Chen Xu1, Hao Zhang2, Wenchao Zhou1, Huiqiao Wu1, Xiaolong Shen1, Yuanyuan Chen3, Mingfang Liao4, Yang Liu1, Wen Yuan5. 1. Spine Center, Department of Orthopedics, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415th Feng Yang Road, Shanghai 200003, PR China. 2. Spine Center, Department of Orthopedics, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415th Feng Yang Road, Shanghai 200003, PR China; Department of Soft Tissue Injury Surgery, 403 Clinical Department, 210th Hospital of PLA, 885th Chang Jiang Road, Dalian 116021, PR China. 3. Spine Center, Department of Orthopedics, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415th Feng Yang Road, Shanghai 200003, PR China; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200233, PR China. 4. Laboratory of vascular biology, Department of Vascular Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415th Feng Yang Road, Shanghai 200003, PR China. 5. Spine Center, Department of Orthopedics, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415th Feng Yang Road, Shanghai 200003, PR China. Electronic address: yuanwenspine@smmu.edu.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The presence of ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) can lead to symptomatic spinal cord compression and myelopathy. The surgical approach in patients with myelopathy is influenced by the presence of OPLL. Diagnose of OPLL currently requires computed tomography which incurs a large dose of radiation. Circulating disease-specific microRNAs (miRNAs) may serve as promising diagnostic markers with no radiation and easy accessibility for OPLL patients. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy and significance of OPLL-specific microRNAs in discriminating OPLL from normal and intervertebral disc degenerated (IDD) patients by detecting the microRNAs' plasma level. STUDY DESIGN/PATIENT SAMPLES: The level of microRNAs in OPLL patients' plasma or serum were detected and compared to that of normal and IDD patients to evaluate the accuracy and significance of diagnosing OPLL. METHODS: Taking advantage of the high through-put microRNA sequencing data, we selectively tested the ten most differentially regulated microRNAs in patients with: (1) radiologically diagnosed OPLL (n = 68), (2) radiologically diagnosed disc herniated patients with no evidence of OPLL (n = 45), (3) non-OPLL and nonmyelopathy patients (n = 53).The feasibility of the biomarkers in identifying OPLL was assessed through analysis of sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, negative predictive value, positive predictive value, and area under the curve (AUC) values. RESULTS: Of the ten miRNAs validated, miR-10a-3p, miR-10a-5p, miR-563, miR-210-3p, and miR-218-3p showed significance between OPLL and non-OPLL blood samples. While miR-10a-5p, miR-563, and miR-210-3p showed high accuracy and significance in identifying OPLL from other groups individually, and an index that combines these miRNAs achieved the highest accuracy and AUC among these individual miRNAs. CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of miR-10a-5p, miR-563, and miR-210-3p may be of important value in diagnosing OPLL. These markers maybe useful in a clinical setting in the early detection of OPLL patients by blood testing.
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The presence of ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) can lead to symptomatic spinal cord compression and myelopathy. The surgical approach in patients with myelopathy is influenced by the presence of OPLL. Diagnose of OPLL currently requires computed tomography which incurs a large dose of radiation. Circulating disease-specific microRNAs (miRNAs) may serve as promising diagnostic markers with no radiation and easy accessibility for OPLLpatients. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy and significance of OPLL-specific microRNAs in discriminating OPLL from normal and intervertebral disc degenerated (IDD) patients by detecting the microRNAs' plasma level. STUDY DESIGN/PATIENT SAMPLES: The level of microRNAs in OPLLpatients' plasma or serum were detected and compared to that of normal and IDDpatients to evaluate the accuracy and significance of diagnosing OPLL. METHODS: Taking advantage of the high through-put microRNA sequencing data, we selectively tested the ten most differentially regulated microRNAs in patients with: (1) radiologically diagnosed OPLL (n = 68), (2) radiologically diagnosed disc herniated patients with no evidence of OPLL (n = 45), (3) non-OPLL and nonmyelopathy patients (n = 53).The feasibility of the biomarkers in identifying OPLL was assessed through analysis of sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, negative predictive value, positive predictive value, and area under the curve (AUC) values. RESULTS: Of the ten miRNAs validated, miR-10a-3p, miR-10a-5p, miR-563, miR-210-3p, and miR-218-3p showed significance between OPLL and non-OPLL blood samples. While miR-10a-5p, miR-563, and miR-210-3p showed high accuracy and significance in identifying OPLL from other groups individually, and an index that combines these miRNAs achieved the highest accuracy and AUC among these individual miRNAs. CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of miR-10a-5p, miR-563, and miR-210-3p may be of important value in diagnosing OPLL. These markers maybe useful in a clinical setting in the early detection of OPLLpatients by blood testing.
Authors: Aria Nouri; Joseph S Cheng; Benjamin Davies; Mark Kotter; Karl Schaller; Enrico Tessitore Journal: J Clin Med Date: 2020-02-16 Impact factor: 4.241