Different breast cancer subtypes show distinct tropisms for sites of metastasis. Notably, the lung is the most common site for the first distant recurrence in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). The identification of novel biomarkers for lung metastasis is of great importance to improving the outcome of TNBC. In this study, we sought to identify a microRNA (miRNA)-based biomarker and therapeutic target for lung metastasis of TNBC.A total of 669 patients without de novo stage IV TNBC were recruited for this study. miRNA profiling was conducted in the discovery cohort. Diagnostic accuracy and prognostic values of candidate miRNAs were evaluated in the training and validation cohorts, respectively. The biological functions of candidate miRNAs, as well as potential targets, were further evaluated through bioinformatic analysis as well as by performing in vitro and in vivo assays.In the discovery set, we found that miR-629-3p was specifically upregulated in both metastatic foci (fold change 144.16, P < 0.0001) and primary tumors (fold change 74.37, P = 0.004) in patients with lung metastases. In the training set, the ROC curve showed that miR-629-3p yielded high diagnostic accuracy in discriminating patients with lung metastasis from patients without recurrence (AUC 0.865, 95

作者：Jin, Wang；Cailu, Song；Hailin, Tang；Chao, Zhang；Jun, Tang；Xing, Li；Bo, Chen；Xiaoming, Xie

来源：Breast cancer research : BCR 2017 年 19卷 1期