Abstract

Optimizing the biomarker combination to be analyzed in liquid biopsies should improve personalized medicine. We developed a method to purify circulating cell-free mRNAs from plasma samples and to quantify them by RT-qPCR. We selected three candidate colorectal cancer biomarkers (B2M, TIMP-1, and CLU). Their mRNA levels were significantly higher in plasma of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer patients (mCRC) (n = 107) than in healthy individuals (HI) (n = 53). To increase the discriminating performance of our method, we analyzed the sum of the three mRNA levels (BTC index). The area under the ROC curve (AUC) to estimate the BTC index capacity to discriminate between mCRC and HI plasma was 0.903. We also determined the optimal BTC index cut-off to distinguish between plasma samples, with 82% of sensitivity and 93% of specificity. By using mRNA as a novel liquid biopsy analytical parameter, our method has the potential to facilitate rapid screening of CRCm.

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Title
A straightforward method to quantify circulating mRNAs as biomarkers of colorectal cancer
Author
Grosgeorges, Marie 1 ; Picque Lasorsa, Laurence 1 ; Pastor, Brice 1 ; Prévostel, Corinne 1 ; Crapez, Evelyne 1 ; Sanchez, Cynthia 1 ; Frayssinoux, Florence 1 ; Jarlier, Marta 1 ; Pezzella, Véronique 2 ; Monard, Laure 2 ; Ychou, Marc 1 ; Thierry, Alain R. 1 ; Mazard, Thibault 1 ; Blache, Philippe 1 

 Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier INSERM U1194, Univ Montpellier, Inserm, ICM,CNRS, Montpellier cedex 5, France (GRID:grid.121334.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 2097 0141) 
 UNICANCER R&D, Paris, France (GRID:grid.121334.6) 
Pages
2739
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2776897420
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.