Genomewide miRNA profiling of colorectal cancer cell lines and colorectal cancer-derived induced pluripotent cancer cell lines

To establish a genomewide miRNA profile of colorectal cancer-derived induced pluripotent cancer cell lines (CRC-iPC). CRC-iPC clones and two parental cell lines were subjected to miRNA microarray analysis using SurePrint Human MiRNA Microarray Release 21.0 (Agilent). In order to identify the differentially-expressed miRNAs after OSKM-reprogramming, the miRNA expression of CRC-iPCs was relatively compared to that of parental colorectal cancer cell lines. Using a stringent selection criteria of log2(fold change) (FC) ≥ 2.0 or < -2.0 and p-value < 0.05, a total of 102 statistically significant differentially-expressed miRNAs were identified. Amongst the 102 miRNAs, 50 miRNAs were down-regulated and 52 miRNAs were up-regulated. Four miRNAs (miR-362-5p, miR-532-3p, miR-125b-5p, and miR199a-3p) were randomly selected for validation by quantitative real-time PCR, the results were consistent with that of the microarray results. To establish a genomewide miRNA profile of colorectal cancer-derived induced pluripotent cancer cell lines (CRC-iPC). CRC-iPC clones and two parental cell lines were subjected to miRNA microarray analysis using SurePrint Human MiRNA Microarray Release 21.0 (Agilent). In order to identify the differentially-expressed miRNAs after OSKM-reprogramming, the miRNA expression of CRC-iPCs was relatively compared to that of parental colorectal cancer cell lines. Using a stringent selection criteria of log2(fold change) (FC) ≥ 2.0 or < -2.0 and p-value < 0.05, a total of 102 statistically significant differentially-expressed miRNAs were identified. Amongst the 102 miRNAs, 50 miRNAs were down-regulated and 52 miRNAs were up-regulated. Four miRNAs (miR-362-5p, miR-532-3p, miR-125b-5p, and miR199a-3p) were randomly selected for validation by quantitative real-time PCR, the results were consistent with that of the microarray results. Two CRC cell lines were reprogrammed into near pluripotent state by retroviral transduction of OSKM. Two representative iPC clones derived from each CRC cell line were selected for genomewide miRNA profiling. Four CRC-iPC clones and two parental CRC cell lines were subjected to miRNA microarray analysis using SurePrint Human MiRNA Microarray Release 21.0 (Agilent). The miRNA expression of CRC-iPC clones was relatively compared to the miRNA expression of parental CRC cell lines. The microarray data was analysed by GeneSpring GX software version 13.0.