Expression of microRNA in follicular fluid in women with and without PCOS

Butler, Alexandra E.; Ramachandran, Vimal; Hayat, Shahina; Dargham, Soha R.; Cunningham, Thomas Keith; Benurwar, Manasi; Sathyapalan, Thozhukat; Najafi-Shoushtari, S. Hani; Atkin, Stephen L.

Abstract

© 2019, The Author(s). Several studies have shown the expression of small non-coding microRNA (miRNA) changes in PCOS and their expression in follicular fluid has been described, though the number of studies remains small. In this prospective cohort study, miRNA were measured using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) in 29 weight and aged matched anovulatory women with PCOS and 30 women without from follicular fluid taken at the time of oocyte retrieval who were undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF); miRNA levels were determined from a miRNA data set. 176 miRNA were detected, of which 29 differed significantly between normal women and PCOS women. Of these, the top 7 (p < 0.015) were miR-381-3p, miR-199b-5p, miR-93-3p, miR-361-3p, miR-127-3p, miR-382-5p, miR-425-3p. In PCOS, miR-382-5p correlated with age and free androgen index (FAI), miR-199b-5p correlated with anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) and miR-93-3p correlated with C-reactive protein (CRP). In normal controls, miR-127-3p, miR-382-5p and miR-425-3p correlated with the fertilisation rate; miR-127-3p correlated with insulin resistance and miR-381-3p correlated with FAI. Ingenuity pathway assessment revealed that 12 of the significantly altered miRNA related to reproductive pathways, 12 miRNA related to the inflammatory disease pathway and 6 were implicated in benign pelvic disease. MiRNAs differed in the follicular fluid between PCOS and normal control women, correlating with age, FAI, inflammation and AMH in PCOS, and with BMI, fertilization rate (3 miRNA), insulin resistance, FAI and inflammation in control women, according to Ingenuity Pathway Analysis.

Citation

Butler, A. E., Ramachandran, V., Hayat, S., Dargham, S. R., Cunningham, T. K., Benurwar, M., …Atkin, S. L. (2019). Expression of microRNA in follicular fluid in women with and without PCOS. Scientific reports, 9(1), Article 16306. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52856-5

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 6, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Nov 8, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-12
• Deposit Date: Nov 14, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 15, 2019
• Journal: Scientific Reports
• Print ISSN: 2045-2322
• Electronic ISSN: 2045-2322
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Article Number: 16306
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52856-5
• Keywords: Reproductive biology; Reproductive disorders
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3164253
• Publisher URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-52856-5
• Additional Information: Received: 18 August 2019; Accepted: 22 October 2019; First Online: 8 November 2019; : The authors declare no competing interests.