Plasma miR-182 expression in non-small cell lung cancer and its relationship with tumor CT findings and malignant biological molecule expression

摘要

Objective:To study the plasma miR-182 expression in non-small cell lung cancer and its relationship with tumor CT findings and malignant biological molecule expression.Methods:A total of 60 patients who were diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in our hospital from May 2012 to October 2015 were included in NSCLC group of the study, and 80 cases of healthy volunteers who received physical examination in our hospital during the same period and whose general data matched with that of NSCLC patients were included in control group of the study. Contrast-enhanced CT was conducted and the major diameter and minor diameter of lesions were measured, plasma was collected to determine miR-182 expression as well as CEA, CYFRA21-1, SCC-Ag and TSGF levels, and tumor tissue was collected to determine the content of RECK, MTSS1, PDCD4 and DNMT3a.Results: Relative plasma miR-182 expression of NSCLC group was significantly higher than that of control group; axial maximum major diameter, maximum minor diameter perpendicular to it and coronary maximum vertical major diameter in non-small cell lung cancer patients with high plasma miR-182 expression were significantly higher than those in non-small cell lung cancer patients with low plasma miR-182 expression, plasma CEA, CYFRA21-1, SCC-Ag and TSGF levels were significantly higher than those in non-small cell lung cancer patients with low plasma miR-182 expression, RECK, MTSS1, PDCD4 and DNMT3a levels in tumor tissue were significantly lower than those in non-small cell lung cancer patients with low plasma miR-182 expression, and differences in above indexes between two groups were statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusions: Plasma miR-182 expression is abnormally high in non-small cell lung cancer and is closely related to the CT findings of tumor, the content of serum tumor markers and the expression of malignant molecules in tumor tissue.