Abstract
Background and purposeLate rectal bleeding is one of the severe adverse events after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. New biomarkers are needed to allow a personalized treatment. Materials and methodsFour patients each with grade 0–1 or grade 2–3 rectal bleeding were randomly selected for miRNA array to examine miRNA expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs). Based on results of miRNA array, 1 of 348 miRNAs was selected for microRNA assays. Then, expression of DNA-dependent protein kinase mRNA and miR-99a was analyzed in the PBLs of 97 patients. PBLs were exposed to 4Gy of X-ray ex-vivo. ResultsIn the discovery cohort, grade 2–3 rectal bleeding was significantly higher in the Ku80 <1.09 expression group compared with ⩾1.09 group (P=0.011). In radiation-induced expression of miR-99a, grade 2–3 rectal bleeding was significantly higher in the miR-99a IR(+)/IR(−) >0.93 group compared with ⩽0.93 group (P=0.013). Most patients with grade 2–3 rectal bleeding were in the group with low Ku80 and high miR-99a expression. In the validation cohort, similar results were obtained. ConclusionA combination of low Ku80 expression and highly-induced miR-99a expression could be a promising marker for predicting rectal bleeding after radiotherapy.
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