Potential of Exosomal microRNA-200b as Liquid Biopsy Marker in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly malignant tumor entity, characterized by rapid disease progression, early metastatic dissemination, and late diagnosis at advanced tumor stages. Recently, we explored the clinical impact of several microRNAs (miR) associated with proliferation, epi...

Verfasser: Reese, Moritz
Flammang, Isabelle
Yang, Zixuan
Dhayat, Sameer
Dokumenttypen:Artikel
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2020
Publikation in MIAMI:01.07.2020
Datum der letzten Änderung:31.07.2020
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Quelle:Cancers 12 (2020) 1, 197, 1-16
Schlagwörter:pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; microRNA; liquid biopsy; exosomes; epithelial cell adhesion molecule
Fachgebiet (DDC):610: Medizin und Gesundheit
Lizenz:CC BY 4.0
Sprache:Englisch
Förderung:Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-50189639803
Weitere Identifikatoren:DOI: 10.3390/cancers12010197
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-50189639803
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly malignant tumor entity, characterized by rapid disease progression, early metastatic dissemination, and late diagnosis at advanced tumor stages. Recently, we explored the clinical impact of several microRNAs (miR) associated with proliferation, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and chemoresistance in tissue and blood serum specimens of PDAC patients. Here, we evaluated the potential of these miRs as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in PDAC in serum exosomes and their respective EpCAM-positive (epithelial cell adhesion molecule) subset. Expression analysis by RT-qRT-PCR (real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) revealed an overexpression of miR-200b and miR-200c in serum exosomes of PDAC patients as compared to healthy controls (p < 0.001; p = 0.024) and patients with chronic pancreatitis (p = 0.005; p = 0.19). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that a biomarker panel consisting of miR-200b and miR-200c from total and EpCAM-positive serum exosomes enhanced the diagnostic accuracy of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA.19-9) to 97% (p < 0.0001). Univariate survival analysis revealed a correlation between shorter overall survival (OS) and high expression of miR-200c in total serum exosomes (p = 0.038) and miR-200b in EpCAM-positive serum exosomes (p = 0.032), whereas EpCAM exosomal miR-200b was also indicative of shorter OS in the subgroup of patients treated with curative intent (p = 0.013). Multivariate survival analysis showed that miR-200b derived from EpCAM-positive serum exosomes might serve as an independent prognostic factor in PDAC (p = 0.044). Our findings indicate a potential role of exosomal miR-200 as diagnostic and prognostic liquid biopsy marker in PDAC and call for validation in a larger, multicenter setting.