Serum microRNA expression in pregnancies with preeclampsia

Genet Mol Res. 2011 Nov 8;10(4):4034-40. doi: 10.4238/2011.November.8.5.

Abstract

Preeclampsia continues to be a mortal disease of pregnant women throughout the world. Recently, geneticists, allied with obstetricians, have opened new frontiers. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are members of a class of small, noncoding RNA molecules. They are critical posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression. We extracted circulating miRNA from maternal plasma and quantified mir-152 and mir-210. We found up-regulated miR-210 levels as well as down-regulated mir-152 levels in preeclampsia patients.We propose that detection of increased mir-210 levels in maternal serum could be used to improve prediction methods for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of preeclampsia.

MeSH terms

  • Down-Regulation
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Humans
  • MicroRNAs / blood*
  • MicroRNAs / genetics*
  • Pre-Eclampsia / metabolism*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / genetics
  • Pregnancy Complications / metabolism
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Up-Regulation

Substances

  • MIRN152 microRNA, human
  • MIRN210 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs