Project description:<p><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Studies have reported clinical heterogeneity between right-sided colon cancer (RCC) and left-sided colon cancer (LCC). However, none of these studies used multi-omics analysis combining genetic regulation, microbiota and metabolites to explain the site-specific difference.</p><p><strong>METHODS:</strong> Here, 494 participants from a 16S rRNA gene sequencing cohort (50 RCC, 114 LCC and 100 healthy controls) and a multi-omics cohort (63 RCC, 79 LCC and 88 healthy controls) were analyzed. 16S rRNA gene, metagenomic sequencing and metabolomics analyses of fecal samples were evaluated to identify tumor location-related bacteria and metabolites. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) and transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) were conducted to obtain the mutation burden and genomic expression pattern.</p><p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> We found unique profiles of the intestinal microbiome, metabolome, and host genome between RCC and LCC. The bacteria Flavonifractor plautii (Fp) and Fusobacterium nucleatum, the metabolites L-phenylalanine, and the host genes PHLDA1 and WBP1 were the key omics features of RCC; whereas the bacteria Bacteroides sp. A1C1 (B.A1C1) and Parvimonas micra, the metabolites L-citrulline and D-ornithine, and the host genes TCF25 and HLA-DRB5 were considered the dominant omics features in LCC. Multi-omics correlation analysis indicated that RCC-enriched Fp was related to the accumulation of the metabolite L-phenylalanine and the suppressed WBP1 signal in RCC patients. In addition, LCC-enriched B.A1C1 was associated with accumulation of the metabolites D-ornithine and L-citrulline as well as activation of the genes TCF25, HLA-DRB5 and AC079354.1.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> Our findings identify previously unknown links between intestinal microbiota alterations, metabolites and host genomics in RCC vs. LCC, suggesting that it may be possible to treat colorectal cancer (CRC) by targeting the gut microbiota-host interaction.</p>
Project description:The purpose of this study is to identify miRNAs involved in the pathology of colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastasis and investigate their underlying mechanisms. A total of 39 miRNAs were identified to be differentially expressed between 16 primary CRC tissues with liver metastases and 16 CRC tissues without liver metastases from 32 patients by Affymetric miRNA microarrays. 16 coloretcal cancer tissues with liver metastasis and 16 colorectal cancer tissues without liver metastasis were included in this study for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. We sought to identify the differentially expressed miRNAs between colorectal cancer tissues with and without liver metastasis.
Project description:Identifying the exact molecules associated with CRC metastasis may be crucial to understand the process, which might also be translated to the diagnosis and treatment of CRC. In this study, we investigate the association of microRNA expression patterns with the lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer. To investigate the association of microRNA expression patterns with the lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer, eight primary colorectal cancer tissues derived from stage II–III colorectal cancer patients with (n = 4) or without (n = 4) lymph node metastasis were collected and the miRNA expression profiles of them were determined using Agilent miRNA microarray. Different miRNA expression profiles were identified in CRC tissues between lymph node metastasis positive and negative group.