PMID- 28382439 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170913 LR - 20220410 IS - 1435-702X (Electronic) IS - 0721-832X (Linking) VI - 255 IP - 6 DP - 2017 Jun TI - Plasma level of miR-93 is associated with higher risk to develop type 2 diabetic retinopathy. PG - 1159-1166 LID - 10.1007/s00417-017-3638-5 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: MicroRNA-93 (miR-93) usually acts as a promoter of tumor progression in several human carcinomas. It has been found distinctly high in eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR). The present study aims to investigate the role of plasma miR-93 in the progression of type 2 diabetic retinopathy (T2DR). METHODS: Our study subjects were made up of 140 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients who were assigned into DR (DR patients, n = 75), NDR (non-DR patients, n = 65), and control (healthy individuals, n = 127) groups. Levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), triglyceride (TG), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), total cholesterol (TC), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cr), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and fasting insulin (FIsn) were detected by automatic biochemical analyzer. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was performed for the levels of interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), qRT-PCR for the miR-93 expression in plasma, and mRNA expressions of IL-1, IL-6, TNF-alpha and VEGF; receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for the diagnostic performance of miR-93 to T2DR, Pearson correlation analysis for correlation analysis between miR-93 and other indexes detected before and multivariate logistic regression analyses for the risk factors for T2DR. RESULTS: The DR and NDR groups exhibited elevated course of disease, and decreased levels of FBG, FPG, TG, HbA1c, TC, BUN, Cr, HDL-C, FIsn, IL-1, IL-6, TNF-alpha and VEGF but declined LDL-C level as compared to the control group. The course of disease was longer and the levels of FBG, FPG, HbA1c, IL1, IL6 and VEGF were higher in the DR group than those in the NDR group (all P < 0.05). The miR-93 expression and RNA expressions of IL-1, IL-6, TNF-alpha and VEGF were higher in the DR group than those in the NDR group (P < 0.05). The best cutoff for miR-93 to assess T2DR was 1.31, with a Youden index of 0.63, sensitivity of 73.33%, specificity of 89.24%, and area under the curve (AUC) of 0.866. Pearson correlation analysis indicated that miR-93 expression was positively associated with course of disease, the levels of FPG, HbA1c, TNF-alpha and VEGF. T2DM patients with longer disease course, higher levels of FBG, HbA1c, VEGF and miR-93 expression were risk factors for developing DR. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates that plasma miR-93 is associated with the progression of T2DR and it can sever as a diagnostic marker for T2DR. FAU - Zou, Hui-Ling AU - Zou HL AD - Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Suqian People's Hospital, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, No. 138, South Yellow River Road, Suqian, 223800, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Yan AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Geriatrics, Suqian People's Hospital, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Suqian, 223800, People's Republic of China. FAU - Gang, Qiang AU - Gang Q AD - Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Suqian People's Hospital, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, No. 138, South Yellow River Road, Suqian, 223800, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Ying AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Suqian People's Hospital, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, No. 138, South Yellow River Road, Suqian, 223800, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Sun, Yu AU - Sun Y AD - Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Suqian People's Hospital, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, No. 138, South Yellow River Road, Suqian, 223800, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. sqsunyu@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170405 PL - Germany TA - Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol JT - Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie JID - 8205248 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (MIRN93 microRNA, human) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Cytokines/blood MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood/*complications MH - Diabetic Retinopathy/*blood/diagnosis/etiology MH - Disease Progression MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Female MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Humans MH - Male MH - MicroRNAs/*blood MH - Middle Aged MH - ROC Curve MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Risk Factors OTO - NOTNLM OT - Diagnosis OT - MicroRNA-93 OT - Sensitivity OT - Specificity OT - Type 2 diabetes mellitus OT - Type 2 diabetic retinopathy EDAT- 2017/04/07 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/14 06:00 CRDT- 2017/04/07 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/04/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/04/07 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00417-017-3638-5 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00417-017-3638-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2017 Jun;255(6):1159-1166. doi: 10.1007/s00417-017-3638-5. Epub 2017 Apr 5.