Abstract
Background
Hyperglycemia can promote the development of prostate cancer (PCa). Differential expression levels of miRNAs between PCa patients and controls were also reported. Therefore, we examined the relationship between hyperglycemia and miRNA levels in PCa.
Methods
Relative expression of urinary miR-574-3p, miR-375, miR-205-5p, miR-200b-3p, miR-187-3p, miR-182-5p, and miR-100-5p were investigated in 105 PCa patients and 138 noncancer controls by Real-Time quantitative PCR. Fasting plasma glucose measurements were retrieved from clinical records. The differential miRNA expressions among groups were compared using non-parametric tests. Correlations with glucose and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) were tested using Pearson correlation coefficient.
Results
When we analyzed miRNA expression according to glycemic state, significant down-regulations were found for miR-200b-3p, miR-187-3p, miR-182-5p, and miR-100-5p in noncancer controls with high glucose. The lowest down-regulations were observed for miR-187-3p, miR-182-5p, and miR-100-5p. Subsequently, when hyperglycemia was considered in PCa, significant dysregulations of selected miRNAs were found in hyperglycemic PCa patients than in controls with high glucose. In particular, miR-375 and miR-182-5p showed a 3-FC in hyperglycemic PCa patients than controls who left hyperglycemia untreated. Conversely, only a down-regulation of miR-574-3p was observed in PCa patients regardless of glycemic status and only modest down-regulation of miR-574-3p, miR-200b-3p, miR-187-3p and miR-182-5p were found in normoglycemic PCa patients. Next, significant correlations between miRNAs and glucose (miR-200b-3p, miR-100-5p) and PSA (miR-205-5p and miR-187-3p) were detected in controls. Similarly, miR-205-5p and miR-187-3p were correlated with glucose in PCa patients, while miR-574-3p and miR-375 showed inverse relationships.
Conclusions
miRNA dysregulations can occur in hyperglycemic PCa patients as compared to noncancer controls who left hyperglycemia untreated. Hyperglycemia can consistently promote the expression of miR-375 and miR-182-5p. Uncontrolled hyperglycemic state could contribute to the creation of a suitable microenvironment for later PCa development by promoting gene expression.
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The dataset used during the current study is available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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Russo, V., Tamburrino, L., Morselli, S. et al. Hyperglycemia and microRNAs in prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-024-00809-z
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