Objective: To investigate the expressions of miR-1915-3p and Bcl-2 mRNA in colon cancer tissue and their relationships with the clinicopathological parameters and prognosis of the colon cancer patients, and to clarify the roles of miR-1915-3p and Bcl-2 in the occurrence and development of colon cancer.
MethodsA total of 40 colon cancer specimens and paired paracancer normal mucosa tissue were collected for examination of miR-1915-3p and Bcl-2 mRNA expression levels by Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The correlation between the miR-1915-3p expression level and Bcl-2 mRNA expression level was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis. The correlations between the expressions of miR-1915-3p and Bcl-2 and the clinicopathological features and prognosis of the colon cancer patients were analyzed by χ2 test. The survival curve was drawn by Kaplan-Meier method, and the survival difference was tested by Log-rank test.
ResultsThe RT-qPCR results showed that compared with the adjacent mucosa tissue, the expression level of miR-1915-3p in colorn cancer tissue was decreased significantly (P<0.05), and the expression level of Bcl-2 mRNA in colon cancer tissue was increased (P<0.05); there was a significant negative correlation between the expression level of miR-1915-3p and the expression level of Bcl-2 mRNA in colon cancer tissue (r=-0.542,P<0.05). The expression lervels of miR-1915-3p in colon cancer tissue was significantly correlated with the degree of tumor differentiation and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05), but not with gender, age, tumor size and TNM stage (P>0.05). The expression level of Bcl-2 mRNA in colon cancer tissue was significantly correlated with TNM stage (P<0.05), but was not related to other clinicopathological features (P>0.05). The Kaplan-Meier analysis results of survival curve showed that the overall survival(OS) of the colon cancer patients in miR -1915-3p high expression group was lower than that in miR-1915-3p low expression group (χ2=3.641,P<0.05). There was no significant relationship between the expression level of Bcl-2 mRNA and the prognosis of colon cancer patients (χ2=0.571,P>0.05).
ConclusionThe miR-1915-3p expression level in tumor tissue of the colorectal cancer patients is decreased, but the expression level of Bcl-2 mRNA is significantly increased. The combined detection of them is useful for the diagnosis and prognosis evaluation of colon cancer.