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Erschienen in: Pathology & Oncology Research 2/2020

06.03.2019 | Original Article

Relative and Absolute Expression Analysis of MicroRNAs Associated with Luminal A Breast Cancer– A Comparison

verfasst von: Vahid Arabkari, Eoin Clancy, Róisín M. Dwyer, Michael J. Kerin, Olga Kalinina, Emma Holian, John Newell, Terry J. Smith

Erschienen in: Pathology & Oncology Research | Ausgabe 2/2020

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Abstract

MicroRNAs, as small non-coding regulatory RNAs, play crucial roles in various aspects of breast cancer biology. They have prognostic and diagnostic value, which makes them very interesting molecules to investigate. Reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is the gold standard method to analyse miRNA expression in breast cancer patients. This study investigated two RT-qPCR methods (absolute and relative) to determine the expression of ten miRNAs in whole blood samples obtained from luminal A breast cancer patients compared to healthy controls. Whole blood samples were collected from 38 luminal A breast cancer patients and 20 healthy controls in Paxgene blood RNA tubes. Total RNA was extracted and analysed by relative and absolute RT-qPCR. For relative RT-qPCR, miR-16 was used as an endogenous control. For absolute RT-qPCR, standard curves were generated using synthetic miRNA oligonucleotides to determine the absolute copy number of each miRNA. Of the ten miRNAs that were analysed, the absolute RT-qPCR method identified six miRNAs (miR-16, miR-145, miR-155, miR-451a, miR-21 and miR-486) that were upregulated and one miRNA (miR-195) that was downregulated. ROC curve and AUC analysis of the data found that the combination of three miRNAs (miR-145, miR-195 and miR-486) had the best diagnostic value for luminal A breast cancer with an AUC of 0.875, with 76% sensitivity and 81% specificity. On the other hand, the relative RT-qPCR method identified two miRNAs (miR-155 and miR-486) that were upregulated and miR-195, which was downregulated. Using this approach, the combination of three miRNAs (miR-155, miR-195 and miR-486) was showed to have an AUC of 0.657 with 65% sensitivity and 69% specificity. We conclude that miR-16 is not a suitable normalizer for the relative expression profiling of miRNAs in luminal A breast cancer patients. Compared to relative quantification, absolute quantification assay is a better method to determine the expression level of circulating miRNAs in Luminal A breast cancer.
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Metadaten
Titel
Relative and Absolute Expression Analysis of MicroRNAs Associated with Luminal A Breast Cancer– A Comparison
verfasst von
Vahid Arabkari
Eoin Clancy
Róisín M. Dwyer
Michael J. Kerin
Olga Kalinina
Emma Holian
John Newell
Terry J. Smith
Publikationsdatum
06.03.2019
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Pathology & Oncology Research / Ausgabe 2/2020
Print ISSN: 1219-4956
Elektronische ISSN: 1532-2807
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-019-00627-y

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