Document Type : Original Research
Authors
- Navid Bazzaz 1
- Nazila Nouraee Nouraee 2
- Ali Zare-Mirzaie 3
- Seyed Javad Mowla Mowla 4
- Maryam Shahali 5
- Mohammad Vasei 6
1 Tehran university of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas,
3 Fellow of molecular pathology and cytogenetic, Tehran University Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Associate professor of pathology, Iran University Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University,Tehran, Iran
5 Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
6 Cell Based Therapies Research Center , Digestive Disease Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Background and Objective: Wilms’ tumor (WT) is the most common genitourinary tract tumor in children. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs; their role in the pathogenesis of many types of human cancers has been identified. We aimed to evaluate the expression of miR-21, a well-known oncomir, in WT tissue samples which is a very common urinary tract malignancy in children.
Methods: We performed chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) to detect the sub-cellular localization of miR-21 in 25 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples of WT. We also evaluated miR-21 expression in 24 of these blocks and 6 normal kidneys as controls using quantitative real-time PCR technique.
Results: While our real-time PCR analysis showed miR-21 significant overexpression in 4 tumors compared to the normal kidney samples, we could not detect significant ISH signal in any of these samples.
Conclusion: Low expression of miR-21 in WT might pinpoint the weak involvement of this miRNA in the pathogenesis of this cancer.
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