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Efficient identification of miRNAs for classification of tumor origin

Søkilde, Rolf LU orcid ; Vincent, Martin ; Møller, Anne K ; Hansen, Alastair ; Høiby, Poul E ; Blondal, Thorarinn ; Nielsen, Boye S. ; Daugaard, Gedske ; Møller, Søren and Litman, Thomas (2014) In Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 16(1). p.15-106
Abstract

Carcinomas of unknown primary origin constitute 3% to 5% of all newly diagnosed metastatic cancers, with the primary source difficult to classify with current histological methods. Effective cancer treatment depends on early and accurate identification of the tumor; patients with metastases of unknown origin have poor prognosis and short survival. Because miRNA expression is highly tissue specific, the miRNA profile of a metastasis may be used to identify its origin. We therefore evaluated the potential of miRNA profiling to identify the primary tumor of known metastases. Two hundred eight formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples, representing 15 different histologies, were profiled on a locked nucleic acid-enhanced microarray... (More)

Carcinomas of unknown primary origin constitute 3% to 5% of all newly diagnosed metastatic cancers, with the primary source difficult to classify with current histological methods. Effective cancer treatment depends on early and accurate identification of the tumor; patients with metastases of unknown origin have poor prognosis and short survival. Because miRNA expression is highly tissue specific, the miRNA profile of a metastasis may be used to identify its origin. We therefore evaluated the potential of miRNA profiling to identify the primary tumor of known metastases. Two hundred eight formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples, representing 15 different histologies, were profiled on a locked nucleic acid-enhanced microarray platform, which allows for highly sensitive and specific detection of miRNA. On the basis of these data, we developed and cross-validated a novel classification algorithm, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator, which had an overall accuracy of 85% (CI, 79%-89%). When the classifier was applied on an independent test set of 48 metastases, the primary site was correctly identified in 42 cases (88% accuracy; CI, 75%-94%). Our findings suggest that miRNA expression profiling on paraffin tissue can efficiently predict the primary origin of a tumor and may provide pathologists with a molecular diagnostic tool that can improve their capability to correctly identify the origin of hitherto unidentifiable metastatic tumors and, eventually, enable tailored therapy.

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Algorithms, Base Sequence, Biomarkers, Tumor, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, MicroRNAs, Molecular Diagnostic Techniques, Neoplasms, Unknown Primary, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Organ Specificity, Paraffin Embedding, Sequence Analysis, RNA
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Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
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16
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1
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10 pages
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:84890323096
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1525-1578
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10.1016/j.jmoldx.2013.10.001
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English
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  author       = {{Søkilde, Rolf and Vincent, Martin and Møller, Anne K and Hansen, Alastair and Høiby, Poul E and Blondal, Thorarinn and Nielsen, Boye S. and Daugaard, Gedske and Møller, Søren and Litman, Thomas}},
  issn         = {{1525-1578}},
  keywords     = {{Algorithms; Base Sequence; Biomarkers, Tumor; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; Humans; MicroRNAs; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Neoplasms, Unknown Primary; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; Organ Specificity; Paraffin Embedding; Sequence Analysis, RNA}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{15--106}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Molecular Diagnostics}},
  title        = {{Efficient identification of miRNAs for classification of tumor origin}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2013.10.001}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.jmoldx.2013.10.001}},
  volume       = {{16}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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