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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2018

Deregulated microRNA and mRNA expression profiles in the peripheral blood of patients with Marfan syndrome.

Masood Abu-Halima, Mustafa Kahraman, Dominic Henn, Tanja Rädle-Hurst, Andreas Keller, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Eckart Meese

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masood Abu-HalimaInstitute of Human Genetics, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany. masood@daad-alumni.de.
Mustafa KahramanChair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Dominic HennDepartment of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, 67071, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Tanja Rädle-HurstDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Saarland University Medical Center, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Andreas KellerChair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Hashim Abdul-KhaliqDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Saarland University Medical Center, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Eckart MeeseInstitute of Human Genetics, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Saarland University · DELudwigshafen University of Business and Society · DE

Funding

Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects 01GI0601 (2014)German Centre for Cardiovascular Research 81X2800112 (2015)Hedwig-Stalter-Stiftung. 2016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNAs regulating gene expression post-transcriptionally. While acquired changes of miRNA and mRNA profiles in cancer have been extensively studied, little is known about expression changes of circulating miRNAs and messenger RNAs (mRNA) in monogenic constitutional anomalies affecting several organ systems, like Marfan syndrome (MFS). We performed integrated miRNA and mRNA expression profiling in blood samples of Marfan patients in order to investigate deregulated miRNA and mRNA networks in these patients which could serve as potential diagnostic and prognostic tools for MFS therapy.

methodsMiRNA and mRNA expression profiles were determined in blood samples from MFS patients (n = 7) and from healthy volunteer controls (n = 7) by microarray analysis. Enrichment analyses of altered mRNA expression were identified using bioinformatic tools.

resultsA total of 28 miRNAs and 32 mRNAs were found to be significantly altered in MFS patients compared to controls (> 2.0-fold change, adjusted P < 0.05). The expression of 11 miRNA and 6 mRNA candidates was validated by RT-qPCR in an independent cohort of 26 MFS patients and 26 matched HV controls. Significant inverse correlations were evident between 8 miRNAs and 5 mRNAs involved in vascular pathology, inflammation and telomerase regulation. Significant positive correlations were present for 7 miRNAs with age, for 2 miRNAs with the MFS aortic root status (Z-score) and for 7 miRNAs with left ventricular end-diastolic diameter in MFS patients. In addition, miR-331-3p was significantly up-regulated in MFS patients without mitral valve prolapse (MVP) as compared with patients with MVP.

conclusionsOur data show deregulated gene and miRNA expression profiles in the peripheral blood of MFS patients, demonstrating several candidates for prognostic biomarkers for cardiovascular manifestations in MFS as well as targets for novel therapeutic approaches. A deregulation of miRNA expression seems to play an important role in MFS, highlighting the plethora of effects on post-transcriptional regulation of miRNAs and mRNAs initiated by constitutional mutations in single genes. Trial registration Nr: EA2/131/10 . Registered 28 December, 2010.

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Gene Expression ProfilingCase-Control StudiesCluster AnalysisFemaleHumansMaleMarfan SyndromeMicroRNAsOpen Reading FramesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsRNA, MessengerMicroRNAsRNA, MessengerFibrillinIntegration analysisMarfan syndromeMicroRNAmRNA

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