TY - JOUR
T1 - A micro-RNA signature associated with race, tumor size, and target gene activity in human uterine leiomyomas
AU - Wang, Tongsheng
AU - Zhang, Xinmin
AU - Obijuru, Laura
AU - Laser, Jordan
AU - Aris, Virginie
AU - Lee, Peng
AU - Mittal, Khush
AU - Soteropoulos, Patricia
AU - Wei, Jian Jun
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Human uterine leiomyomas (ULMs) are the most common neoplasms of women. Many genes are dysregulated in ULMs and some of this dysregulation may be due to abnormal expression of micro-RNAs (miRNAs). In this study, 55 ULMs and matched myometrium were collected from 41 patients for microarray-based global miRNA expression analysis. Of 206 miRNAs examined, 45 miRNAs were significantly up- or down-regulated in ULMs in comparison to the matched myometrium (P < 0.001). The top five dysregulated miRNAs in ULMs are the let-7 family, miR-21, miR-23b, miR-29b, and miR-197. Four polycistronic clusters of miRNAs were either up- or down-regulated, but not in a mixed pattern, indicative of coordinated regulation of these miRNAs. Significance analysis revealed that subsets of miRNAs were strongly associated with tumor sizes and race. By prediction analysis we identified some important tumorigenic genes previously identified in ULMs that may be targeted by the dysregulated miRNAs. HMGA2 was identified as one of target genes of the let-7 family of miRNAs and has been found to be suppressed by let-7 in vitro.
AB - Human uterine leiomyomas (ULMs) are the most common neoplasms of women. Many genes are dysregulated in ULMs and some of this dysregulation may be due to abnormal expression of micro-RNAs (miRNAs). In this study, 55 ULMs and matched myometrium were collected from 41 patients for microarray-based global miRNA expression analysis. Of 206 miRNAs examined, 45 miRNAs were significantly up- or down-regulated in ULMs in comparison to the matched myometrium (P < 0.001). The top five dysregulated miRNAs in ULMs are the let-7 family, miR-21, miR-23b, miR-29b, and miR-197. Four polycistronic clusters of miRNAs were either up- or down-regulated, but not in a mixed pattern, indicative of coordinated regulation of these miRNAs. Significance analysis revealed that subsets of miRNAs were strongly associated with tumor sizes and race. By prediction analysis we identified some important tumorigenic genes previously identified in ULMs that may be targeted by the dysregulated miRNAs. HMGA2 was identified as one of target genes of the let-7 family of miRNAs and has been found to be suppressed by let-7 in vitro.
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U2 - 10.1002/gcc.20415
DO - 10.1002/gcc.20415
M3 - Article
C2 - 17243163
AN - SCOPUS:33947104498
SN - 1045-2257
VL - 46
SP - 336
EP - 347
JO - Genes Chromosomes and Cancer
JF - Genes Chromosomes and Cancer
IS - 4
ER -
