TY - JOUR T1 - EVALUATION OF EXOSOME-DERIVED CircRNA EXPRESSION PATTERNS IN LUNG CANCER RADIOTHERAPY TT - EVALUATION OF EXOSOME-DERIVED CircRNA EXPRESSION PATTERNS IN LUNG CANCER RADIOTHERAPY AU - Rahimi, Saina AU - Asadi, Milad AU - Muftuoglu, Can AU - Tavlayan, Emin AU - Ozkaya Akagunduz, Ozlem AU - Mert, Ufuk AU - Caner, Ayse PY - 2022 DA - August DO - 10.26650/JARHS2021-1136760 JF - Journal of Advanced Research in Health Sciences JO - SABİAD PB - Istanbul University WT - DergiPark SN - 2651-4060 SP - 51 EP - 51 VL - 5 IS - S-1 LA - en AB - Background: Radiotherapy is an effective method used in the treatment of lung cancer. However, it is very difficult to assess the clinical manifestations ofradiotherapy at an early stage and the relevant criteria are very limited. Exosome-derived circRNAs (exo-circRNAs) have potential as biomarkers for earlya cancer diagnosis and treatment assessment as exosomes are present in a variety of body fluids and circRNAs in exosomes exhibit high stability. Therefore,we aimed to investigate for potential biomarker candidates by evaluating changes in exo-circRNA expression with radiotherapy in lung cancer.Method: In this study, lung cancer epithelial (A549) and healthy lung fibroblast (WI38) cell lines were used. After colony assay, both cell lines wereirradiated with 4 Gy and exosomes were isolated by ultracentrifugation method. Exosomes were characterized by flow cytometry and nanoparticle trackinganalysis, and RNA isolation was performed by trizol protocol. Then, the expression levels of 40 exo-circRNAs in all groups were examined by RT-qPCR.Results: Of the exosomal circRNA investigated, 5 exo-circRNAs were found to be expressed in at least one of the groups, including A549, WI38, irradiatedA549 and irradiated WI-38 cell lines. In particular, hsa_circ_0014235 and hsa_circ_0001900, which were found to be expressed in all groups, were moreupregulated in cancer cell lines than healthy cell line. Significant changes were detected in the expression levels of these exo-circRNAs after irradiation.Conclusions: Differential expression of exo-circRNAs between cancer and healthy group and alterations by irradiation suggests that they may be potentialdiagnostic and monitoring biomarkers in cancer. KW - Exosome KW - CircRNAs KW - Lung Cancer KW - Radiotherapy KW - Biomarkers N2 - Background: Radiotherapy is an effective method used in the treatment of lung cancer. However, it is very difficult to assess the clinical manifestations of radiotherapy at an early stage and the relevant criteria are very limited. Exosome-derived circRNAs (exo-circRNAs) have potential as biomarkers for early a cancer diagnosis and treatment assessment as exosomes are present in a variety of body fluids and circRNAs in exosomes exhibit high stability. Therefore, we aimed to investigate for potential biomarker candidates by evaluating changes in exo-circRNA expression with radiotherapy in lung cancer.Method: In this study, lung cancer epithelial (A549) and healthy lung fibroblast (WI38) cell lines were used. After colony assay, both cell lines were irradiated with 4 Gy and exosomes were isolated by ultracentrifugation method. Exosomes were characterized by flow cytometry and nanoparticle tracking analysis, and RNA isolation was performed by trizol protocol. Then, the expression levels of 40 exo-circRNAs in all groups were examined by RT-qPCR. Results: Of the exosomal circRNA investigated, 5 exo-circRNAs were found to be expressed in at least one of the groups, including A549, WI38, irradiated A549 and irradiated WI-38 cell lines. In particular, hsa_circ_0014235 and hsa_circ_0001900, which were found to be expressed in all groups, were more upregulated in cancer cell lines than healthy cell line. Significant changes were detected in the expression levels of these exo-circRNAs after irradiation.Conclusions: Differential expression of exo-circRNAs between cancer and healthy group and alterations by irradiation suggests that they may be potential diagnostic and monitoring biomarkers in cancer. CR - Grozescu T, Popa F. Prostate cancer between prognosis and adequate/proper therapy. J Med Life. 2017;10(1):5-12 UR - https://doi.org/10.26650/JARHS2021-1136760 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2511024 ER -