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Bibi S, Abbas G, Khan MZ, Nawaz T, Ullah Q, Uddin A, Khan MF, Ghafoor SU, Nadeem MS, Tabassum S, Zahoor M. The mutational analysis of mitochondrial DNA in maternal inheritance of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1093353. [PMID: 37674615 PMCID: PMC10477912 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1093353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Introduction Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a globally prevalent condition that leads to infertility in women. While environmental factors contribute to PCOS, maternal genetics also play a significant role. Currently, there is no definitive test for identifying predisposition to PCOS. Hence, our objective is to discover novel maternal genetic risk factors for PCOS by investigating the genomes of patients from Pakistan. Methods We utilized Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) to sequence the complete mitochondrial DNA of three PCOS patients. Subsequently, we employed MitoTIP (Mitochondrial tRNA Informatics Predictor) and PON-mt-tRNA tools to identify variations in the mitochondrial DNA. Our analysis focused on the genes MT-RNR1, MT-RNR2, MT-ATP6, MT-TL2, and MT-CYTB, which displayed common variations in all three genomes. Additionally, we observed individual variations. The D-loop region exhibited the highest frequency of mutations, followed by the non-coding regions of RNR1 and RNR2 genes. Moreover, we detected frameshift mutations in the mitochondrially encoded NADH Dehydrogenase 2 (MT-ND2) and mitochondrially encoded NADH Dehydrogenase 5 (ND5) genes within individual genomes. Results Our analysis unveiled six regions with common variations in the mitochondrial DNA of all three PCOS patients. Notably, the MT-RNR1, MT-RNR2, MT-ATP6, MT-TL2, and MT-CYTB genes exhibited these variations. Additionally, we identified individual variations in the mitochondrial DNA. The D-loop region displayed the highest mutation frequency, followed by the non-coding regions of RNR1 and RNR2 genes. Furthermore, frameshift mutations were detected in the MT-ND2 and ND5 genes within individual genomes. Conclusion Through our study, we have identified variations in mitochondrial DNA that may be associated with the development of PCOS and have the potential to serve as predisposition tests. Our findings highlight the presence of novel mutations in the MT-RNR1, MT-RNR2, MT-ATP6, MT-TL2, and MT-CYTB genes, as well as frameshift mutations in the MT-ND2 and ND5 genes. Pathogenicity analysis indicated that most variants were likely to result in benign cysts. However, the frameshift mutations in the ND2 gene were associated with a high risk of complications and pathogenicity in PCOS. This is the first report identifying these mutations and their association with PCOS, contributing to our understanding of the genetic factors underlying the condition.
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- Shaheen Bibi
- Department of Zoology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Agriculture, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Agriculture, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Pandey KK, Madhry D, Ravi Kumar YS, Malvankar S, Sapra L, Srivastava RK, Bhattacharyya S, Verma B. Regulatory roles of tRNA-derived RNA fragments in human pathophysiology. MOLECULAR THERAPY-NUCLEIC ACIDS 2021; 26:161-173. [PMID: 34513302 PMCID: PMC8413677 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2021.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hundreds of tRNA genes and pseudogenes are encoded by the human genome. tRNAs are the second most abundant type of RNA in the cell. Advancement in deep-sequencing technologies have revealed the presence of abundant expression of functional tRNA-derived RNA fragments (tRFs). They are either generated from precursor (pre-)tRNA or mature tRNA. They have been found to play crucial regulatory roles during different pathological conditions. Herein, we briefly summarize the discovery and recent advances in deciphering the regulatory role played by tRFs in the pathophysiology of different human diseases.
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- Kush Kumar Pandey
- Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, M.S. Ramaiah, Institute of Technology, MSR Nagar, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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Kłos P, Dabravolski SA. The Role of Mitochondria Dysfunction in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Colorectal Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11673. [PMID: 34769108 PMCID: PMC8584106 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is one of the leading gut chronic inflammation disorders, especially prevalent in Western countries. Recent research suggests that mitochondria play a crucial role in IBD development and progression to the more severe disease-colorectal cancer (CRC). In this review, we focus on the role of mitochondrial mutations and dysfunctions in IBD and CRC. In addition, main mitochondria-related molecular pathways involved in IBD to CRC transition are discussed. Additionally, recent publications dedicated to mitochondria-targeted therapeutic approaches to cure IBD and prevent CRC progression are discussed.
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- Patrycja Kłos
- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University, 72 Al. Powstańców Wlkp., 70-111 Szczecin, Poland;
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- Department of Clinical Diagnostics, Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine [UO VGAVM], 7/11 Dovatora Str., 210026 Vitebsk, Belarus
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Yuan Q, Su L, Wang T, Liu Y, Lu Z, Zhou K, Guo S, Gu X, Xing J, Guo X. Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup M7 confers a reduced risk of colorectal cancer in a Han population from northern China. J Cell Mol Med 2021; 25:7538-7544. [PMID: 34288389 PMCID: PMC8335663 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Mitochondria are central eukaryotic organelles in cellular metabolism and ATP production. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) alterations have been implicated in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, there are few reports on the association between mtDNA haplogroups or single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the risk of CRC. The mtDNA of 286 Northern Han Chinese CRC patients were sequenced by next-generation sequencing technology. MtDNA data from 811 Han Chinese population controls were collected from two public data sets. Then, logistic regression analysis was used to determine the effect of mtDNA haplogroup or SNP on the risk of CRC. We found that patients with haplogroup M7 exhibited a reduced risk of CRC when compared to patients with other haplogroups (odds ratio [OR] = 0.532, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.285-0.937, p = 0.036) or haplogroup B (OR = 0.477, 95% CI = 0.238-0.916, p = 0.030). Furthermore, haplogroup M7 was still associated with the risk of CRC when the validation and combined control cohort were used. In addition, several haplogroup M7 specific SNPs, including 199T>C, 4071C>T and 6455C>T, were significantly associated with the risk of CRC. Our results indicate the risk potential of mtDNA haplogroup M7 and SNPs in CRC in Northern China.
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- Qing Yuan
- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory Department, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Mohd Khair SZN, Abd Radzak SM, Mohamed Yusoff AA. The Uprising of Mitochondrial DNA Biomarker in Cancer. DISEASE MARKERS 2021; 2021:7675269. [PMID: 34326906 PMCID: PMC8302403 DOI: 10.1155/2021/7675269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cancer is a heterogeneous group of diseases, the progression of which demands an accumulation of genetic mutations and epigenetic alterations of the human nuclear genome or possibly in the mitochondrial genome as well. Despite modern diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to battle cancer, there are still serious concerns about the increase in death from cancer globally. Recently, a growing number of researchers have extensively focused on the burgeoning area of biomarkers development research, especially in noninvasive early cancer detection. Intergenomic cross talk has triggered researchers to expand their studies from nuclear genome-based cancer researches, shifting into the mitochondria-mediated associations with carcinogenesis. Thus, it leads to the discoveries of established and potential mitochondrial biomarkers with high specificity and sensitivity. The research field of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) biomarkers has the great potential to confer vast benefits for cancer therapeutics and patients in the future. This review seeks to summarize the comprehensive insights of nuclear genome cancer biomarkers and their usage in clinical practices, the intergenomic cross talk researches that linked mitochondrial dysfunction to carcinogenesis, and the current progress of mitochondrial cancer biomarker studies and development.
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- Siti Zulaikha Nashwa Mohd Khair
- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Cappa R, de Campos C, Maxwell AP, McKnight AJ. "Mitochondrial Toolbox" - A Review of Online Resources to Explore Mitochondrial Genomics. Front Genet 2020; 11:439. [PMID: 32457801 PMCID: PMC7225359 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Mitochondria play a significant role in many biological systems. There is emerging evidence that differences in the mitochondrial genome may contribute to multiple common diseases, leading to an increasing number of studies exploring mitochondrial genomics. There is often a large amount of complex data generated (for example via next generation sequencing), which requires optimised bioinformatics tools to efficiently and effectively generate robust outcomes from these large datasets. Twenty-four online resources dedicated to mitochondrial genomics were reviewed. This 'mitochondrial toolbox' summary resource will enable researchers to rapidly identify the resource(s) most suitable for their needs. These resources fulfil a variety of functions, with some being highly specialised. No single tool will provide all users with the resources they require; therefore, the most suitable tool will vary between users depending on the nature of the work they aim to carry out. Genetics resources are well established for phylogeny and DNA sequence changes, but further epigenetic and gene expression resources need to be developed for mitochondrial genomics.
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- Ruaidhri Cappa
- Centre for Public Health, Institute of Clinical Sciences B, Queen's University Belfast, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Public Health, Institute of Clinical Sciences B, Queen's University Belfast, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Public Health, Institute of Clinical Sciences B, Queen's University Belfast, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Skonieczna K, Jawień A, Marszałek A, Grzybowski T. Mitogenome germline mutations and colorectal cancer risk in Polish population. Arch Med Sci 2020; 16:366-373. [PMID: 32190148 PMCID: PMC7069428 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2018.80893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION To date, several nuclear DNA variants have been shown to be associated with increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. Despite the fact that mitochondria play an important role in carcinogenesis, little is known about inherited mitochondrial DNA mutations that could be involved in this disease. Thus, potential associations between inherited mutations in the entire mitochondrial genomes and colorectal cancer were analysed in this study. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two hundred mitogenome sequences determined for colorectal cancer patients and healthy individuals from Poland were used to investigate the association between mtDNA alleles or haplogroups and colorectal cancer. Additional mtDNA control region haplotypes determined for 1353 individuals from the general Polish population were used for comparison of haplogroup and certain allele frequencies between case and control groups. RESULTS The non-R clades together with their diagnostic T alleles at positions 12705 and 16223 were observed with higher frequencies in healthy individuals than in colorectal cancer patients. Nevertheless, the differences of the R macrohaplogroup (as well as 12705 or 16223 alleles) frequencies between cases and controls were statistically insignificant after Bonferroni correction. Most of the non-R clades were of Asian and African origin, but none of them were prevalent in the control group. Moreover, neither mtDNA alleles nor haplogroups were associated with clinicopathological parameters of colorectal cancer patients. CONCLUSIONS Contrary to some previous reports, the findings of this study do not support the hypothesis that mitochondrial DNA variants contribute to inherited predisposition to colorectal cancer.
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- Katarzyna Skonieczna
- Division of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Vascular Surgery and Angiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Department of Tumor Pathology and Prophylaxis, Poznan University of Medical Sciences and Greater Poland Cancer Center, Poznan, Poland
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- Division of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Ji Q, Cheng X, Ding Y, Geng H, Zhao Y, Liu G, Liu X. Association of mitochondrial DNA mutations with Chinese esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCC) by analyzing the whole mitochondrial DNA genomes. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1619493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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- Qiang Ji
- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, P. R. China
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Abbaszadegan MR, Moghbeli M. Genetic and molecular origins of colorectal Cancer among the Iranians: an update. Diagn Pathol 2018; 13:97. [PMID: 30579343 PMCID: PMC6303916 DOI: 10.1186/s13000-018-0774-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one the leading causes of cancer related deaths among Iranians. Despite the various progresses in new therapeutic methods, it has still a low rate of survival. This high ratio of mortality is mainly related to the late diagnosis, in which the patients refer for treatment in advanced stages of tumor. MAIN BODY: colorectal cancer progression is largely associated with molecular and genetic bases. Although Iran has a high ratio of CRC mortality, there is not an efficient genetic panel for detection and prognosis. Therefore, it is critical to introduce new diagnostic markers with ability to detect in early stages. CONCLUSION Present review summarizes all of the genetic and epigenetic factors which are reported in CRC until now among the Iranian patients to pave the way of incorporation of new ethnic specific markers into the clinical practice and development of new targeted therapeutic methods.
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- Department of Modern Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Deng N, Zhou H, Fan H, Yuan Y. Single nucleotide polymorphisms and cancer susceptibility. Oncotarget 2017; 8:110635-110649. [PMID: 29299175 PMCID: PMC5746410 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.22372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A large number of genes associated with various cancer types contain single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). SNPs are located in gene promoters, exons, introns as well as 5'- and 3'- untranslated regions (UTRs) and affect gene expression by different mechanisms. These mechanisms depend on the role of the genetic elements in which the individual SNPs are located. Moreover, alterations in epigenetic regulation due to gene polymorphisms add to the complexity underlying cancer susceptibility related to SNPs. In this systematic review, we discuss the various genetic and epigenetic mechanisms involved in determining cancer susceptibility related to various SNPs located in different genetic elements. We also discuss the diagnostic potential of these SNPs and the focus for future studies.
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- Na Deng
- Tumor Etiology and Screening Department of Cancer Institute and General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, and Key Laboratory of Cancer Etiology and Prevention (China Medical University), Liaoning Provincial Education Department, Shenyang 110001, China.,Department of Hematology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Tumor Etiology and Screening Department of Cancer Institute and General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, and Key Laboratory of Cancer Etiology and Prevention (China Medical University), Liaoning Provincial Education Department, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Tumor Etiology and Screening Department of Cancer Institute and General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, and Key Laboratory of Cancer Etiology and Prevention (China Medical University), Liaoning Provincial Education Department, Shenyang 110001, China.,National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Xi'an 110001, China
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Can Mitochondria DNA Provide a Novel Biomarker for Evaluating the Risk and Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer? DISEASE MARKERS 2017; 2017:5189803. [PMID: 28408773 PMCID: PMC5376434 DOI: 10.1155/2017/5189803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) was one of the most frequent cancers worldwide. Accurate risk and prognosis evaluation could obtain better quality of life and longer survival time for the patients. Current research hotspot was focus on the gene biomarker to evaluate the risk and prognosis. Mitochondrion contains its own DNA and regulates self-replicating so that it can be as a candidate biomarker for evaluating the risk and prognosis of colorectal cancer. But there were already huge controversies on this issue. The review was to summarize current viewpoints of the controversial issues and described our understanding from the four aspects including mtDNA copy number, mitochondrial displacement loop, mtDNA variation, and mtDNA microsatellite instability, wishing the summary of the mtDNA in colorectal cancer could provide a meaningful reference or a valuable direction in the future studies.
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Qian M, Spada C, Wang X. Approach, Application, and Bioethics of mtDNA Sequencing in Cancer. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 1038:23-38. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6674-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Lv F, Qian G, You W, Lin H, Wang XF, Qiu GS, Jiang YS, Pang LX, Kang YM, Jia BF, Xu JZ, Yu Y. Variants in mitochondrial tRNA gene may not be associated with thyroid carcinoma. Balkan J Med Genet 2016; 18:59-64. [PMID: 27785398 PMCID: PMC5026273 DOI: 10.1515/bjmg-2015-0090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Thyroid cancer is a very common form of endocrine system malignancy. To date, the molecular mechanism underlying thyroid cancer remains poorly understood. Studies of oncocytic tumors have led to a hypothesis which proposes that defects in oxidative phosphorylation (OX- PHOS) may result in a compensatory increase in mitochondrial replication and gene expression. As a result, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation analysis has become a useful tool to explore the molecular basis of this disease. Among these mutations, mitochondrial transfer RNAs (mttRNAs) are the hot spots for pathogenic mutations associated with thyroid cancer. However, due to its high mutation rate, the role of mt-tRNA variants in thyroid cancer is still controversial. To address this problem, in this study, we reassessed seven reported mt-tRNA variants: tRNAAsp G7521A, tRNAArg T10411C and T10463C, tRNALeu(CUN) A12308G, tRNAIle G4292C and C4312T, and tRNAAla T5655C, in clinical manifestations of thyroid cancer. We first performed the phylogenetic conservation analysis for these variants; moreover, we used a bioinformatic tool to compare the minimum free energy (G) of mt-tRNA with and without mutations. Most strikingly, none of these variants caused the significant change of the G between the wild-type and the mutant form, suggesting that they may not play an important roles in thyroid cancer. In addition, we screened the frequency of the “pathogenic” A12308G alternation in 300 patients with thyroid cancer and 200 healthy controls. We found that there were five patients and three control subjects carrying this variant. It seemed that the A12308G variant may be a common polymorphism in the human population. Taken together, our study indicated that variants in mt-tRNA genes may not play active roles in patients with thyroid cancer.
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- F Lv
- Department of Breast Surgery, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ningbo Fourth Hospital, Xiangshan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ningbo Fourth Hospital, Xiangshan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ningbo Fourth Hospital, Xiangshan, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, the Affiliated Wenling Hospital of Wenzhou Medial University, Wenling, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
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