Increased E2F1 mRNA and miR-17-5p Expression Is Correlated to Invasiveness and Proliferation of Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumours

miR-17-5p and E2F1 have been described as deregulated in cancer, but they have scarcely been studied in pituitary neuroendocrine tumours (PitNETs). This study evaluates the relationship of E2F1 and miR-17-5p with the invasiveness and proliferation of PitNETs. In this cross-sectional descriptive stud...

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Autores: García-Martínez, Araceli, López-Muñoz, Beatriz, Fajardo, Carmen, Cámara, Rosa, Lamas, Cristina, Silva-Ortega, Sandra, Aranda, Ignacio, Picó, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositorio:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.umh.es:11000/39023
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11000/39023
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:miR-17~92
pituitary neuroendocrine tumours
E2F1
microRNAs
CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicina
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Sumario:miR-17-5p and E2F1 have been described as deregulated in cancer, but they have scarcely been studied in pituitary neuroendocrine tumours (PitNETs). This study evaluates the relationship of E2F1 and miR-17-5p with the invasiveness and proliferation of PitNETs. In this cross-sectional descriptive study, we evaluated the expression of E2F1, MYC, and miR-17-5p by quantitative real time PCRanalysisin60PitNETs: 29gonadotroph(GT),15functioningsomatotroph(ST),and16corticotroph (CT)tumours,ofwhich8weresilent(sCT).TheclinicaldatawerecollectedfromtheSpanishMolecular Register of Pituitary Adenomas (REMAH) database. We defined invasiveness according to the Knosp classification and proliferation according to a molecular expression of Ki-67 2.59. E2F1 was more expressed in invasive than in non-invasive tumours in the wholeseries (p =0.004) andinSTs(p = 0.01). In addition, it was overexpressed in the silent subtypes (GTs and sCTs; all macroadenomas) and normoexpressed in the functioning ones (fCTs and STs; some microadenomas). miR-17-5p was more expressed in proliferative than in non-proliferative tumours (p = 0.041) in the whole series but not by subtypes. Conclusions: Our study suggests that in PitNETs, E2F1 could be a good biomarker of invasiveness, and miR-17-5p of proliferation, helping the clinical management of these tumours.