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MOLECULAR CANCER
卷 20, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12943-021-01352-4
关键词
Endometrial cancer; Liquid biopsy; Plasma-derived exosomal miRNA; ddPCR; Cancer diagnosis; Early detection
资金
- Medical Health Science and Technology Key Project of Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission [WKJ-ZJ2007]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [82072857, 81772766, 81871864, 81872112]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2019YFC1315700]
- Key Program of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LZ20H160001]
- Key R&D Program of Zhejiang Province [2021C03126C, 2019C03010]
Plasma-derived exosomal miR-15a-5p is identified as a promising and effective diagnostic biomarker for early detection of endometrial cancer, showing close connection with clinical manifestations in EC patients.
Endometrial cancer (EC) is a major cause of death among gynecologic malignancies. To improve early detection of EC in patients, we carried out a large plasma-derived exosomal microRNA (miRNA) studies for diagnostic biomarker discovery in EC. Small RNA sequencing was performed to identify candidate exosomal miRNAs as diagnostic biomarkers in 56 plasma samples from healthy subjects and EC patients. These miRNA candidates were further validated in 202 independent plasma samples by droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), 32 pairs of endometrial tumors and adjacent normal tissues by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), and matched plasma samples of 12 patients before and after surgery by ddPCR. miR-15a-5p, miR-106b-5p, and miR107 were significantly upregulated in exomes isolated from plasma samples of EC patients compared with healthy subjects. Particularly, miR-15a-5p alone yielded an AUC value of 0.813 to distinguish EC patients with stage I from healthy subjects. The integration of miR-15a-5p and serum tumor markers (CEA and CA125) achieved a higher AUC value of 0.899. There was also a close connection between miR-15a-5p and clinical manifestations in EC patients. Its exosomal expression was not only associated with the depth of muscular infiltration and aggressiveness of EC, but also correlated with levels of reproductive hormones such as TTE and DHEAS. Collectively, plasma-derived exosomal miR-15a-5p is a promising and effective diagnostic biomarker for the early detection of endometrial cancer.
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