Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer

There is increasing interest among cancer researchers in the study of Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), a group of small RNAs important for maintaining genome stability in the germline. Aberrant expression of piRNAs in cancer could imply an involvement of these regulatory RNAs in neoplastic transforma...

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Main Author: Tosar Rovira, Juan Pablo (author)
Other Authors: García Silva, María Rosa (author), Cayota, Alfonso (author)
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García Silva María Rosa, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares.
Cayota Alfonso, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares.
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Piwi-interacting RNAs
Cancer piRNAs
Somatic piRNAs
piRNA databases
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer
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description There is increasing interest among cancer researchers in the study of Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), a group of small RNAs important for maintaining genome stability in the germline. Aberrant expression of piRNAs in cancer could imply an involvement of these regulatory RNAs in neoplastic transformation. On top of that, it could enable early cancer diagnosis based on RNA analysis in liquid biopsies, as piRNAs are not expected to widely circulate in the bloodstream of healthy individuals. Indeed, it has recently been shown that serum piR-54265 allows for excellent discrimination between colorectal cancer patients and healthy controls. However, we have also shown that most somatic piRNAs reported to date in mammals are actually fragments of other noncoding RNAs. Herein, we show that reports positioning piR-54265 as a noninvasive biomarker for colorectal cancer were actually measuring variations in the levels of a full-length (72 nt) small nucleolar RNA in serum. This should place a cautionary note for future research in somatic and cancer-specific piRNAs. We deeply encourage this line of research but discuss proper ways to identify somatic piRNAs without the interference of erroneous entries contained in piRNA databases.Wealso introduce the concept of miscellaneous-piRNAs (m-piRNAs) to distinguish between canonical piRNAs and other small RNAs circumstantially associated with PIWI proteins in somatic cells.
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spelling Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancerTosar Rovira, Juan PabloGarcía Silva, María RosaCayota, AlfonsoPIWI proteinsPiwi-interacting RNAsCancer piRNAsSomatic piRNAspiRNA databasesThere is increasing interest among cancer researchers in the study of Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), a group of small RNAs important for maintaining genome stability in the germline. Aberrant expression of piRNAs in cancer could imply an involvement of these regulatory RNAs in neoplastic transformation. On top of that, it could enable early cancer diagnosis based on RNA analysis in liquid biopsies, as piRNAs are not expected to widely circulate in the bloodstream of healthy individuals. Indeed, it has recently been shown that serum piR-54265 allows for excellent discrimination between colorectal cancer patients and healthy controls. However, we have also shown that most somatic piRNAs reported to date in mammals are actually fragments of other noncoding RNAs. Herein, we show that reports positioning piR-54265 as a noninvasive biomarker for colorectal cancer were actually measuring variations in the levels of a full-length (72 nt) small nucleolar RNA in serum. This should place a cautionary note for future research in somatic and cancer-specific piRNAs. We deeply encourage this line of research but discuss proper ways to identify somatic piRNAs without the interference of erroneous entries contained in piRNA databases.Wealso introduce the concept of miscellaneous-piRNAs (m-piRNAs) to distinguish between canonical piRNAs and other small RNAs circumstantially associated with PIWI proteins in somatic cells.ANII: FCE_3_2018_1_ 148745ANII: FSS_X_2018_1_149070RNA SocietyTosar Rovira Juan Pablo, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares.García Silva María Rosa, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares.Cayota Alfonso, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares.2023-06-02T15:17:45Z2023-06-02T15:17:45Z2021Artículoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion9 happlication/pdfTosar Rovira, J, García Silva, M y Cayota, A. "Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer". RNA. [en línea] 2021, 27(4): 403-410. 9 h. DOI: 10.1261/rna.078444.120.1355-8382https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/3739010.1261/rna.078444.120reponame:COLIBRIinstname:Universidad de la Repúblicainstacron:Universidad de la RepúblicaenengRNA, 2021, 27(4): 403-410.Las obras depositadas en el Repositorio se rigen por la Ordenanza de los Derechos de la Propiedad Intelectual de la Universidad de la República.(Res. Nº 91 de C.D.C. de 8/III/1994 – D.O. 7/IV/1994) y por la Ordenanza del Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de la República (Res. Nº 16 de C.D.C. de 07/10/2014)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLicencia Creative Commons Atribución - No Comercial (CC - By-NC 4.0)oai:colibri.udelar.edu.uy:20.500.12008/373902026-04-14T10:10:05Z
spellingShingle Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer
Tosar Rovira, Juan Pablo
PIWI proteins
Piwi-interacting RNAs
Cancer piRNAs
Somatic piRNAs
piRNA databases
status_str publishedVersion
title Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer
title_full Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer
title_fullStr Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer
title_full_unstemmed Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer
title_short Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer
title_sort Circulating SNORD57 rather than piR-54265 is a promising biomarker for colorectal cancer: common pitfalls in the study of somatic piRNAs in cancer
topic PIWI proteins
Piwi-interacting RNAs
Cancer piRNAs
Somatic piRNAs
piRNA databases
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/37390