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Published on: October 8, 2018
Expression Profiles of tRNA-Derived Fragments and Their Potential Roles in Multiple Myeloma
1Department of Hematology, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410000, People's Republic of China.
Background:
Multiple myeloma is an incurable hematologic malignancy. The discovery of mechanisms may help to find new therapeutic targets and prolong survival. tRNA-related fragments (tRF) and tRNA halves (tiRNA) are small RNA derived from tRNAs and implicated in a wide variety of pathological processes, including cancer initiation and progression. However, there are almost no research reporting the role of these tRNA derived fragments in myeloma as far as we know.
Methods:
In this study, we proposed the expression profiles of tRFs/tiRNAs in myeloma through RNA-sequencing in new diagnosed myeloma and healthy donors. The expression of selected tRFs/tiRNAs was further validated in clinical specimens by qPCR. Bioinformatic analysis was performed to predict their potential roles in multiple myeloma.
Results:
A total of 33 upregulated tRFs/tiRNAs and 22 downregulated tRFs/tiRNAs were identified. GO enrichment and KEGG pathway analysis were performed to analyze the functions of one significantly up-regulated and one significantly down-regulated tRNA-derived fragments. tRFs/tiRNAs may be involved in MM initiation and progression.
Conclusion:
We concluded that tRFs/tiRNAs were dysregulated and could be potential biomarkers for multiple myeloma.
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