Alternation in circARF3 (ADP-ribosylation Factor 3) and its Target Gene miR-103 Activity Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Obese Patients with Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease
Rashad, N., Nawara, A., Ahmed, S., Mosaad, H., Sediq, A., Elfarargy, O., Hassanin, H. (2023). Alternation in circARF3 (ADP-ribosylation Factor 3) and its Target Gene miR-103 Activity Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Obese Patients with Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease. EKB Journal Management System, 90(1), 113-120. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.279213
Nearmeen Rashad; Abdalla Nawara; Sherweet Ahmed; Hala Mosaad; Amany Sediq; Ola Elfarargy; Hassan Hassanin. "Alternation in circARF3 (ADP-ribosylation Factor 3) and its Target Gene miR-103 Activity Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Obese Patients with Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease". EKB Journal Management System, 90, 1, 2023, 113-120. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.279213
Rashad, N., Nawara, A., Ahmed, S., Mosaad, H., Sediq, A., Elfarargy, O., Hassanin, H. (2023). 'Alternation in circARF3 (ADP-ribosylation Factor 3) and its Target Gene miR-103 Activity Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Obese Patients with Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease', EKB Journal Management System, 90(1), pp. 113-120. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.279213
Rashad, N., Nawara, A., Ahmed, S., Mosaad, H., Sediq, A., Elfarargy, O., Hassanin, H. Alternation in circARF3 (ADP-ribosylation Factor 3) and its Target Gene miR-103 Activity Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Obese Patients with Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease. EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 90(1): 113-120. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.279213

Alternation in circARF3 (ADP-ribosylation Factor 3) and its Target Gene miR-103 Activity Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Obese Patients with Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 18, Volume 90, Issue 1, January 2023, Page 113-120  XML PDF (937.52 K)
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.279213
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Nearmeen Rashad email orcid 1; Abdalla Nawara2; Sherweet Ahmed3; Hala Mosaad4; Amany Sediqorcid 5; Ola Elfarargy6; Hassan Hassaninorcid 2
1Departments of Internal Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
2Departments of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.
3Departments of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.
4Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.
5Departments of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.
6Departments of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fourth most common cancer-related cause of death worldwide and poses a severe threat to public health. In addition to being an underlying risk factor for HCC, obesity is one of the common causes of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). Objective: Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the expression levels of both circARF3 (ADP-ribosylation factor 3) and its target gene miR-103 in obese patients with MAFLD and to assess their relations to susceptibility and clinicopathological features of HCC. Patients and methods: The current study was conducted on 100 subjects (50 control groups and 50 obese patients with MAFLD). The case group was subclassified to 39 patients without HCC and 11 patients with HCC. The expression levels of circARF3 and miR-103 were investigated by RT PCR. Resultsː Our results revealed statistically significant higher values of circARF3 in MAFLD (1.89±0.614) compared to control (0.72±0.341). In addition, the level of miR-103 was statistically significantly higher in MAFLD (2.41±0.82) compared to control (0.912±0.335), P ˂0.001. Also, there were statistically significant higher values of circARF3 in HCC (4.67±1.63) compared to non-HCC (1.44± 0.74). In addition, the level of miR-103 was statistically significantly higher in HCC (4.99±1.32) compared to non-HCC (1.512±0.45), P <0.001. Interestingly, circARF3 and miR-103 significantly correlated with obesity indices and metabolic and hepatic dysfunction biomarkers. Cut-off values 0.94, 1.2, 1.8, 2.98 were able to discriminate simple steatosis, steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, and HCC with AUC 0.78, 0.64, 0.77, 0.81 respectively. Conclusionsː The current study results detected upregulation of both studied epigenetic markers; circARF3 and miR-103 in obese MAFLD patients especially patients with HCC. Thus, they could be used as diagnostic biomarkers of MAFLD-associated HCC.
Keywords
MAFLD; HCC; circARF3; obesity; miR-103 relative expression
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