Circulating miR-375 as a novel prognostic marker for metastatic medullary thyroid cancer patients
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Citazione:
Circulating miR-375 as a novel prognostic marker for metastatic medullary thyroid cancer patients / P. Romeo, C. Colombo, R. Granata, G. Calareso, A.V. Gualeni, M. Dugo, L. De Cecco, M.G. Rizzetti, A. Zanframundo, A. Aiello, M.L. Carcangiu, A. Gloghini, S. Ferrero, L. Licitra, A. Greco, L. Fugazzola, L.D. Locati, M.G. Borrello. - In: ENDOCRINE-RELATED CANCER. - ISSN 1351-0088. - 25:3(2018 Mar), pp. 217-231. [10.1530/ERC-17-0389]
Abstract:
This study aimed to identify circulating miRNAs as novel non-invasive biomarkers for prognosis and vandetanib response in advanced medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) patients. We prospectively recruited two independent cohorts of locally advanced/metastatic MTC patients including a subgroup of vandetanib-treated subjects: a discovery cohort (n = 20), including matched plasma/tissue samples (n = 17/20), and a validation cohort, yielding only plasma samples (n = 17). Plasma samples from healthy subjects (n = 36) and MTC patients in remission (n = 9) were used as controls. MTC (n = 17 from 8 patients included in discovery cohort) and non-neoplastic thyroid specimens (n = 3) were assessed by microarray profiling to identify candidate circulating miRNAs. qRT-PCR andin situhybridization were carried out to validate the expression and localization of a selected miRNA within tissues, and qRT-PCR was also performed to measure miRNA levels in plasma samples. By microarray analysis, we identified 51 miRNAs differentially expressed in MTC. The most overexpressed miR, miR-375, was highly expressed by C cells compared to other thyroid cells, and more expressed in MTC than in reactive C-cell hyperplasia. MTC patients had significantly higher miR-375 plasma levels than healthy controls (P < 0.0001) and subjects in remission (P = 0.0004) as demonstrated by qRT-PCR analysis. miR-375 plasma levels were not predictive of vandetanib response, but, notably, high levels were associated with significantly reduced overall survival (HR 10.61,P < 0.0001) and were a strong prognostic factor of poor prognosis (HR 6.24,P = 0.00025) in MTC patients. Overall, our results unveil plasma miR-375 as a promising prognostic marker for advanced MTC patients, to be validated in larger cohorts.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
circulating miRNA; medullary thyroid cancer; metastases; miR-375; prognostic biomarker
Elenco autori:
P. Romeo, C. Colombo, R. Granata, G. Calareso, A.V. Gualeni, M. Dugo, L. De Cecco, M.G. Rizzetti, A. Zanframundo, A. Aiello, M.L. Carcangiu, A. Gloghini, S. Ferrero, L. Licitra, A. Greco, L. Fugazzola, L.D. Locati, M.G. Borrello
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