybridized onto Affymetrix GeneChip miRNA Arrays. A global miRNA expression profile was then established, which compared total RNA, extracted from siRNA-transfected and non-transfected A549 cells. All experiments were carried out with three independent biological replicates.