denocarcinoma (ADC) represents the most common histological type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with a heterogeneous pattern of growth classified as lepidic, acinar, papillary, solid, and micropapillary. For ADC patients there are few available therapeutic options and a valuable therapeutic strategy is represented by angiogenesis inhibitors; however, new reliable biomarkers to identify patients with benefit from anti-angiogenic drugs are needed. We designed a panel of sixteen miRNAs together with six their mRNA targets involved in the angiogenesis pathway and expression analysis was performed by the nCounter System® (NanoString Technologies) in 88 ADC patients: 29 were predominantly lepidic (33%), 26 solid (29.5%), 22 acinar (25%), and for 11 patients the prevalent pattern was papillary (12.5%). When we compared mRNA expression levels with the different histological ADC subtypes we found a significant higher expression of VEGF in papillary and solid than in other subtypes (p = 0.008). Among 16 miRNAs that target the angiogenic mRNA, 4 were significantly downregulated in papillary/solid compared to other groups. Our data suggest a distinct angiogenic miRNA-mRNA expression profile among the subtypes of ADC, with a putative clinical application to stratify patients for anti-angiogenetic drugs. Moreover, the regulation of angiogenic mRNA factors by miRNAs could provide a novel therapeutic approach based on their expression pattern specific for distinct ADC subtypes. Further studies are needed in a larger cohort of patients to confirm our results.
Distinct Angiogenic microRNA-mRNA Expression Profiles Among Subtypes of Lung Adenocarcinoma.
Boldrini L
Primo
;Giordano MSecondo
;Melfi F;Lucchi MPenultimo
;Fontanini G.Ultimo
2020-01-01
Abstract
denocarcinoma (ADC) represents the most common histological type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with a heterogeneous pattern of growth classified as lepidic, acinar, papillary, solid, and micropapillary. For ADC patients there are few available therapeutic options and a valuable therapeutic strategy is represented by angiogenesis inhibitors; however, new reliable biomarkers to identify patients with benefit from anti-angiogenic drugs are needed. We designed a panel of sixteen miRNAs together with six their mRNA targets involved in the angiogenesis pathway and expression analysis was performed by the nCounter System® (NanoString Technologies) in 88 ADC patients: 29 were predominantly lepidic (33%), 26 solid (29.5%), 22 acinar (25%), and for 11 patients the prevalent pattern was papillary (12.5%). When we compared mRNA expression levels with the different histological ADC subtypes we found a significant higher expression of VEGF in papillary and solid than in other subtypes (p = 0.008). Among 16 miRNAs that target the angiogenic mRNA, 4 were significantly downregulated in papillary/solid compared to other groups. Our data suggest a distinct angiogenic miRNA-mRNA expression profile among the subtypes of ADC, with a putative clinical application to stratify patients for anti-angiogenetic drugs. Moreover, the regulation of angiogenic mRNA factors by miRNAs could provide a novel therapeutic approach based on their expression pattern specific for distinct ADC subtypes. Further studies are needed in a larger cohort of patients to confirm our results.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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