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MicroRNA Stability in FFPE Tissue Samples: Dependence on GC Content

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  • Yu Kakimoto
  • Masayuki Tanaka
  • Hiroshi Kamiguchi
  • Eriko Ochiai
  • Motoki Osawa

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs responsible for fine-tuning of gene expression at post-transcriptional level. The alterations in miRNA expression levels profoundly affect human health and often lead to the development of severe diseases. Currently, high throughput analyses, such as microarray and deep sequencing, are performed in order to identify miRNA biomarkers, using archival patient tissue samples. MiRNAs are more robust than longer RNAs, and resistant to extreme temperatures, pH, and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedding (FFPE) process. Here, we have compared the stability of miRNAs in FFPE cardiac tissues using next-generation sequencing. The mode read length in FFPE samples was 11 nucleotides (nt), while that in the matched frozen samples was 22 nt. Although the read counts were increased 1.7-fold in FFPE samples, compared with those in the frozen samples, the average miRNA mapping rate decreased from 32.0% to 9.4%. These results indicate that, in addition to the fragmentation of longer RNAs, miRNAs are to some extent degraded in FFPE tissues as well. The expression profiles of total miRNAs in two groups were highly correlated (0.88

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  • Yu Kakimoto & Masayuki Tanaka & Hiroshi Kamiguchi & Eriko Ochiai & Motoki Osawa, 2016. "MicroRNA Stability in FFPE Tissue Samples: Dependence on GC Content," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(9), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0163125
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163125
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