Inflammation related miRNAs as an important player between obesity and cancers

Morteza Gholami; Bagher Larijani; Zhila Zahedi; Fatemeh Mahmoudian; Samira Bahrami; Sima Parvizi Omran; Zahra Saadatian; Shirin Hasani-Ranjbar; Reza Taslimi; Milad Bastami; Mahsa M Amoli

doi:10.1007/s40200-019-00459-2

Inflammation related miRNAs as an important player between obesity and cancers

J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2019 Nov 26;18(2):675-692. doi: 10.1007/s40200-019-00459-2. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ 1Obesity and Eating Habits Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² 2Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ 3Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ 4Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ 5Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 5th floor, Shariati Hospital, North Kargar Ave, Tehran, Iran.
⁶ 6Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁷ 7Department of Gastroenterology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
⁸ 8Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

The growing trend in addition to their burden, prevalence, and death has made obesity and cancer two of the most concerning diseases worldwide. Obesity is an important risk factor for common types of cancers where the risk of some cancers is directly related to the obesity. Various inflammatory mechanisms and increased level of pro-inflammatory cytokines have been investigated in many previous studies, which play key roles in the pathophysiology and development of both of these conditions. On the other hand, in the recent years, many studies have individually focused on the biomarker's role and therapeutic targeting of microRNAs (miRNAs) in different types of cancers and obesity including newly discovered small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) which regulate gene expression and RNA silencing. This study is a comprehensive review of the main inflammation related miRNAs in obesity/obesity related traits. For the first time, the main roles of miRNAs in obesity related cancers have been discussed in response to the question raised in the following hypothesis; do the main inflammatory miRNAs link obesity with obesity-related cancers regarding their role as biomarkers? Graphical abstractConceptual design of inflammatory miRNAs which provide link between obesity and cancers.

Keywords: Cancer; Inflammation; MicroRNAs; Obesity.

Publication types

Review