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The expression pattern of circulating miR-590-3p as a promising diagnostic biomarker for early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most common type of ovarian tumors. The biomarkers, which are being used for EOC screening, have low sensitivity and specificity leading to late diagnosis and high mortality rate. Thus, identification of effective biomarkers for early diagnosis of ovarian cance...
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| description | Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most common type of ovarian tumors. The biomarkers, which are being used for EOC screening, have low sensitivity and specificity leading to late diagnosis and high mortality rate. Thus, identification of effective biomarkers for early diagnosis of ovarian cancer has become a high priority in research. Here we aim to address this problem by studying the expression of a potential molecular marker, miR-590-3p, in EOC. We examined the mRNA steady-state levels of various acknowledged biomarkers including cancer antigen-125 (CA125) which is being used for EOC screening, c-reactive protein (CRP) which expression was correlated with EOC stage and paired homeobox 2 gene (PAX2) whose expression is correlated with the histological grade to characterize the histo-pathological features of the specimens at the molecular level. We examined the expression of miR-590-3p in EOC patients’ serum and EOC tissues, using real-time PCR. The levels of circulating miR-590-3p showed to be significantly elevated in 84.6% of the EOC patients’ serum, with 76.92% sensitivity and 85.7% specificity at its optimal cutoff value. Tissue miR-590-3p showed to be upregulated in EOC tissues compared to normal ovarian tissues and highly correlated with high-grade poorly differentiated EOC. The adoption of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition biomarkers was enriched in EOC with high miR-590-3p levels. The potential downstream target genes, SOX2, LEF1 and PAX2, were predicted using miRanda and Targetscan in silco tools and their expression profiles were in silco examined using Oncomine data-mining platform and StarBase Pan-cancer analysis. We examined the levels of SOX2, LEF1 and PAX2 at the RNA and the protein levels via semi-quantitative PCR and western blot, respectively. Among the investigated potential target genes, only PAX2 showed negative correlation with the levels of miR-590-3p in EOC tissues, suggesting that miR-590-3p could acquire its role in EOC carcinogenesis through regulation of cellular differentiation in EOC. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-1223 The expression pattern of circulating miR-590-3p as a promising diagnostic biomarker for early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer Shawer, Heba Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most common type of ovarian tumors. The biomarkers, which are being used for EOC screening, have low sensitivity and specificity leading to late diagnosis and high mortality rate. Thus, identification of effective biomarkers for early diagnosis of ovarian cancer has become a high priority in research. Here we aim to address this problem by studying the expression of a potential molecular marker, miR-590-3p, in EOC. We examined the mRNA steady-state levels of various acknowledged biomarkers including cancer antigen-125 (CA125) which is being used for EOC screening, c-reactive protein (CRP) which expression was correlated with EOC stage and paired homeobox 2 gene (PAX2) whose expression is correlated with the histological grade to characterize the histo-pathological features of the specimens at the molecular level. We examined the expression of miR-590-3p in EOC patients’ serum and EOC tissues, using real-time PCR. The levels of circulating miR-590-3p showed to be significantly elevated in 84.6% of the EOC patients’ serum, with 76.92% sensitivity and 85.7% specificity at its optimal cutoff value. Tissue miR-590-3p showed to be upregulated in EOC tissues compared to normal ovarian tissues and highly correlated with high-grade poorly differentiated EOC. The adoption of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition biomarkers was enriched in EOC with high miR-590-3p levels. The potential downstream target genes, SOX2, LEF1 and PAX2, were predicted using miRanda and Targetscan in silco tools and their expression profiles were in silco examined using Oncomine data-mining platform and StarBase Pan-cancer analysis. We examined the levels of SOX2, LEF1 and PAX2 at the RNA and the protein levels via semi-quantitative PCR and western blot, respectively. Among the investigated potential target genes, only PAX2 showed negative correlation with the levels of miR-590-3p in EOC tissues, suggesting that miR-590-3p could acquire its role in EOC carcinogenesis through regulation of cellular differentiation in EOC. 2015-02-01T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/224 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1223/viewcontent/Final_20Thesis_20draft.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Epithelial ovarian cancer Biomarkers |
| spellingShingle | Epithelial ovarian cancer Biomarkers Shawer, Heba The expression pattern of circulating miR-590-3p as a promising diagnostic biomarker for early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer |
| title | The expression pattern of circulating miR-590-3p as a promising diagnostic biomarker for early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer |
| title_full | The expression pattern of circulating miR-590-3p as a promising diagnostic biomarker for early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer |
| title_fullStr | The expression pattern of circulating miR-590-3p as a promising diagnostic biomarker for early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | The expression pattern of circulating miR-590-3p as a promising diagnostic biomarker for early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer |
| title_short | The expression pattern of circulating miR-590-3p as a promising diagnostic biomarker for early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer |
| title_sort | expression pattern of circulating mir 590 3p as a promising diagnostic biomarker for early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer |
| topic | Epithelial ovarian cancer Biomarkers |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/224 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1223/viewcontent/Final_20Thesis_20draft.pdf |
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