MicroRNA exhibit altered expression in the inflamed colonic mucosa of ulcerative colitis patients

作     者：Swati Valmiki Vineet Ahuja Jaishree Paul 

作者机构：School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University Department of Gastroenterology All India Institute of Medical Sciences 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第23卷第29期

页      面：5324-5332页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by Department of Biotechnology,Ministry of Science and Technology,New Delhi,Government of India vide BT/PR8348/MED/30/1023/2013 to Paul J PURSE grant from the Department of Science and Technology,New Delhi India vide 6(54)SLS/JP/DST PURSE/2015-2016 

主　　题：Ulcerative colitis Colon mucosa MicroRNA Microarray qRT-PCR In silico analysis 

摘      要：To investigate the miRNA expression in colonic mucosal biopsies from endoscopically inflamed and non inflamed regions of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. METHODSColonic mucosal pinch biopsies were analyzed from the inflamed and non inflamed regions of same UC patient. Total RNA was isolated and differential miRNA profiling was done using microarray platform. Quantitative Real Time PCR was performed in colonic biopsies from inflamed (n = 8) and non-inflamed (n = 8) regions of UC and controls (n = 8) to validate the differential expression of miRNA. Potential targets of dysregulated miRNA were identified by using in silico prediction tools and probable role of these miRNA in inflammatory pathways were predicted. RESULTSThe miRNA profile of inflamed colonic mucosa differs significantly from the non-inflamed. Real time PCR analysis showed that some of the miRNA were differentially expressed in the inflamed mucosa as compared to non inflamed mucosa and controls (miR-125b, miR-223, miR-138, and miR-155), while (miR-200a) did not show any significant changes. In contrast to microarray, where miR-378d showed downregulation in the inflamed mucosa, qRT-PCR showed a significant upregulation in the inflamed mucosa as compared to the non inflamed. The in silico prediction analysis revealed that the genes targeted by these miRNAs play role in the major signaling pathways like MAPK pathway, NF-κB signaling pathway, cell adhesion molecules which are all assciated with UC. CONCLUSIONThe present study reports disease specific alteration in the expression of miR-125b, miR-155, miR-223 and miR-138 in UC patients and also predict their biological significance.