Dysregulated circulating miRNAs in preeclampsia

  • Authors:
    • Carine Munaut
    • Linda Tebache
    • Silvia Blacher
    • Agnès Noël
    • Michelle Nisolle
    • Frédéric Chantraine
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  • Published online on: October 14, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.779
  • Pages: 686-692
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Abstract

Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-related disease with potentially severe consequences with respect to foeto-maternal morbidity and mortality. However, the molecular pathogenesis of PE remains largely unknown. Recent reports have shown that microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) may play important roles in the development of PE. Analysing the miRNAs in sera from preeclamptic women may improve our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease. The aim of this retrospective study was to identify whether circulating miRNAs were differentially expressed in PE patients compared with controls. Serum samples from 23 women who developed PE were compared with samples from 44 pregnant controls. Seventeen circulating miRNAs previously described in PE were chosen for evaluation of their expression by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‑qPCR). In the maternal serum, the miR‑210‑3p, miR‑210‑5p, miR‑1233‑3p, and miR‑574‑5p levels were found to be significantly higher in the PE patients than in the controls (P<0.05). Using a logistic regression model, we evaluated the discriminant power of those differentially expressed miRNAs, and the combination of miR‑210‑5p and miR‑574‑5p yielded an area under the curve of 0.7223 for discriminating PE patients from the controls. In conclusion, the fact that four circulating miRNAs (miR‑210‑3p, miR‑210‑5p, miR‑1233‑3p, and miR‑574‑5p) were differentially expressed in the sera of women who developed PE compared with controls confirms the possible pathophysiological role of miRNAs in PE.
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Munaut C, Tebache L, Blacher S, Noël A, Nisolle M and Chantraine F: Dysregulated circulating miRNAs in preeclampsia. Biomed Rep 5: 686-692, 2016.
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Munaut, C., Tebache, L., Blacher, S., Noël, A., Nisolle, M., & Chantraine, F. (2016). Dysregulated circulating miRNAs in preeclampsia. Biomedical Reports, 5, 686-692. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.779
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Munaut, C., Tebache, L., Blacher, S., Noël, A., Nisolle, M., Chantraine, F."Dysregulated circulating miRNAs in preeclampsia". Biomedical Reports 5.6 (2016): 686-692.
Chicago
Munaut, C., Tebache, L., Blacher, S., Noël, A., Nisolle, M., Chantraine, F."Dysregulated circulating miRNAs in preeclampsia". Biomedical Reports 5, no. 6 (2016): 686-692. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.779