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Early Pregnancy Prediction of Spontaneous Preterm Birth Prior to 32 Completed Weeks of Pregnancy Using Plasma RNA
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10 2021
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Source: BJOG. 128(11):1870-1880
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Alternative Title:BJOG
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Description:Objective:
Compare the second trimester plasma cell-free (PCF) transcriptome of women who delivered at term to women with spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB)≦32weeks and identify/validate PCF ribonucleic acid (RNA) markers present by 16weeks.
Design:
Prospective case-control study.
Setting:
Academic tertiary care centre.
Population:
Pregnant women with known outcomes prospectively sampled.
Methods:
PCF RNA extracted from women at 22–24weeks (5 sPTB≦32weeks and 5 term) was hybridised to gene expression arrays. Differentially regulated RNAs for sPTB≦32weeks were initially selected based on p-value compared to control (p<0.01) and fold change (≥1.5x). Potential markers were then reordered by narrowness of distribution. Final marker selection was made by searching the Metacore™ database to determine whether the PCF RNA interacted with a reported set of myometrial Preterm Initiator genes. RNAs were confirmed by qRT-PCR and tested in a second group of 40 women (20 with sPTB ≦32weeks (mean gestation 26.5, standard deviation ±2.6weeks), 20 with spontaneous term delivery (40.1±0.9weeks) sampled 16–19+5weeks.
Main outcome measure:
Identification of PCF RNAs predictive of sPTB≦32weeks.
Results:
297 PCR RNAs were differentially expressed in sPTB≦32weeks. Further selection retained 99 RNAs (86 mRNAs and 13 miRs) and 5 of these interacted in silica with 7 Preterm Initiator genes. Four of 5 RNAs were confirmed and tested on the validation group. The expression of each confirmed PCF RNA was significantly higher in sPTB≦32weeks. In vitro study of the 4 mRNAs revealed higher expression in placenta of women with sPTB≦32weeks and the potential to interfere with myometrial quiescence.
Conclusions:
The PCF RNA markers are highly associated with sPTB≦32weeks by 16weeks.
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Pubmed ID:33969600
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8455415
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Volume:128
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Issue:11
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