Leandra Ernst Kerche1, Elen Alves de Sousa1, Cristiane Helena Squarize2,3, Katia Klug Oliveira1, Fabio Albuquerque Marchi1, Bárbara Beltrame Bettim1, Luiz Paulo Kowalski4, Fernando Augusto Soares5, Silvia Vanessa Lourenço6, Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo7. 1. International Research Center, A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, Centro Internacional de Pesquisa, Rua Taguá, 440-Primeiro andar, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 2. Laboratory of Epithelial Biology, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 3. The Michigan Medicine Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 4. Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 5. Pathology Division, Rede D'Or Hospitals Network, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 6. Department of General Pathology, Dental School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 7. International Research Center, A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, Centro Internacional de Pesquisa, Rua Taguá, 440-Primeiro andar, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ccamillo@accamargo.org.br.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Epithelial to mesenchymal transition promotes cell adhesion loss, enabling invasion and metastasis. MicroRNAs are a class of small non-codifying RNAs that regulate gene expression. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of microRNAs that could regulate the expression of EMT factors in salivary gland tumors (SGTs). METHODS AND RESULTS: The expression of microRNAs miR-9, miR-34a, miR-101, miR-138, miR-155, and miR-200c-described in the literature to target EMT factors-was evaluated by Real-time RT-PCR (qPCR) in pleomorphic adenoma (PA), mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) and adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) samples. Bioinformatics tools were applied to identify miR targets and immunohistochemistry was used to examine the expression of the proteins E-cadherin, Twist, ZEB-1, β-Catenin, and c-Kit. Comparing miR expression among SGT types, we observed increased expression of miR-9, and miR-138 in PAs, and increased miR-155 expression in MECs. Low-grade MECs exhibited increased miR-155 expression (p = 0.032). MECs that generated lymph node metastases had increased miR-200c levels (p = 0.018). MECs tended to have decreased expression of EMT-related proteins when compared to the other SGT types (c-Kit p < 0.001, Twist p = 0.014, and ZEB p = 0.012). Notably, increased c-Kit expression was associated with the presence of perineural infiltration in ACC (p = 0.050). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence of alterations in the expression of EMT-factors regulating miRs, especially of miR-9, miR-138, miR-155, and miR-200c. No significant relationships were found between the expression of these miRs and proteins associated with EMT in SGTs.
BACKGROUND: Epithelial to mesenchymal transition promotes cell adhesion loss, enabling invasion and metastasis. MicroRNAs are a class of small non-codifying RNAs that regulate gene expression. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of microRNAs that could regulate the expression of EMT factors in salivary gland tumors (SGTs). METHODS AND RESULTS: The expression of microRNAs miR-9, miR-34a, miR-101, miR-138, miR-155, and miR-200c-described in the literature to target EMT factors-was evaluated by Real-time RT-PCR (qPCR) in pleomorphic adenoma (PA), mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) and adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) samples. Bioinformatics tools were applied to identify miR targets and immunohistochemistry was used to examine the expression of the proteins E-cadherin, Twist, ZEB-1, β-Catenin, and c-Kit. Comparing miR expression among SGT types, we observed increased expression of miR-9, and miR-138 in PAs, and increased miR-155 expression in MECs. Low-grade MECs exhibited increased miR-155 expression (p = 0.032). MECs that generated lymph node metastases had increased miR-200c levels (p = 0.018). MECs tended to have decreased expression of EMT-related proteins when compared to the other SGT types (c-Kit p < 0.001, Twist p = 0.014, and ZEB p = 0.012). Notably, increased c-Kit expression was associated with the presence of perineural infiltration in ACC (p = 0.050). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence of alterations in the expression of EMT-factors regulating miRs, especially of miR-9, miR-138, miR-155, and miR-200c. No significant relationships were found between the expression of these miRs and proteins associated with EMT in SGTs.
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