MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of non-coding single strand RNA molecule encompassing 19-23 nucleotides in length, which can regulate protein expressions. In literature review, it showed that the level of miR-149 was significantly down-regulated in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) tissue, and it implicated that miR-149 might be involved in OSCC carcinogenesis. Moreover, there is a common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located on precursor of miR-149. By using direct sequencing, we analyzed 273 cases of oral cancer to confirm the relationship of SNP of miR-149 (rs2292832 C→T) with susceptibility, severity, and prognosis of OSCC. Comparing to controls, precancerous cases (oral submucous fibrosis; OSF) and OSCC, the result shows a gradually increasing percentage of miR-149 C/T, T/T genotype (p<0.001), and also increasing frequency of T allelotype (p<0.001). In OSCC cases, by using binary logistic regression analysis, T/T genotype has stronger correlation to late stage cancer (OR=1.989; p=0.011), to advanced primary tumor (OR=1.775; p=0.037), and to cervical nodal metastasis (OR=2.573; p=0.002) than C/C and C/T genotypes. Also, it reveals that miR-149 genotypes can be an independent factor for anticipating cervical nodal metastasis in OSCC cases (p=0.002). In survival analysis, T/T genotype has the worst outcome. (p=0.032). Furthermore, Cox regression analysis shows that the miR-149 T/T genotype has a hazard ratio of 1.632 comparing to genotype C/C and C/T. Aforementioned results indicate that miR-149 SNP is significantly associated with disease susceptibility, severity, and prognosis of OSCC.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of non-coding single strand RNA molecule encompassing 19-23 nucleotides in length, which can regulate protein expressions. In literature review, it showed that the level of miR-149 was significantly down-regulated in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) tissue, and it implicated that miR-149 might be involved in OSCC carcinogenesis. Moreover, there is a common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located on precursor of miR-149. By using direct sequencing, we analyzed 273 cases of oral cancer to confirm the relationship of SNP of miR-149 (rs2292832 C→T) with susceptibility, severity, and prognosis of OSCC. Comparing to controls, precancerous cases (oral submucous fibrosis; OSF) and OSCC, the result shows a gradually increasing percentage of miR-149 C/T, T/T genotype (p<0.001), and also increasing frequency of T allelotype (p<0.001). In OSCC cases, by using binary logistic regression analysis, T/T genotype has stronger correlation to late stage cancer (OR=1.989; p=0.011), to advanced primary tumor (OR=1.775; p=0.037), and to cervical nodal metastasis (OR=2.573; p=0.002) than C/C and C/T genotypes. Also, it reveals that miR-149 genotypes can be an independent factor for anticipating cervical nodal metastasis in OSCC cases (p=0.002). In survival analysis, T/T genotype has the worst outcome. (p=0.032). Furthermore, Cox regression analysis shows that the miR-149 T/T genotype has a hazard ratio of 1.632 comparing to genotype C/C and C/T. Aforementioned results indicate that miR-149 SNP is significantly associated with disease susceptibility, severity, and prognosis of OSCC.