MicroRNA-20a in human faeces as a non-invasive biomarker for colorectal cancer

Tung On Yau; Chung Wah Wu; Ceen-Ming Tang; Yingxuan Chen; Jingyuan Fang; Yujuan Dong; Qiaoyi Liang; Simon Siu Man Ng; Francis Ka Leung Chan; Joseph Jao Yiu Sung; Jun Yu

doi:10.18632/oncotarget.6403

MicroRNA-20a in human faeces as a non-invasive biomarker for colorectal cancer

Tung On Yau, Chung Wah Wu, Ceen-Ming Tang, Yingxuan Chen, Jingyuan Fang, Yujuan Dong, Qiaoyi Liang, Simon Siu Man Ng, Francis Ka Leung Chan, Joseph Jao Yiu Sung, Jun Yu

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Detection of microRNA (miRNA) aberrations in human faeces is a new approach for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. The aim of this study was to characterise miR-20a in faeces as a non-invasive biomarker for diagnosis of CRC.

RESULTS: miR-20a expression was significantly higher in the 40 CRC tumours compared to their respective adjacent normal tissues (P = 0.0065). Levels of miR-20a were also significantly higher in faecal samples from CRC patients (P < 0.0001). The area under receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve for miR-20a was 0.73, with a sensitivity of 55% and specificity of 82% for CRC patients compared with controls. No significant difference in the level of miR-20a was found between patients with proximal, distal, and rectal cancer. The use of antibiotics did not influence faecal miR-20a levels.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: miR-20a was selected from an expression microarray containing 667 miRNAs. Further verification of miR-20a was performed in 40 pairs of primary CRC tissues, as well as 595 faecal samples (198 CRCs, 199 adenomas, and 198 healthy controls) using TaqMan probe based quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR).

CONCLUSIONS: Faecal-based miR-20a can be utilised as a potential non-invasive biomarker for CRC screening.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1559-68
Number of pages	10
Journal	Oncotarget
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.6403
Publication status	Print publication - 12 Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adenoma/diagnosis
Aged
Area Under Curve
Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
Carcinoma/diagnosis
Case-Control Studies
Colorectal Neoplasms/diagnosis
Feces/chemistry
Female
Gene Expression Profiling/methods
Humans
Male
MicroRNAs/genetics
Middle Aged
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Predictive Value of Tests
ROC Curve
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Up-Regulation

UN SDGs

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MicroRNA-20a in human faeces as a non-invasive biomarker for colorectal cancer

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