Discovery and Verification of Extracellular miRNA Biomarkers for Non-invasive Prediction of Pre-eclampsia in Asymptomatic Women

Development of effective prevention and treatment strategies for pre-eclampsia is limited by the lack of accurate methods for identification of at-risk pregnancies. We performed small RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of maternal serum extracellular RNAs (exRNAs) to discover and verify microRNAs (miRNAs) differentially expressed in patients who later developed pre-eclampsia. Sera collected from 73 pre-eclampsia cases and 139 controls between 17 and 28 weeks gestational age (GA), divided into separate discovery and verification cohorts, are analyzed by small RNA-seq. Discovery and verification of univariate and bivariate miRNA biomarkers reveal that bivariate biomarkers verify at a markedly higher rate than univariate biomarkers. The majority of verified biomarkers contain miR-155-5p, which has been reported to mediate the pre-eclampsia-associated repression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). Deconvolution analysis reveals that several verified miRNA biomarkers come from the placenta and are likely carried by placenta-specific extracellular vesicles.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:1

Enthalten in:

Cell reports. Medicine - 1(2020), 2 vom: 19. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Srinivasan, Srimeenakshi [VerfasserIn]
Treacy, Ryan [VerfasserIn]
Herrero, Tiffany [VerfasserIn]
Olsen, Richelle [VerfasserIn]
Leonardo, Trevor R [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xuan [VerfasserIn]
DeHoff, Peter [VerfasserIn]
To, Cuong [VerfasserIn]
Poling, Lara G [VerfasserIn]
Fernando, Aileen [VerfasserIn]
Leon-Garcia, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Knepper, Katharine [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Vy [VerfasserIn]
Meads, Morgan [VerfasserIn]
Tasarz, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Vuppala, Aishwarya [VerfasserIn]
Park, Soojin [VerfasserIn]
Laurent, Clara D [VerfasserIn]
Bui, Tony [VerfasserIn]
Cheah, Pike See [VerfasserIn]
Overcash, Rachael Tabitha [VerfasserIn]
Ramos, Gladys A [VerfasserIn]
Roeder, Hilary [VerfasserIn]
Ghiran, Ionita [VerfasserIn]
Parast, Mana [VerfasserIn]
PAPR Study Consortium [VerfasserIn]
Breakefield, Xandra O [VerfasserIn]
Lueth, Amir J [VerfasserIn]
Rust, Sharon R [VerfasserIn]
Dufford, Max T [VerfasserIn]
Fox, Angela C [VerfasserIn]
Hickok, Durlin E [VerfasserIn]
Burchard, Julja [VerfasserIn]
Boniface, J Jay [VerfasserIn]
Laurent, Louise C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Journal Article
MicroRNAs
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 22.02.2022

Date Revised 22.02.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.xcrm.2020.100013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314377727