应用基因芯片检测喉鳞状细胞癌甲醛固定石蜡包埋组织microRNA表达谱

目的 建立以甲醛固定石蜡包埋组织为材料、基于基因芯片技术的microRNA(miRNA)表达谱的分析方法 ;筛选与喉鳞状细胞癌(简称喉癌)生物学特征密切相关的差异表达miRNA.方法 从喉癌甲醛固定石蜡包埋组织中制备总RNA,经质量鉴定后进行荧光标记.采用Agilent公司的容纳723条人类miRNA探针的基因芯片完成杂交实验,以获得喉癌的miRNA表达谱.以GeneSpring GX和R-Project软件处理分析基因芯片实验数据,筛选与喉癌转移相关的差异表达miRNA.结果 从24例甲醛固定石蜡包埋组织标本中获得了符合基因芯片实验质量标准的RNA样品,并完成了基因芯片杂交及数据分析.从中共鉴定到319个miRNA,有96个miRNA在24例喉癌中均有表达,其中与淋巴结转移密切相关的(检错率<0.05)差异表达miRNA有5个,分别为miR-23a* 、miR-28-5p、miR-15a、miR-16和miR-425.结论 甲醛固定石蜡包埋组织可以提供符合基因芯片分析质量要求的miRNA,是研究miRNA的重要样品资源.从喉癌的miRNA表达谱中筛选出的转移相关差异表达miRNA(miR-23a*、miR-28-5p、miR-15a、miR-16和miR-425)有可能成为评估喉癌转移风险的新型分子标志.

DNA microarrays-based microRNA expression profiles derived from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue blocks of squammous cell carcinoma of larynx

Objective To establish DNA microarrays-based microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles of squamous cell carcinoma of larynx, using archived formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue blocks,and to screen out and identify the differentially expressed miRNAs associated with the biological characteristics of this malignant disease. Methods Total RNA was prepared from the formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue blocks. After quality identification and fluorescent labeling, the RNA samples were hybridized with the Agilent human miRNA microarrays which contains 723 probes for human miRNAs. The data was processed with the softwares GeneSpring GX and R-Project. Results From the formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor blocks collected, 24 RNA samples were obtained with the quality accorded to the requirement of miRNA microarray analysis, and both the hybridization and consequent data processing were accomplished. A total of 319 miRNAs were identified and among them 96 were detected in all the 24 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks of laryngeal carcinoma;and 5 differentially expressed miRNAs (false discovery rate < 0. 05) were found to be associated significantly with the lymphatic metastasis of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (P <0. 05), including miR-23a* , miR-28-5p, miR-15a, miR-16 and miR-425. Conclusions Histopathlogical archives of well-annotated formalin- fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens are the valuable resources for miRNA study including to collect RNA samples for miRNA microarray analysis. A panel of differentially expressed miRNAs (miR-23a* , miR-28-5p, miR-15a, miR-16 and miR-425) derived from the miRNA expression profile may serve as the potential molecular biomarkers for the prediction of metastasis development in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.