Thermal Ablation and Transarterial Chemoembolization are Characterized by Changing Dynamics of Circulating MicroRNAs

Authors

ANDRAŠINA Tomáš JURÁČEK Jaroslav ZAVADIL Jan ČECHOVÁ Barbora ROHAN Tomáš VESELÁ Petra PALDOR Mor SLABÝ Ondřej GOLDBERG Nahum

Year of publication 2021
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of vascular and interventional radiology
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1051044320309532
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2020.10.024
Keywords EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA; SERUM MICRORNA-210; CANCER; EXPRESSION; MECHANISM; GROWTH; PROGRESSION; METASTASIS
Description Purpose: To determine whether the levels of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are altered in patients undergoing thermal ablation and chemoembolization and whether these changes are predictive of a clinical outcome. Material and Methods: This prospective study consisted of 43 patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 15) and intrahepatic colorectal cancer metastases (n = 28) treated with thermal ablation (n = 23; radiofrequency [n = 6] or microwave [n = 19]), chemoembolization using drug-eluting embolics (n = 18), or both (n = 2). Four blood samples (immediately before the intervention and 60-90 minutes, 24 hours, and 7 days after the intervention) were taken to measure the plasma concentrations of miRNAs related to hypoxia (miR-21 and miR-210), liver injury (miR-122), epithelial-mesenchymal transition (miR-200a), and apoptosis (miR-34a) using miRNA-specific TaqMan assays and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Tumor burden and treatment response at 3 months were evaluated using the modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors. The miRNA results were compared with clinical outcomes (Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon matched-pair test). Results: Dynamic changes in the circulating miRNA levels were observed following both the interventions. For thermal ablation, significant increases in miR-21, miR-210, miR-122, miR-200a, and miR-34a concentrations peaked 60-90 minutes after the intervention (P < .01). However, for transarterial chemoembolization, maximum increases in the miRNA concentrations were observed at 24 hours after the intervention for miR-21, miR-210, miR-122, miR-200a, and miR-34a (P < .05). The increased concentrations of the circulating miRNAs were followed by a subsequent decline to baseline by 7 days. For the thermal ablation (but not chemoembolization) patients, elevations in the miR-210 and miR-200a levels were associated with early progressive disease at 3 months (P = .040 and P = .012, respectively). Conclusions: Increased but dynamic levels of circulating miRNAs are present following interventional oncologic procedures and may prove useful as biomarkers for the monitoring of clinical outcomes.
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