Objective
To study the expression profiles of 5 microRNAs in tissue and serum of patients with
clear cell renal cell cancer (ccRCC) and evaluate their diagnostic and prognostic
potential.
Materials and Methods
We prospectively analyzed 30 patients of histologically proven ccRCC and collected
3 mL of serum preoperatively and small pieces of tumor and adjacent non–tumor renal
tissue intraoperatively. Control serum samples were obtained from 15 patients of non–renal
benign diseases. We analyzed 5 miRNAs—miR-34a, miR-141, miR-200c, miR-1233, and miR-21-2.
Freshly collected samples were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen and total RNA
was extracted. cDNA was synthesized by reverse transcription, and quantitative polymerase
chain reaction was performed to determine relative miRNA expression.
Results
In the renal tissue and serum samples, 3 out of 5 miRNAs were differentially expressed;
that is, the expression levels of miR-34a and miR-141 were significantly decreased,
whereas that of miR-1233 was significantly increased. Serum miR-34a, miR-141, and
miR-1233 were able to diagnose ccRCC with a sensitivity of 80.76%, 75%, and 93.33%,
and specificity of 80%, 73.33%, and 100%, respectively, as compared to histopathology.
Using a panel of 2 serum miRNAs (miR-141 and miR-1233) ccRCC can be diagnosed with
100% sensitivity and 73.3% specificity.
Conclusion
miRNAs are differentially expressed in serum of patients with ccRCC and can be used
to diagnose ccRCC with high sensitivity and specificity. Diagnostic sensitivity can
be further improved by using a panel of miRNAs and has the potential to serve as novel
diagnostic markers of ccRCC.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 21, 2017
Accepted:
March 7,
2017
Received:
September 16,
2016
Footnotes
Financial Disclosure: The authors declare that they have no relevant financial interests.
Siddharth Yadav and Madhuram Khandelwal contributed equally.
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