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    Molecular Cancer Chen Jinhong's team at Fudan University has developed a new method for large-scale cancer detection

    • Last Update: 2021-12-28
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    Recent studies by iNature have revealed the significant imbalance of m6A levels in peripheral blood of several cancer types and their value in diagnosis
    .

    Nevertheless, based on the viewpoint of m6A modification, biomarkers for accurate screening of multiple cancer types have not yet been established
    .

    On December 20, 2021, Chen Jinhong’s team from Fudan University published a research paper titled "m6A target microRNAs in serum for cancer detection" online in Molecular Cancer (IF=27), which aims to develop a miRNA based on m6A targeting The serological diagnostic features of the drug are used for large-scale cancer detection
    .

    A total of 14,965 serum samples from 12 cancer types were included
    .

    Based on the training cohort (n=7299), the m6A-miRNAs feature was developed using the support vector machine algorithm for cancer detection
    .

    The characteristics of m6A-miRNAs showed high accuracy, and the area under the curve (AUC) in the training, internal validation and external validation cohorts reached 0.
    979, 0.
    976, and 0.
    936, respectively
    .

    In the performance of distinguishing cancer types, the characteristics of m6A-miRNAs showed excellent sensitivity in each cancer type, and showed satisfactory AUC in identifying lung cancer, gastric cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma
    .

    In addition, the diagnostic performance of m6A-miRNA is not affected by gender, age, and benign diseases
    .

    In conclusion, this study reveals the value of serum circulating m6A miRNA in cancer detection, and provides a new direction and strategy for the development of new biomarkers with high precision, low cost and low invasiveness for large-scale cancer screening
    .

    Most new cancer cases are usually found in the late stage, which makes the patient lose the best chance of treatment, leading to a poor prognosis
    .

    Early diagnosis of cancer is of great significance for reducing mortality, prolonging patient survival, and reducing social burden
    .

    Due to the disadvantages of existing cancer screening methods such as high cost, strong invasiveness, poor compliance, and low accuracy, large-scale cancer screening based on existing methods is neither feasible nor cost-effective
    .

    Considering that early diagnosis of cancer can significantly prolong the survival of patients, there is an urgent need to develop a more effective and less invasive new biomarker for large-scale cancer screening
    .

     N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is the most common modification in mRNA, and it is also widely present in mRNA, miRNA and lncRNA
    .

    The imbalance of m6A modification level is closely related to the occurrence and development of tumors
    .

    Recent studies have revealed significant dysregulation of m6A levels in peripheral blood of several cancer types and their value in diagnosis
    .

    The level of m6A in peripheral blood of patients with gastric cancer was significantly up-regulated compared with healthy controls, and increased with the progression and metastasis of gastric cancer
    .

    The AUC used to evaluate the diagnostic performance of m6A in gastric cancer was 0.
    929, which was significantly greater than CEA and CA19-9
    .

    The level of m6A in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients is also significantly up-regulated, and is closely related to staging, and its diagnostic value is much higher than CEA and CA153
    .

    Leukocyte m6A level is a potential non-invasive screening, monitoring and diagnostic biomarker for non-small cell lung cancer
    .

    Existing evidence suggests that the m6A tag, as a key post-transcriptional modification, promotes the initiation of miRNA biogenesis, such as the promotion of primary microRNA processing
    .

    It has been confirmed that miRNA dysregulation caused by m6A plays an important role in tumor metastasis and progression
    .

    Circulating miRNAs in serum have high stability, and their expression is less affected by long-term storage at room temperature and freezing and thawing
    .

    The above results indicate that the development of new diagnostic biomarkers based on the m6A target miRNA in peripheral blood may be a potential strategy for large-scale cancer screening
    .

    In this study, 14,965 serum samples containing 12 cancer types were included, aiming to develop a serological diagnostic feature based on m6A-targeted miRNA for large-scale cancer detection
    .

    The characteristics of m6A-miRNAs showed high accuracy, and the area under the curve (AUC) in the training, internal validation and external validation cohorts reached 0.
    979, 0.
    976, and 0.
    936, respectively
    .

    In addition, in terms of the performance of distinguishing cancer types, the characteristics of m6A-miRNAs showed excellent sensitivity in each cancer type, and showed satisfactory AUC in identifying lung, gastric, and hepatocellular carcinoma
    .

    The identification of candidate m6A-targeted miRNAs in serum (the figure is derived from Molecular Cancer) The diagnostic performance of m6A-miRNAs is also not affected by gender, age, and benign diseases
    .

    In conclusion, this study reveals the value of serum circulating m6A miRNA in cancer detection, and provides a new direction and strategy for the development of new biomarkers with high precision, low cost and low invasiveness for large-scale cancer screening , Such as RNA modification
    .

    Reference message: https://molecular-cancer.
    biomedcentral.
    com/articles/10.
    1186/s12943-021-01477-6
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