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Deregulated Expression of Candidate MicroRNAs and BRCA Mutations Frequency in Breast Cancer Patients

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Circulating microRNAs (miRs) have attracted a great deal of attention as promising novel markers for various diseases. Our study aimed at evaluating the clinical utility of specific types of plasma miRs as diagnostic biomarkers in early-stage breast cancer (BC) patients and to study their relation with breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) and breast cancer gene 2 (BRCA2) mutations in BC patients and high-risk females. The study included 45 early-stage BC patients (30 non-familial and 15 familial), 15 high-risk subjects and 20 clinically healthy females as control. Using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), the relative expression levels of some plasma miRs (10b, 21, 155, 145 and let-7c) were determined in breast cancer patients and high-risk, compared to controls. Also, multiplex PCR was applied for the detection of 185delAG and 5382insC mutations in BRCA1 gene, and 6174delT mutation in BRCA2 gene using multiplex PCR and mutations were confirmed using High Resolution Melt (HRM) technique. Plasma miR-10b and miR-21 levels were significantly up-regulated, while miR-155 and miR-let-7c levels were significantly down-regulated in BC patients and high-risk subjects, compared to controls. MiR-21 was significantly up-regulated, whereas miR-155 level was significantly down-regulated in patients with lymphatic invasion. MiR-21 was showed a significant association with mutation in exon 2 of BRCA 1 in high-risk individuals. Deregulated expression of miR-10b, miR-21, miR-155, and let-7c serves as a potential non-invasive diagnostic marker in early-stage II BC, and surveillance biomarkers for individuals at a higher-expected risk of developing BC. Also, high-risk individuals harbor classical mutations in BRCA1 gene, considering it a high priority for these individuals to have a strict follow-up.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.107175.4924

Keywords

breast cancer, miRNAs, mutations, BRCA1, BRCA2

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Anwar

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Affiliation

Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Instiute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

aanwar17@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Zeinab

Last Name

Fathy

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Affiliation

Virology and Immunology Unit, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

zfathy_74@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Hanan

Last Name

Nassar

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Affiliation

Medical Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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nhanan_67@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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-

First Name

Amany

Last Name

Hilal

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-

Affiliation

Medical Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

hilalamany@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Hala

Last Name

ElDesouki

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Affiliation

Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

halamahdi@sci.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Said

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Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University

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mahmoudmsaid@sci.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0003-3599-3383

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Abd Elsalam

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Affiliation

Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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imabdelsalam@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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-

Volume

65

Article Issue

6

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31791

Issue Date

2022-06-01

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2021-11-21

Publish Date

2022-06-01

Page Start

23

Page End

35

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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22 Jan 2023