Review Article

Long Noncoding RNAs as Novel Biomarkers Have a Promising Future in Cancer Diagnostics

Table 1

Aberrant lncRNAs expression in various cancers.

lncRNAsCancer typeSampleUp/downExtraction methodNormalization Quantification methodDiagnostic performanceReference

MALAT1 NSCLC TissueUpTRIzol Reagent
(Invitrogen)
GADPHqRT-PCRNull[29]
TissueUpQiagen
RNeasy Micro Kit
GAPDHSYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull[30]
Cell lines (A549, HTB53, 56, 57, 58)UpTRIzol Reagent [29, 31]
(Invitrogen), QiagenRNeasy Micro Kit [30]
GADPHSYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull[2931]
Peripheral whole bloodDownAxyPrep Blood Total RNA Miniprep kitGAPDHqRT-PCRAUC 0.718
[34]
Cellular fraction of peripheral human bloodDownRiboPure BloodKit (Life Technologies)GAPDH
HPRT1
TaqManAUC 0.79,
specificity 96%,
sensitivity 56%
[20]

MALAT1 PCa TissueUpTRIzol Reagent [19]
(Invitrogen)
GAPDH [35]
ACTB [19]
SYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull[19, 35]
PlasmaUpmirVana PARIS Kit (Ambion)Input amount Standard curve methodSYBR-Green qRT-PCRAUC 0.836,
specificity 84.8%,
sensitivity 58.6%
[19]
UrineUpTRIzol Reagent
(Invitrogen)
PSASYBR-Green qRT-PCRAUC (0.670 and 0.742)[38]

H19 GC TissueUpTRIzol Reagent
(Invitrogen)
ACTBGoTaq qRT-PCR [39] SYBR-Green qRT-PCR [42, 44]Null [39, 42, 44]
TissueUpTRIzol Reagent
(Invitrogen)
GAPDH
SYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull[45]
TissueUpRecoverAll Total Nucleic Acid Isolation KitACTBTaqManNull[18]
Cell lines
(AGS, MGC-803, SGC-7901, SMMC-7721, HepG2, Du145, PC-3 A549)
Up/downTRIzol Reagent
(Invitrogen)
ACTBGoTaq qRT-PCRNull [39]
Cell lines
(AGS, MKN45, MG-C803, SGC7901, GES-1)
UpTRIzol Reagent
(Invitrogen)
ACTB [42, 44] GAPDH [45] SYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull [42, 44, 45]
PlasmaUpmirVana PARIS Kit (Ambion)Relative to the level of plasma lncRNAsTaqManAUC 0.640,
specificity 58%,
sensitivity 74%
[18]
PlasmaUpTRIzol Reagent
(TaKaRa)
Standard curve constructed with lncRNA probesSYBR-Green qRT-PCRAUC 0.838,
specificity 72.9%,
sensitivity 82.9%
[22]

HOTAIR CRC TissueUpISOGEN (Nippon Gene), QIAamp DNA Micro Kit [46],
AllPrep DNA/RNA Mini kit [47]
GAPDHSYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull[46, 47]
Cell lines
(HT29, SW480)
UpAllPrep DNA/RNA Mini kitGAPDHSYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull[47]
BloodUpMirVana Isolation Kit (Life Technologies)ACTB, GAPDH, HPRT, PPIA, GUS
18S rRNA,
TaqManAUC 0.870,
specificity 92.5%,
sensitivity 67%
[53]

HOTAIR OSCC TissueUpTRIzol ReagentGAPDHSYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull[55, 56, 59]
Cell lines
(TSCCA, Tca8113)
UpTRIzol Reagent
(Invitrogen)
GAPDHSYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull[56]
SalivaUpTRIzol (Invitrogen) GAPDHSYBR-Green qRT-PCRNull[59]

LINC00152 GC TissueUpTRIzol (Invitrogen)GAPDHGoTaq qRT-PCRNull[60]
Cell lines
(AGS, BGC-823, MGC-803, SGC-7901)
UpTRIzol (Invitrogen)GAPDHGoTaq qRT-PCRNull [60]
Gastric juiceUpTRIzol LS Reagent (Invitrogen)GAPDHGoTaq qRT-PCRAUC 0.645,
specificity 68.1%,
sensitivity 62.5%
[60]
PlasmaUpTRIzol LS Reagent (Invitrogen)GAPDHGoTaq qRT-PCRAUC 0.675,
specificity 85.2%,
sensitivity
48.1%
[26]