MicroRNA profiling of platelets from immune thrombocytopenia and target gene prediction

  • Authors:
    • Gang Deng
    • Shifang Yu
    • Yunlei He
    • Tao Sun
    • Wei Liang
    • Lu Yu
    • Deyi Xu
    • Qiang Li
    • Ri Zhang
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  • Published online on: June 30, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6901
  • Pages: 2835-2843
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Abstract

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disease characterized by a low platelet count and insufficient platelet production. Previous studies identified that microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) are important for platelet function. However, the regulatory role of miRNAs in the pathogenesis of thrombocytopenia in ITP remains unclear. The aim of the present study is to isolate differentially expressed miRNAs, and identify their roles in platelets from ITP. A total of 5 ml blood from 22 patients with ITP and 8 healthy controls was isolated for platelet collection. A microarray assay was performed to analyze the differentially expressed miRNAs in the patients with ITP and healthy patients. Furthermore, the expression of differentially expressed miRNAs was verified by reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction. In addition, the target mRNAs of the differentially expressed miRNAs were predicted via miRWalk databases, and the target genes and miRNAs were classified by Gene Ontology enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses. In the present study, 115 miRNAs were identified to be differentially expressed in platelets from patients with ITP compared with the healthy controls (>3‑fold alteration; P<0.05). Among them, 57 miRNAs were upregulated in ITP, while 58 miRNAs were downregulated. Bioinformatic prediction demonstrated that hsa‑miR‑548a‑5p, hsa‑miR‑1185‑2‑3p, hsa‑miR‑30a‑3p, hsa‑miR‑6867‑5p, hsa‑miR‑765 and hsa‑miR‑3125 were associated with platelet apoptosis and adhesion in ITP. The present study performed miRNA profiling of platelets from patients with ITP and the results may aid in the understanding of the regulatory mechanism of ITP.
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Deng G, Yu S, He Y, Sun T, Liang W, Yu L, Xu D, Li Q and Zhang R: MicroRNA profiling of platelets from immune thrombocytopenia and target gene prediction. Mol Med Rep 16: 2835-2843, 2017.
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Deng, G., Yu, S., He, Y., Sun, T., Liang, W., Yu, L. ... Zhang, R. (2017). MicroRNA profiling of platelets from immune thrombocytopenia and target gene prediction. Molecular Medicine Reports, 16, 2835-2843. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6901
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Deng, G., Yu, S., He, Y., Sun, T., Liang, W., Yu, L., Xu, D., Li, Q., Zhang, R."MicroRNA profiling of platelets from immune thrombocytopenia and target gene prediction". Molecular Medicine Reports 16.3 (2017): 2835-2843.
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Deng, G., Yu, S., He, Y., Sun, T., Liang, W., Yu, L., Xu, D., Li, Q., Zhang, R."MicroRNA profiling of platelets from immune thrombocytopenia and target gene prediction". Molecular Medicine Reports 16, no. 3 (2017): 2835-2843. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6901