Global analysis of miRNA-mRNA regulation pair in bladder cancer.

Purpose: MicroRNA (miRNA) is a class of short non-coding RNA molecules that functions in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. This study aims to identify critical miRNA-mRNA regulation pairs contributing to bladder cancer (BLCA) pathogenesis. Patients and methods: MiRNA and mRNA microarray and RNA-sequencing datasets were downloaded from gene expression omnibus (GEO) and the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) databases. The tool of GEO2R and R packages were used to screen differential miRNAs (DE-miRNAs) and mRNAs (DE-mRNAs) and DAVID, DIANA, and Hiplot tools were used to perform gene enrichment analysis. The miRNA-mRNA regulation pair were screened from the experimentally validated miRNA-target interactions databases (miRTarbase and TarBase). Twenty-eight pairs of BLCA tissues were used to further verify the screened DE-miRNAs and DE-mRNAs by quantitative reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The diagnostic value of the miRNA-mRNA regulation pairs was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) and decision curve analysis (DCA). The correlation analysis between the selected miRNA-mRNAs regulation pair and clinical, survival and tumor-related phenotypes was performed in this study. Results: After miRTarBase, the analysis of 2 miRNA datasets, 6 mRNA datasets, and TCGA-BLCA dataset, a total of 13 miRNAs (5 downregulated and 8 upregulated in BLCA tissues) and 181 mRNAs (72 upregulated and 109 downregulated in BLCA tissues) were screened out. The pairs of miR-17-5p (upregulated in BLCA tissues) and TGFBR2 (downregulated in BLCA tissues) were verified in the external validation cohort (28 BLCA vs. 28 NC) using qRT-PCR. Areas under the ROC curve of the miRNA-mRNA regulation pair panel were 0.929 (95% CI: 0.885–0.972, p < 0.0001) in TCGA-BLCA and 0.767 (95% CI: 0.643–0.891, p = 0.001) in the external validation. The DCA also showed that the miRNA-mRNA regulation pairs had an excellent diagnostic performance distinguishing BLCA from normal controls. Correlation analysis showed that miR-17-5p and TGFBR2 correlated with tumor immunity. Conclusions: The research identified potential miRNA-mRNA regulation pairs, providing a new idea for exploring the genesis and development of BLCA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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