Experiment Detail



Experiment IDEXP00057
ReferenceTitle: The E2F3-Oncomir-1 axis is activated in Wilms' tumor.
Author: Kort EJ, Farber L, Tretiakova M, Petillo D, Furge KA, Yang XJ, Cornelius A,Teh BT.
Journal: Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 1;68(11):4034-8. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-0592.
Abstract: Oncomir-1 is an oncogenic cluster of microRNAs (miRNA) located on chromosome 13. Previous in vitro studies showed that it is transcriptionally regulated by thetranscription factor E2F3. In this report, we combine expression profiling ofboth mRNA and miRNAs in Wilms' tumor (WT) samples to provide the first evidencethat the E2F3-Oncomir-1 axis, previously identified in cell culture, isderegulated in primary human tumors. Analysis of RNA expression signatures showedthat an E2F3 gene signature was activated in all WT samples analyzed, in contrastto other kidney tumors. This finding was validated by immunohistochemistry on theprotein level. Expression of E2F3 was lowest in early-stage tumors and highest inmetastatic tissue. Expression profiling of miRNAs in WT showed that expression ofeach measured member of the Oncomir-1 family was highest in WT relative to other kidney tumor subtypes. Quantitative PCR confirmed that these miRNAs wereoverexpressed in WT relative to normal kidney tissue. These results suggest that the E2F3-Oncomir-1 axis is activated in WT. Our study also shows the utility ofintegrated genomics combining gene signature analysis with miRNA expressionprofiling to identify protein-miRNA interactions that are perturbed in diseasestates.
PMID: 18519660
Expressiion ProfileDescription: miRNA profiling of adult and pediatric renal tumors
Organism: Homo sapiens
GEO ID: GSE11016
Platform: GPL6668
Number of samples: 32
Design and SampleCancer Type: kidney cancer
Cancer SubType: chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
Cell Line: N/D
Experimental Design: cancer vs normal
Case Sample: Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
Control Sample: normal kidney
Num of Case: 4
Num of Control: 4
Quantification Software: Limma
Num of miRNAs: 148
IdentificationNum of Up: 6
Num of Down: 12