A miRNA-based signature predicts development of disease recurrence in HER2 positive breast cancer after adjuvant trastuzumab-based treatment

Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 21:6:33825. doi: 10.1038/srep33825.

Abstract

Approximately 20% of HER2 positive breast cancer develops disease recurrence after adjuvant trastuzumab treatment. This study aimed to develop a molecular prognostic model that can reliably stratify patients by risk of developing disease recurrence. Using miRNA microarrays, nine miRNAs that differentially expressed between the recurrent and non-recurrent patients were identified. Then, we validated the expression of these miRNAs using qRT-PCR in training set (n = 101), and generated a 2-miRNA (miR-4734 and miR-150-5p) based prognostic signature. The prognostic accuracy of this classifier was further confirmed in an internal testing set (n = 57), and an external independent testing set (n = 53). Besides, by comparing the ROC curves, we found the incorporation of this miRNA based classifier into TNM stage could improve the prognostic performance of TNM system. The results indicated the 2-miRNA based signature was a reliable prognostic biomarker for patients with HER2 positive breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • MicroRNAs / genetics*
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
  • Prognosis
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • ROC Curve
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / metabolism*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Time Factors
  • Trastuzumab / pharmacology
  • Trastuzumab / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • MicroRNAs
  • ERBB2 protein, human
  • Receptor, ErbB-2
  • Trastuzumab