Circulating exosomal microRNAs as biomarkers of colon cancer.
<h4>Purpose</h4>Exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) have been attracting major interest as potential diagnostic biomarkers of cancer. The aim of this study was to characterize the miRNA profiles of serum exosomes and to identify those that are altered in colorectal cancer (CRC). To evaluate thei...
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| author | Hiroko Ogata-Kawata Masashi Izumiya Daisuke Kurioka Yoshitaka Honma Yasuhide Yamada Koh Furuta Toshiaki Gunji Hideki Ohta Hiroyuki Okamoto Hikaru Sonoda Masatoshi Watanabe Hitoshi Nakagama Jun Yokota Takashi Kohno Naoto Tsuchiya |
| author_facet | Hiroko Ogata-Kawata Masashi Izumiya Daisuke Kurioka Yoshitaka Honma Yasuhide Yamada Koh Furuta Toshiaki Gunji Hideki Ohta Hiroyuki Okamoto Hikaru Sonoda Masatoshi Watanabe Hitoshi Nakagama Jun Yokota Takashi Kohno Naoto Tsuchiya |
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| description | <h4>Purpose</h4>Exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) have been attracting major interest as potential diagnostic biomarkers of cancer. The aim of this study was to characterize the miRNA profiles of serum exosomes and to identify those that are altered in colorectal cancer (CRC). To evaluate their use as diagnostic biomarkers, the relationship between specific exosomal miRNA levels and pathological changes of patients, including disease stage and tumor resection, was examined.<h4>Experimental design</h4>Microarray analyses of miRNAs in exosome-enriched fractions of serum samples from 88 primary CRC patients and 11 healthy controls were performed. The expression levels of miRNAs in the culture medium of five colon cancer cell lines were also compared with those in the culture medium of a normal colon-derived cell line. The expression profiles of miRNAs that were differentially expressed between CRC and control sample sets were verified using 29 paired samples from post-tumor resection patients. The sensitivities of selected miRNAs as biomarkers of CRC were evaluated and compared with those of known tumor markers (CA19-9 and CEA) using a receiver operating characteristic analysis. The expression levels of selected miRNAs were also validated by quantitative real-time RT-PCR analyses of an independent set of 13 CRC patients.<h4>Results</h4>The serum exosomal levels of seven miRNAs (let-7a, miR-1229, miR-1246, miR-150, miR-21, miR-223, and miR-23a) were significantly higher in primary CRC patients, even those with early stage disease, than in healthy controls, and were significantly down-regulated after surgical resection of tumors. These miRNAs were also secreted at significantly higher levels by colon cancer cell lines than by a normal colon-derived cell line. The high sensitivities of the seven selected exosomal miRNAs were confirmed by a receiver operating characteristic analysis.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Exosomal miRNA signatures appear to mirror pathological changes of CRC patients and several miRNAs are promising biomarkers for non-invasive diagnosis of the disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5c87bd8ab393463fbd3d41fe821239ac2025-08-20T03:11:55ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0194e9292110.1371/journal.pone.0092921Circulating exosomal microRNAs as biomarkers of colon cancer.Hiroko Ogata-KawataMasashi IzumiyaDaisuke KuriokaYoshitaka HonmaYasuhide YamadaKoh FurutaToshiaki GunjiHideki OhtaHiroyuki OkamotoHikaru SonodaMasatoshi WatanabeHitoshi NakagamaJun YokotaTakashi KohnoNaoto Tsuchiya<h4>Purpose</h4>Exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) have been attracting major interest as potential diagnostic biomarkers of cancer. The aim of this study was to characterize the miRNA profiles of serum exosomes and to identify those that are altered in colorectal cancer (CRC). To evaluate their use as diagnostic biomarkers, the relationship between specific exosomal miRNA levels and pathological changes of patients, including disease stage and tumor resection, was examined.<h4>Experimental design</h4>Microarray analyses of miRNAs in exosome-enriched fractions of serum samples from 88 primary CRC patients and 11 healthy controls were performed. The expression levels of miRNAs in the culture medium of five colon cancer cell lines were also compared with those in the culture medium of a normal colon-derived cell line. The expression profiles of miRNAs that were differentially expressed between CRC and control sample sets were verified using 29 paired samples from post-tumor resection patients. The sensitivities of selected miRNAs as biomarkers of CRC were evaluated and compared with those of known tumor markers (CA19-9 and CEA) using a receiver operating characteristic analysis. The expression levels of selected miRNAs were also validated by quantitative real-time RT-PCR analyses of an independent set of 13 CRC patients.<h4>Results</h4>The serum exosomal levels of seven miRNAs (let-7a, miR-1229, miR-1246, miR-150, miR-21, miR-223, and miR-23a) were significantly higher in primary CRC patients, even those with early stage disease, than in healthy controls, and were significantly down-regulated after surgical resection of tumors. These miRNAs were also secreted at significantly higher levels by colon cancer cell lines than by a normal colon-derived cell line. The high sensitivities of the seven selected exosomal miRNAs were confirmed by a receiver operating characteristic analysis.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Exosomal miRNA signatures appear to mirror pathological changes of CRC patients and several miRNAs are promising biomarkers for non-invasive diagnosis of the disease.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0092921&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Hiroko Ogata-Kawata Masashi Izumiya Daisuke Kurioka Yoshitaka Honma Yasuhide Yamada Koh Furuta Toshiaki Gunji Hideki Ohta Hiroyuki Okamoto Hikaru Sonoda Masatoshi Watanabe Hitoshi Nakagama Jun Yokota Takashi Kohno Naoto Tsuchiya Circulating exosomal microRNAs as biomarkers of colon cancer. PLoS ONE |
| title | Circulating exosomal microRNAs as biomarkers of colon cancer. |
| title_full | Circulating exosomal microRNAs as biomarkers of colon cancer. |
| title_fullStr | Circulating exosomal microRNAs as biomarkers of colon cancer. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Circulating exosomal microRNAs as biomarkers of colon cancer. |
| title_short | Circulating exosomal microRNAs as biomarkers of colon cancer. |
| title_sort | circulating exosomal micrornas as biomarkers of colon cancer |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0092921&type=printable |
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