Project description:MicroRNA (miRNA) expression profiles for prostate cancers were examined to investigate the miRNA involvement in prostate carcinogenesis. miRNA microarray analysis identified statistical unique profiles, which could discriminate prostate cancers from noncancerous prostate tissues.
Project description:Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is a lethal stage of disease for which current biomarkers have modest predictive power. Liquid biopsies have emerged as a minimally invasive approach but may be inaccessible to patients with limited access to clinical facilities. Here we evaluate small-volume dried capillary blood as a biospecimen for liquid biopsies that stabilizes biomarkers for use in decentralized clinical scenarios. We focus on exosomal microRNAs miR-1290 and miR-375 that in venous blood draws predict overall progression and survival in mCRPC. Using a combination of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) in matched plasma and dried blood samples from 62 mCRPC patients, microRNA recovery was optimized to exceed 50% for abundant microRNAs (miR-16-5p) but was more variable (30–70%) for lower-abundance targets (miR-1290, miR-30a-5p, miR-375). For predictive biomarkers, RT-qPCR consistently measured miR-1290 but was insufficiently sensitive to consistently detect less abundant miR-375 which was selectively depleted from DBS samples relative to plasma. Normalization by abundant, stable miRs was necessary to reduce systematic bias for correlation between plasma and dried blood extracts. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that high miR-1290/miR-16-5p ratios from dried blood predicted poor survival with a hazard ratio of 3.29 (95% CI = 1.64–6.62, p = 0.0013), performing comparably to PSA. These findings indicate that small-volume dried capillary blood may be a valid biospecimen for decentralized liquid biopsies applying microRNA profiling, and may enhance the flexibility of prognostic testing in mCRPC.
Project description:Comparison of miRNA expression profiles in normal and malignant prostate tissues. Keywords: microarray analysis of microRNA expression profiles MicroRNA expression was compared between normal prostate tissue from either young subjects that died of trauma, or normal adjacent to tumor, and prostatic tumors in older prostate cancer patients. RNA was isolated from frozen tissue sections, enriched for the miRNA fraction, which was subsequently labeled and hybridized to miRNA microarrays for expression profiling analysis.
Project description:Comparison of miRNA expression profiles in normal and malignant prostate tissues. Keywords: microarray analysis of microRNA expression profiles
Project description:Comparison of miRNA expression profiles in a small set of prostate needle core biopsies or fine needle aspirates. Keywords: Expression profiling of prostate needle core biopsies MicroRNA expression was compared between a pooled normal sample consisting of 10 separate normal adjacent to tumor prostate needle core biopsies, two prostate tumor cell lines (PC3 and LNCaP), two needle core biopsies, and a fine needle aspirate of a prostate tumor metastasis to the supraclavicular lymph node. MicroRNA was isolated from fresh frozen tissue sections of the needle core biopsies using the mirVana miRNA Isolation kit from Ambion per the manufacturer's instructions. MicroRNA was amplified using 10 ng input and 750 ng of amplified material was subsequently labeled for hybridization. All samples were normalized to the same normal prostate control.
Project description:Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) presented in venous plasma have recently been demonstrated as powerful biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognostic prediction of complex diseases like cancer. Nevertheless, those presented in arterial plasma have been ignored based on the assumption that the miRNA profiles in arterial and venous plasma would be identical. Here, we disputed this intuitive assumption by comparing arterial and venous plasma miRNA expression profiles from male rats using microarray technique. Though the microRNA profiles were largely similar, a considerable number of miRNAs showed significant differential expression, including 10 arterial highly expressed miRNAs and 14 venous highly expressed miRNAs. The differentially expressed miRNAs were validated by qRT-PCR. We performed computational analysis of the function enrichment and disease association of these miRNAs and their targets. Our analysis also suggested significant correlations between plasma miRNA expression and tissue miRNA expression. Four arterial highly expressed miRNAs showed enriched expression in specific tissues and thus could serve as novel biomarker candidates.
Project description:To further understanding of mature microRNA in plasma from healthy people, we have employed microRNA microarray as a discovery platform with the potential to identify the plasma microRNA levels of healthy people. Human peripheral blood was drawn from 4 healthy donors, and plasma was obtained by two-step centrifugation. Equal of total RNA from the plasma was detected by microRNA microarray including 866 human and 89 human viral miRNAs (Sanger miRBase, release 12.0). About 170 miRNAs could be detected by microarray in all 4 samples of plasma. Among them, 6 microRNAs (miR-451, miR-16, miR-133a, miR-1, miR-499 and miR-208a) were detected in the RNA from the same plasma by real-time PCR.
Project description:To further understanding of mature microRNA in plasma from healthy people, we have employed microRNA microarray as a discovery platform with the potential to identify the plasma microRNA levels of healthy people. Human peripheral blood was drawn from 4 healthy donors, and plasma was obtained by two-step centrifugation. Equal of total RNA from the plasma was detected by microRNA microarray including 866 human and 89 human viral miRNAs (Sanger miRBase, release 12.0). About 170 miRNAs could be detected by microarray in all 4 samples of plasma. Among them, 6 microRNAs (miR-451, miR-16, miR-133a, miR-1, miR-499 and miR-208a) were detected in the RNA from the same plasma by real-time PCR. Freshly peripheral bloods from 4 healthy donors were drawn into EDTA tubes, and were processed within 1 hour by two-step centrifugation to remove the blood cells and the cellular debris. Small RNA was prepared using the mirVana PARIS kit, and was quantified using a NanoDrop-1000 spectrophotometer. Equal of RNA from the plasma was detected by microRNA microarray to identify the microRNAs levels in plasma of healthy people.
Project description:We identified plasma microRNA as a useful biomarker for Pancrearic cancer through miRNA-based approach comparing plasma levels between PCa patients and healthy volunteers.