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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2014

Reductions in the expression of miR-124-3p, miR-128-1, and miR-221-3p in pediatric astrocytomas are related to high-grade supratentorial, and recurrent tumors in Mexican children.

Pilar Eguía-Aguilar, Mario Pérezpeña-Díazconti, Eduardo Benadón-Darszon, Fernando Chico-Ponce de León, Luis Gordillo-Domínguez, Samuel Torres-García, Stanislaw Sadowinski-Pine, Francisco Arenas-Huertero

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Pilar Eguía-AguilarLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Pathology, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez 162, Col. Doctores, 06720, Del. Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Mexico.
Mario Pérezpeña-Díazconti
Eduardo Benadón-Darszon
Fernando Chico-Ponce de León
Luis Gordillo-Domínguez
Samuel Torres-García
Stanislaw Sadowinski-Pine
Francisco Arenas-Huertero
Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez · MX

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purposeAstrocytomas are the most frequent type of tumor of the central nervous system in children. Hence, it is important to describe markers that may improve our understanding of their behavior. Mature microRNAs (miRNAs) may be such biological markers. They are small molecules of RNA that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. Due to their importance in cancer, the objective of the present study was to determine the profile of expression of precursor and mature forms of miR-124-3p, miR-128-1, and miR-221-3p using RT-qPCR in pediatric samples.

methodsA total of 57 astrocytomas embedded in paraffin were selected. As controls, the study included 13 samples of normal brain tissue.

resultsThree of eight miRNAs were selected after a preliminary screening. All the miRNAs showed higher levels of expression in normal brain tissue. The expression of miR-124-3p and miR-128-1 decreased in astrocytomas than in normal brain tissue in all grades (p < 0.05 in both cases), and this reduction was most evident in GIV (407- and 1,469-fold, respectively); however, the expression of the precursor forms pre-miR-128-1 and pre-miR-221 was higher in GIV (3.5-fold) than in GI. The levels of miR-128-1 were higher in infratentorial tumors than in supratentorial cases (p = 0.006). Finally, the expression of miR-221-3p was higher in non-recurrent tumors and live patients (p = 0.0185 and p = 0.0004, respectively).

conclusionsThe low expression of these miRNAs may constitute a potential marker of astrocytomas that correlates with localization, possibly due to alterations in the maturation processes of these miRNAs that produced low mature forms in patients with recurrent pediatric astrocytomas.

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AstrocytomaBiomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansInfantMaleMexicoMicroRNAsNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionBiomarkers, TumorMicroRNAsMIR221, humanMIRN124 microRNA, humanMIRN128 microRNA, human

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