J. Bai, S. Pugh, R. Eldridge, K. Yeager, Qi Zhang, W. Lee, A. B. Shah, I. Dayes, D. D'Souza, J. Michalski, J. Efstathiou, J. Longo, T. Pisansky, Jordan M. Maier, S. Faria, Anand Desai, S. Seaward, H. Sandler, M. Cooley, D. Bruner
{"title":"Abstract 2528: Rurality and neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation associated with patient-reported outcomes andsurvivalin men with prostate cancer in NRG RTOG 0415","authors":"J. Bai, S. Pugh, R. Eldridge, K. Yeager, Qi Zhang, W. Lee, A. B. Shah, I. Dayes, D. D'Souza, J. Michalski, J. Efstathiou, J. Longo, T. Pisansky, Jordan M. Maier, S. Faria, Anand Desai, S. Seaward, H. Sandler, M. Cooley, D. Bruner","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2528","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20290,"journal":{"name":"Prevention Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91052747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. G. Capitán, J. Bracht, N. Potie, M. González-Cao, S. Viteri, A. Martínez-Bueno, C. Cabrera-Gálvez, P. Rubinstein, C. Mayo-de-las-Casas, J. Valarezo, chung-Ying Huang, C. Pedraz, Richard Boykind, S. Warren, R. Rosell, Miguel Ángel Molina-Vilaa, A. Aguilar-Hernández
{"title":"Abstract 2606: A nCounter-Based mRNA signature in plasma associates with localized non-small cell lung cancer","authors":"A. G. Capitán, J. Bracht, N. Potie, M. González-Cao, S. Viteri, A. Martínez-Bueno, C. Cabrera-Gálvez, P. Rubinstein, C. Mayo-de-las-Casas, J. Valarezo, chung-Ying Huang, C. Pedraz, Richard Boykind, S. Warren, R. Rosell, Miguel Ángel Molina-Vilaa, A. Aguilar-Hernández","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2606","url":null,"abstract":"Background: 80% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases are diagnosed at stages IIIB-IV and have a dismal prognosis with a median life expectancy that does not exceed 2 years. In contrast, patients diagnosed at early and locally advanced stages (I-IIIA) can undergo surgery and have the potential to be totally cured. Imaging technologies often detect lung nodules of unknown significance that pose a diagnostic challenge; some patients with benign nodules are submitted to unnecessary surgical interventions while others with small tumors are just kept in observation, risking a significant delay for treatment. A diagnostic test that could differentiate between benign and malignant masses would be of great help in this setting. Methods: Circulating-free RNA (cfRNA) was isolated from the plasma of healthy individuals (N=21), early(I-II) stage (N=22) and stage IIIA (N=12) NSCLC patients, using an automatic extraction method(Qiasymphony, Qiagen). Purified cfRNA was quantified using Qubit, retrotranscribed and pre-amplified (14cycles) using the Low RNA Input Amplification kit (NanoString Technologies). Gene expression analysis was performed on the nCounter platform using the PanCancer IO360TM (NanoString Technologies), which can detect 770 transcripts related to tumor biology, micro-environment and the immune system. Results: Gene expression analysis revealed differential patterns for some cf-mRNAs from localized stage NSCLC patients versus healthy controls. A bioinformatics recursive feature elimination algorithm selected a 16-gene mRNA signature that was able to distinguish between localized NSCLC and control samples with an area under the ROC curve of 0.91 to 0.95. Furthermore, the signature scores derived from the algorithm were significantly different between the two cohorts. Conclusions: We have found an 16-gene signature that can differentiate between cfRNA of localized stages NSCLC patients and control individuals. Our results warrant validation studies in larger cohorts. Citation Format: Ana Gimenez Capitan, Jillian Bracht, Nicolas Potie, Maria Gonzalez-Cao, Santiago Viteri, Alejandro Martinez-Bueno, Carlos Cabrera-Galvez, Pablo Rubinstein, Clara Mayo-de-las-Casas, Joselyn Valarezo, Chung-Ying Huang, Carlos Pedraz, Richard Boykind, Sarah Warren, Rafael Rosell, Miguel Angel Molina-Vilaa, Andres Aguilar-Hernandez. A nCounter-Based mRNA signature in plasma associates with localized non-small cell lung cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr 2606.","PeriodicalId":20290,"journal":{"name":"Prevention Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90488900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Carbunaru, R. Babajide, E. Schaeffer, P. Gann, Adam B. Murphy
{"title":"Abstract 2546: Predictive value of prostate health index (PHI) in multi-parametric MRI in an ethnically diverse cohort","authors":"S. Carbunaru, R. Babajide, E. Schaeffer, P. Gann, Adam B. Murphy","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2546","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20290,"journal":{"name":"Prevention Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84803037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Chakraborty, M. Pérez, N. B. Mohammed, M. Wells, J. Wilmott, J. Thompson, S. Haslam, W. Wang, R. Scolyer, G. Murphy, C. Dimitroff
{"title":"Abstract 2609: Hypoxia-mediated downregulation of GCNT2/I-antigen in metastatic melanoma accelerates disease progression and mortality","authors":"A. Chakraborty, M. Pérez, N. B. Mohammed, M. Wells, J. Wilmott, J. Thompson, S. Haslam, W. Wang, R. Scolyer, G. Murphy, C. Dimitroff","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2609","url":null,"abstract":"Metastatic melanoma is a lethal disease with a dismal 5-year survival rate. Thus, intense efforts to boost novel therapeutic strategies are underway to identify early detection of melanomas with a high propensity to metastasize. We recently discovered that the loss of cell surface glycan, I-antigen, corresponds with the transition of primary melanoma to metastatic melanoma. I-antigen or I-branched glycans are synthesized by β16, N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2 (GCNT2) and inversely correlate with the growth and signaling potential of metastatic melanoma cells. Moreover, compared with high GCNT2 expression in normal melanocytes, nevi, and early-stage primary melanomas, GCNT2 is conspicuously lost in metastatic melanomas. We anticipate the potential utilization of GCNT2 expression as a biomarker to predict melanoma metastasis. Further, metastasis and aggressive disease progression are key phenotypes of tumor-initiating cells (TIC), which are preferentially generated in areas of hypoxia. In the vertical growth phase of primary melanomas and melanoma metastases, the tumor microenvironment is typically hypoxic (1.5% oxygen). We hypothesize that the hypoxic microenvironment aids in metastatic melanoma progression through TIC generation and immune evasion, by downregulating GCNT2 and switching I-branched glycans to linear glycans. In this study, metastatic melanoma cells grown under hypoxic conditions had reduced GCNT2 and MITF with upregulated stem cell marker KLF4 expression. Importantly, in the in vivo TIC assay, we found significantly decreased tumor formation with increased GCNT2 expression while low GCNT2 levels enabled tumor formation even when 103 cells were injected in immunocompromised mice. Since TICs are thought to evade immune clearance, we investigated whether loss of GCNT2 increased TIC characteristics and also enabled immunosuppressive features. In human PBMC - metastatic melanoma co-cultures, there was an increase in T regulatory cell generation associated with low GCNT2 compared to high GCNT2 expression in melanoma cells, suggesting that loss of GCNT2 associates with increased TIC generation, tumor formation, and immunoevasion potential. Using melanoma patient specimens, immunohistochemical analysis of GCNT2 corresponded with a significant increase in mortality with the loss of GCNT2 staining. Altogether, these findings highlight GCNT2/I-branching not only as a biomarker of melanoma virulence but reveal malignancy-associated pathways functioning in parallel with loss of GCNT2/I-branching that could offer additional targets for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. Citation Format: Asmi Chakraborty, Mariana Perez, Norhan B. B Mohammed, Michael Wells, James S. Wilmott, John F. Thompson, Stuart M. Haslam, Wei Wang, Richard A. Scolyer, George F. Murphy, Charles J. Dimitroff. Hypoxia-mediated downregulation of GCNT2/I-antigen in metastatic melanoma accelerates disease progression and mortality [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American A","PeriodicalId":20290,"journal":{"name":"Prevention Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83081928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas Cheng, Kimberly Skead, David Soave, Jocelyn Meng, Elias Gbeha, I. Lungu, Bernard Lam, S. Bratman, D. D. Carvalho, P. Awadalla
{"title":"Abstract 2602: Leveraging cell-free methylome markers for early cancer detection","authors":"Nicholas Cheng, Kimberly Skead, David Soave, Jocelyn Meng, Elias Gbeha, I. Lungu, Bernard Lam, S. Bratman, D. D. Carvalho, P. Awadalla","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2602","url":null,"abstract":"Cancer survival rates are significantly improved when detected at early stages, particularly when the tumor is still localized to the tissue of origin. However, effective screening tools for early cancer detection is currently limited to a subset of cancer types. The early development of human malignancies are difficult to observe as cancers are often detected once it becomes symptomatic, as such many cancer biomarker and evolution studies to date have primarily examined the genomics from solid tumor or liquid biopsies following a diagnosis. Investigating early tumor evolution in the pre-diagnosis context could allow us to better understand how to prevent or detect cancers in the earliest stage when survival rates are significantly higher, however this requires application of new technologies to biologics collected prior to a cancer diagnosis. Here, we leverage blood samples collected from participants in the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project (CPTP), a longitudinal population cohort, prior to the onset of a cancer. Specifically, we utilize hybrid capture approaches to enrich for and characterize early mutations and methylation changes in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) of pre-cancer plasma samples collected from patients several months to years prior to clinical diagnosis. Here, we identify the earliest detectability of aberrant genetic and epigenetic events in ctDNA and describe the molecular evolution of these events at various stages prior to clinical detection of cancers. Further, we develop molecular biomarkers and implement machine learning tools to classify individuals with early cancers, and to develop risk scores from survival analyses predictive of cancer development up to 5 years prior to diagnosis. In our current study, we focus specifically on breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer cases, and are extending this to pan-cancer applications in subsequent studies. Citation Format: Nicholas Cheng, Kimberly Skead, David Soave, Jocelyn Meng, Elias Gbeha, Ilinca Lungu, Bernard Lam, Scott Bratman, Daniel De Carvalho, Philip Awadalla. Leveraging cell-free methylome markers for early cancer detection [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr 2602.","PeriodicalId":20290,"journal":{"name":"Prevention Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89930569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dalton M. Craven, Laura A. Smith, Michael F. Coleman, Elaine M Glenny, S. Hursting
{"title":"Abstract 2575: Intermittent calorie restriction reverses the adverse effects of obesity and advanced age on tumor growth in a mouse model of breast cancer","authors":"Dalton M. Craven, Laura A. Smith, Michael F. Coleman, Elaine M Glenny, S. Hursting","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2575","url":null,"abstract":"Advanced age and obesity are two major risk factors for breast cancer (BC) mortality. This presents a significant public health concern as the number of older individuals and incidence of obesity are increasing worldwide. In our mouse models of BC, we have demonstrated that, similar to obesity, advanced age accelerates mammary tumor growth. Mechanistically, obesity and advanced age suppress tumor gene expression relating to antitumor immunity and reduce tumoral abundance of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells. Thus, advanced age- and obesity-related enhancement of mammary tumor growth is explained, in part, through the development of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Given the aging of our populations and the increasing prevalence of obesity, interventions capable of reversing the tumor-promoting effects of advanced age and obesity are needed. We have previously demonstrated that weight loss by intermittent calorie restriction (ICR), in which mice are placed on a 5:2 calorie restriction (CR) regimen (5 days 14% CR, 2 nonconsecutive days 70% CR per week), attenuates tumor growth and immunosuppression in formerly obese mice. This project tests if ICR will provide similar benefit to aged and aged obese mice. Cohorts of young control (5 mos), young diet-induced obese (DIO; 5 mos), aged control (15 mos), and aged DIO (15 mos) mice were generated and subsequently randomized to either remain on their baseline diet or switch to the ICR intervention. Following 9 weeks on ICR or baseline diet, serum samples were collected and then tumor development induced by orthotopic transplantation of E0771 cancer cells into the 4th mammary fat pad of mice. At tumor endpoint mammary tumors were collected and weighed. To determine if ICR alters systemic inflammation in each experimental group, cytokine levels were measured in serum samples collected prior to tumor inoculation. Multiple inflammatory cytokines were downregulated following ICR intervention in young DIO, aged control, and aged DIO mice, including CCL7, CCL10, and CCL24. Downregulation of inflammatory cytokines was correlated with decreased tumor burden in young DIO, aged control, and aged DIO mice placed on ICR, compared with their respective non-intervention controls. Ongoing analyses are investigating if ICR increases the abundance of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells within the tumor microenvironment of young DIO, aged control, and aged DIO mice. These findings demonstrate that ICR may be effective in reversing obesity- and advanced age-related enhancement of mammary tumor growth in mouse models of breast cancer. More research is needed to test if these preclinical findings translate to obese and aged humans with BC. Identifying dietary interventions that may attenuate obesity- and age-related tumor growth has the potential to improve both patient outcomes and quality of life. This research was supported by R35CA197627 to S. Hursting. Citation Format: Dalton M. Craven, Laura A. Smith, Michael F. Coleman, Elaine M. Gl","PeriodicalId":20290,"journal":{"name":"Prevention Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90100199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Bauman, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Sara M Centuori, José M. Guillén-Rodríguez, L. Garland, E. Ho, Lisa Bengtson, M. Wojtowicz, É. Szabó, H. Chow
{"title":"Abstract LB221: Randomized crossover trial evaluating detoxication of tobacco carcinogens by broccoli seed and sprout extract in heavy smokers","authors":"J. Bauman, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Sara M Centuori, José M. Guillén-Rodríguez, L. Garland, E. Ho, Lisa Bengtson, M. Wojtowicz, É. Szabó, H. Chow","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-LB221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-LB221","url":null,"abstract":"Randomized crossover trial evaluating detoxication of tobacco carcinogens by broccoli seed and sprout extract in heavy smokersJulie E. Bauman, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Sara Centuori, Jose Guillen-Rodriguez, Linda Garland, Emily Ho, Lisa Bengtson, Malgorzata Wojtowicz, Eva Szabo, H-H Sherry ChowIntroduction: Diets high in cruciferous vegetables are associated with reduced risk of tobacco-related cancers. Crucifers are rich in the phytochemical glucoraphanin (GR), which is hydrolyzed by myrosinase to its bioactive form, sulforaphane (SF). SF upregulates the NRF2 transcription factor and downstream target genes in the antioxidant response element. As GR is concentrated in broccoli seeds relative to mature plants, broccoli seed preparations (BSP) are under development as chemopreventive agents. BSP increased detoxication of air pollutants including benzene in Qidong, China. Methods: We conducted a randomized crossover trial evaluating the detoxication of benzene and other tobacco carcinogens by the BSP Avmacol, tablets comprised of broccoli seed powder and broccoli sprout extract, in otherwise healthy smokers (≥ 20 pack-years). Each subject was treated with low and high dose BSP (70 vs. 140 GR equivalents daily for 2 weeks), separated by a 2-week washout, with randomization to low-high vs. high-low sequence. The primary endpoint was detoxication of benzene, measured by change in urinary excretion of its mercapturic acid metabolite (S-phenyl mercapturic acid, SPMA). Secondary endpoints included detoxication of the carcinogens acrolein and crotonaldehyde, and SF bioavailability assessed by urinary SF metabolites.Results: 49 subjects were randomized from Feb 2018-Nov 2019: 26 female, mean age 56.3. Treatment-related adverse events (AE) were gastrointestinal; most common were grade 1-2 bloating/cramping/abdominal pain (11; 22%), grade 1 diarrhea (11; 22%), grade 1 flatulence (10; 20%). No grade ≥ 3 AE were observed. One subject withdrew after unrelated AE. Compliance with BSP and biomarker measurements was 98%. Primary and secondary endpoints are presented in the Table. Conclusion: The BSP Avmacol was bioavailable as SF metabolites and significantly increased the acute detoxication products of benzene and acrolein in heavy smokers. Citation Format: Julie E. Bauman, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Sara Centuori, Jose Guillen-Rodriguez, Linda Garland, Emily Ho, Lisa Bengtson, Malgorzata Wojtowicz, Eva Szabo, H-H Sherry Chow. Randomized crossover trial evaluating detoxication of tobacco carcinogens by broccoli seed and sprout extract in heavy smokers [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr LB221.","PeriodicalId":20290,"journal":{"name":"Prevention Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80642173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abbey E Williams, E. Hoffman, J. Warren, S. Ponik, Lisa M. Arendt
{"title":"Abstract 2574: Collagen density and obesity promote mammary gland inflammation","authors":"Abbey E Williams, E. Hoffman, J. Warren, S. Ponik, Lisa M. Arendt","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2574","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20290,"journal":{"name":"Prevention Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73720871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kazuya Takayama, Kohei Yamazaki, H. Yamaguchi, Keishu Tsuda, T. Yasui, Y. Ichikawa
{"title":"Abstract 2604: Urinary microRNAs as biomarkers for early detection of urothelial cancer","authors":"Kazuya Takayama, Kohei Yamazaki, H. Yamaguchi, Keishu Tsuda, T. Yasui, Y. Ichikawa","doi":"10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2604","url":null,"abstract":"microRNAs modulate gene expression in various cancer types, and their profiles differ in healthy and cancer groups of people and they represent a warning sign for various cancer scenarios. Identification of tumor-specific microRNAs presents a powerful opportunity to potentially reduce cancer mortality through early detection. In order to achieve early detection through population screening, noninvasive approaches are needed to complement and improve upon current strategies for urothelial cancer (UC) screening. Since all microRNAs in the blood cannot be transferred from donor to recipient cells during single blood circulation, kidney filtration could pass some untransferred microRNAs from blood to urine, therefore urinary microRNAs might be used as biomarkers for the diagnosis of cancer. We investigated whether urine levels of microRNA can differentiate patients with UC from healthy individuals. Here, we successfully identified UC-related microRNA ensembles in urine through a combination of microfluidic microRNA extraction device and machine learning-based analysis. We analyzed 93 urine samples from 27 UC patients and 66 healthy individuals (controls). An initial set of 74 microRNAs was selected by microarray microRNA profiling assay as biomarker candidates. Quantitative reverse-transcription PCR was used for further analysis to validate the expression of microRNAs. We selected a group of 6 microRNAs for validation; (miR-6089, miR-4488, miR-4784, miR-26a-5p, miR-148a-3p, and miR-143-3p) were confirmed to be significantly different in UC and controls. We adopted a logistic regression model and successfully developed a classifier based on these 6 microRNAs, which showed remarkably high sensitivity (94%) and specificity (85%). In summary, patients with UC have significantly different patterns of microRNA expression from healthy individuals. We identified a signature of 6 microRNAs as predictors that can differentiate patients with UC from those who are healthy. These microRNAs could be potentially developed as biomarkers for UC. Citation Format: Kazuya Takayama, Kohei Yamazaki, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Keishu Tsuda, Takao Yasui, Yuki Ichikawa. Urinary microRNAs as biomarkers for early detection of urothelial cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr 2604.","PeriodicalId":20290,"journal":{"name":"Prevention Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84676350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}