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High level of viral microRNA-BART20-5p expression is associated with worse survival of patients with Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric cancer

Byung Woog Kang, YongHun Choi, Oh Kyoung Kwon, Seung Soo Lee, Ho Young Chung, Wansik Yu, Han Ik Bae, An Na Seo, Hyojeung Kang, Suk Kyeong Lee, Seong Woo Jeon, Keun Hur and Jong Gwang Kim _

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Oncotarget. 2017; 8:14988-14994. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.14744

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Abstract

Byung Woog Kang1,*, YongHun Choi2,3,*, Oh Kyoung Kwon4, Seung Soo Lee4, Ho Young Chung4, Wansik Yu4, Han Ik Bae5, An Na Seo5, Hyojeung Kang6, Suk Kyeong Lee7, Seong Woo Jeon8, Keun Hur2,3, Jong Gwang Kim1

1Department of Oncology/Hematology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University Cancer Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

2Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

3BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Department of Biomedical Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

4Department of Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea

5Department of Pathology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea

6College of Pharmacy, Institute of Microorganisms and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyunpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

7Department of Medical Lifescience, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea

8Department of Gastroeneterology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea

*These authors contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Jong Gwang Kim, email: [email protected]

Keun Hur, email: [email protected]

Keywords: gastric cancer, epstein-barr virus, microRNA, prognosis, BART

Received: August 02, 2016     Accepted: January 10, 2017     Published: January 19, 2017

ABSTRACT

This study analyzed the relationship between several Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles and the clinicopathologic features of patients with EBV-associated gastric cancer. The miRNA expression was examined in 59 tumor and 39 paired normal mucosal tissues from available formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissue samples. The expression levels of miR-BamHI fragment A rightward transcript (BART)1-5p, miR-BART4-5p, and miR-BART20-5p were determined using a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The expression of all three analyzed EBV microRNAs was significantly higher in the tumor tissue than in the paired normal tissue (P < 0.001 for each). When the median value of the EBV microRNA expression levels was used as the cutoff point, a high BART20-5p expression was associated with worse recurrence-free survival (P = 0.034) in a multivariate analysis including age and pathologic stage. In conclusion, the expression level of BART20-5p may predict recurrence-free survival for patients with EBV-associated gastric cancer. Further studies are warranted to clarify the roles of EBV BART microRNAs in the carcinogenesis, and their potential as a biomarker and therapeutic target for EBV-associated gastric cancer.


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