Long noncoding RNA profiles in plasma exosomes of patients with gastric high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia
The sensitivity and specificity of traditional non-invasive diagnostic markers for gastric cancer are insufficient. Long-chain noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in circulating exosomes are a new class of promising cancer biomarkers. However, the expression profile of long-chain noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in exosomes derived from gastric high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (GHGIN) has not been reported.The aim of this study was to investigate the expression profile of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the plasma exosomes of patients with gastric high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia. Peripheral blood samples were collected from five patients with GHGIN and five healthy donors, and the exosomes were isolated. We used high-throughput sequencing to detect differently expressed lncRNAs (DE lncRNAs) in these individuals. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assay was performed to verify the sequencing results. The potential roles of the DE lncRNAs in GHGIN were speculated by performing Gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Gene and Genome (KEGG) analysis. We constructed a lncRNAs–miRNA–mRNA network diagram and performed association analyses to explore the underlying molecular mechanisms. A total of 25145 lncRNAs were identified in all samples; 83 lncRNAs that showed significant differential expression were further screened, including 76 up-regulated and 7 down-regulated lncRNAs. RT-qPCR further confirmed these results. GO and KEGG analyses predicted that these lncRNAs played important roles in protein and macromolecule glycosylation, regulation of protein ubiquitination, and renin-angiotensin system and MAPK signaling pathways. We further constructed a lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA interaction network. This study may help in discovering new molecular changes, enrich the expression profile of lncRNAs in human GHGIN, and help us better understand the molecular mechanisms of GHGIN and gastric cancer. Overall design: We used high-throughput sequencing to detect lncRNAs  and mRNAs in plasma exosomes of patients with gastric high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia and  healthy controls contributor: cloudseq