Exploratory Profiling of Extracellular MicroRNAs in Cerebrospinal Fluid Comparing Leptomeningeal Metastasis with Other Central Nervous System Tumor Statuses

The diagnosis of leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is often difficult due to the paucity of cancer cells in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and nonspecific findings on neuroimaging. Investigations of extracellular microRNAs (miRNAs) in CSF could be used for both the diagnosis and study of LM pathogenesis bec...

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Autores principales: Ji Hye Im, Tae Hoon Kim, Kyue-Yim Lee, Ho-Shin Gwak, Weiwei Lin, Jong Bae Park, Jong Heon Kim, Byong Chul Yoo, Seong-Min Park, Ji-Woong Kwon, Sang Hoon Shin, Heon Yoo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9060a613b0544b76883e437b87308ecc2021-11-11T17:31:22ZExploratory Profiling of Extracellular MicroRNAs in Cerebrospinal Fluid Comparing Leptomeningeal Metastasis with Other Central Nervous System Tumor Statuses10.3390/jcm102148602077-0383https://doaj.org/article/9060a613b0544b76883e437b87308ecc2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/21/4860https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0383The diagnosis of leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is often difficult due to the paucity of cancer cells in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and nonspecific findings on neuroimaging. Investigations of extracellular microRNAs (miRNAs) in CSF could be used for both the diagnosis and study of LM pathogenesis because they reflect the activity of disseminating cancer cells. We isolated CSF extracellular miRNAs from patients (<i>n</i> = 65) of different central nervous system tumor statuses, including cancer control, healthy control, LM, brain metastasis (BM), and primary brain tumor (BT) groups, and performed miRNA microarrays. In unsupervised clustering analyses, all LM and two BM samples showed unique profiles. Among 30 miRNAs identified for LM-specific biomarkers via a Prediction Analysis of Microarrays, miR-335-5p and miR-34b-3p were confirmed in both the discovery and validation samples (<i>n</i> = 23). Next, we performed a significance analysis of the microarray (SAM) to extract discriminative miRNA profiles of two selected CSF groups, with LM samples revealing a greater number of discriminative miRNAs than BM and BT samples compared to controls. Using SAM comparisons between LM and BM samples, we identified 30 upregulated and 6 downregulated LM miRNAs. To reduce bias from different primary cancers, we performed a subset analysis with primary non-small cell lung cancer, and 12 of 13 upregulated miRNAs in LM vs. BM belonged to the upregulated miRNAs in LM. We identified possible target genes and their biological processes that could be affected by LM discriminative miRNAs in NSCLC using the gene ontology database. In conclusion, we identified a unique extracellular miRNA profile in LM CSF that was different from BM, suggesting the use of miRNAs as LM biomarkers in studies of LM pathogenesis.Ji Hye ImTae Hoon KimKyue-Yim LeeHo-Shin GwakWeiwei LinJong Bae ParkJong Heon KimByong Chul YooSeong-Min ParkJi-Woong KwonSang Hoon ShinHeon YooMDPI AGarticleleptomeningeal metastasiscerebrospinal fluidmicroRNAmicroarraybiomarkerMedicineRENJournal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 4860, p 4860 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
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topic leptomeningeal metastasis
cerebrospinal fluid
microRNA
microarray
biomarker
Medicine
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spellingShingle leptomeningeal metastasis
cerebrospinal fluid
microRNA
microarray
biomarker
Medicine
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Ji Hye Im
Tae Hoon Kim
Kyue-Yim Lee
Ho-Shin Gwak
Weiwei Lin
Jong Bae Park
Jong Heon Kim
Byong Chul Yoo
Seong-Min Park
Ji-Woong Kwon
Sang Hoon Shin
Heon Yoo
Exploratory Profiling of Extracellular MicroRNAs in Cerebrospinal Fluid Comparing Leptomeningeal Metastasis with Other Central Nervous System Tumor Statuses
description The diagnosis of leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is often difficult due to the paucity of cancer cells in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and nonspecific findings on neuroimaging. Investigations of extracellular microRNAs (miRNAs) in CSF could be used for both the diagnosis and study of LM pathogenesis because they reflect the activity of disseminating cancer cells. We isolated CSF extracellular miRNAs from patients (<i>n</i> = 65) of different central nervous system tumor statuses, including cancer control, healthy control, LM, brain metastasis (BM), and primary brain tumor (BT) groups, and performed miRNA microarrays. In unsupervised clustering analyses, all LM and two BM samples showed unique profiles. Among 30 miRNAs identified for LM-specific biomarkers via a Prediction Analysis of Microarrays, miR-335-5p and miR-34b-3p were confirmed in both the discovery and validation samples (<i>n</i> = 23). Next, we performed a significance analysis of the microarray (SAM) to extract discriminative miRNA profiles of two selected CSF groups, with LM samples revealing a greater number of discriminative miRNAs than BM and BT samples compared to controls. Using SAM comparisons between LM and BM samples, we identified 30 upregulated and 6 downregulated LM miRNAs. To reduce bias from different primary cancers, we performed a subset analysis with primary non-small cell lung cancer, and 12 of 13 upregulated miRNAs in LM vs. BM belonged to the upregulated miRNAs in LM. We identified possible target genes and their biological processes that could be affected by LM discriminative miRNAs in NSCLC using the gene ontology database. In conclusion, we identified a unique extracellular miRNA profile in LM CSF that was different from BM, suggesting the use of miRNAs as LM biomarkers in studies of LM pathogenesis.
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author Ji Hye Im
Tae Hoon Kim
Kyue-Yim Lee
Ho-Shin Gwak
Weiwei Lin
Jong Bae Park
Jong Heon Kim
Byong Chul Yoo
Seong-Min Park
Ji-Woong Kwon
Sang Hoon Shin
Heon Yoo
author_facet Ji Hye Im
Tae Hoon Kim
Kyue-Yim Lee
Ho-Shin Gwak
Weiwei Lin
Jong Bae Park
Jong Heon Kim
Byong Chul Yoo
Seong-Min Park
Ji-Woong Kwon
Sang Hoon Shin
Heon Yoo
author_sort Ji Hye Im
title Exploratory Profiling of Extracellular MicroRNAs in Cerebrospinal Fluid Comparing Leptomeningeal Metastasis with Other Central Nervous System Tumor Statuses
title_short Exploratory Profiling of Extracellular MicroRNAs in Cerebrospinal Fluid Comparing Leptomeningeal Metastasis with Other Central Nervous System Tumor Statuses
title_full Exploratory Profiling of Extracellular MicroRNAs in Cerebrospinal Fluid Comparing Leptomeningeal Metastasis with Other Central Nervous System Tumor Statuses
title_fullStr Exploratory Profiling of Extracellular MicroRNAs in Cerebrospinal Fluid Comparing Leptomeningeal Metastasis with Other Central Nervous System Tumor Statuses
title_full_unstemmed Exploratory Profiling of Extracellular MicroRNAs in Cerebrospinal Fluid Comparing Leptomeningeal Metastasis with Other Central Nervous System Tumor Statuses
title_sort exploratory profiling of extracellular micrornas in cerebrospinal fluid comparing leptomeningeal metastasis with other central nervous system tumor statuses
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/9060a613b0544b76883e437b87308ecc
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