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ArticleBMJ open2014

Pair-wise comparison analysis of differential expression of mRNAs in early and advanced stage primary colorectal adenocarcinomas.

Tze Pheng Lau, April Camilla Roslani, Lay Hoong Lian, Hwa Chia Chai, Ping Chin Lee, Ida Hilmi, Khean Lee Goh, Kek Heng Chua

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Tze Pheng LauDepartment of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
April Camilla RoslaniDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Lay Hoong LianDepartment of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hwa Chia ChaiDepartment of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ping Chin LeeSchool of Science and Technology, Universiti Sabah Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Ida HilmiDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Khean Lee GohDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Kek Heng ChuaDepartment of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
University of Malaya · MYUniversiti of Malaysia Sabah · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo characterise the mRNA expression patterns of early and advanced stage colorectal adenocarcinomas of Malaysian patients.

designComparative expression analysis. SETTING AND

participantsWe performed a combination of annealing control primer (ACP)-based PCR and reverse transcription-quantitative real-time PCR for the identification of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with early and advanced stage primary colorectal tumours. We recruited four paired samples from patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) of Dukes' A and B for the preliminary differential expression study, and a total of 27 paired samples, ranging from CRC stages I to IV, for subsequent confirmatory test. The tumouric samples were obtained from the patients with CRC undergoing curative surgical resection without preoperative chemoradiotherapy. The recruited patients with CRC were newly diagnosed with CRC, and were not associated with any hereditary syndromes, previously diagnosed cancer or positive family history of CRC. The paired non-cancerous tissue specimens were excised from macroscopically normal colonic mucosa distally located from the colorectal tumours. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The differential mRNA expression patterns of early and advanced stage colorectal adenocarcinomas compared with macroscopically normal colonic mucosa were characterised by ACP-based PCR and reverse transcription-quantitative real-time PCR.

resultsThe RPL35, RPS23 and TIMP1 genes were found to be overexpressed in both early and advanced stage colorectal adenocarcinomas (p<0.05). However, the ARPC2 gene was significantly underexpressed in early colorectal adenocarcinomas, while the advanced stage primary colorectal tumours exhibited an additional overexpression of the C6orf173 gene (p<0.05).

conclusionsWe characterised two distinctive gene expression patterns to aid in the stratification of primary colorectal neoplasms among Malaysian patients with CRC. Further work can be done to assess and compare the mRNA expression levels of these identified DEGs between each CRC stage group, stages I-IV.

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AdenocarcinomaColorectal NeoplasmsGene ExpressionHumansMalaysiaNeoplasm StagingReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSeverity of Illness IndexRNA, MessengerPUBLIC HEALTH

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