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J Breast Cancer. 2015 Dec;18(4):323-8. doi: 10.4048/jbc.2015.18.4.323. Epub 2015 Dec 23.

High MicroRNA-370 Expression Correlates with Tumor Progression and Poor Prognosis in Breast Cancer.

Journal of breast cancer

Jongmin Sim, Hyein Ahn, Rehman Abdul, Hyunsung Kim, Ki-Jong Yi, Yu-Min Chung, Min Sung Chung, Seung Sam Paik, Young Soo Song, Kiseok Jang

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  2. Department of Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

PMID: 26770238 PMCID: PMC4705083 DOI: 10.4048/jbc.2015.18.4.323

Abstract

PURPOSE: Deregulation of microRNA-370 (miR-370) has been reported in various cancers, in which it can act as either an oncogene or a tumor suppressor gene. However, the clinicopathologic significance of miR-370 expression in breast cancer has not been studied.

METHODS: The expression of miR-370 was determined with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in 60 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded primary breast cancer tissues. Additionally, the protein expression levels of previously known targets of miR-370, such as FOXM1, FOXO1, and FOXO3a, were detected using immunohistochemistry. Finally, we analyzed its correlation with target protein expression, clinicopathologic features, and clinical outcome.

RESULTS: High levels of miR-370 expression correlated with lymph node metastasis (p=0.009), advanced stage (p=0.002), and frequent perineural invasion (p=0.042). Moreover, patients with high miR-370 expression had poor disease-free survival compared with the low-expression group. However, no correlation was observed between miR-370 and its target protein expression.

CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that upregulation of miR-370 in breast cancer is correlated with breast cancer progression and that it might be a potential biomarker for predicting clinical outcomes.

Keywords: Breast neoplasms; MicroRNA-370; Prognosis; Real-time polymerase chain reaction

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