Abstract:Objective To detect the expression of micro RNA-452 (microRNA-452) and micro RNA- 5100 (microRNA-5100) in the cancer tissues of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to explore the clinical significance. Methods The expression levels of microRNA-452 and microRNA-5100 in the cancer tissues and the adjacent normal tissues from 94 patients with NSCLC were determined by the real-time PCR assay. The correlations in the microRNA-452, microRNA-5100 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics were evaluated. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve was utilized to analyze the influences of expressions of microRNA-452 and microRNA-5100 on the 5-year survival rate and the survival time after operations. Results The real-time PCR results showed that in the NSCLC tissues, the expression of microRNA-452 was lower in the NSCLC tissues than that in the adjacent normal tissues, and the expression of microRNA-5100 was higher than that in the adjacent normal tissues, and there were both statistical significances (P < 0.05). In the NSCLC tissues, the high expression of microRNA-452 was correlated with tumor pathological type, the tumor differentiation degree, the tumor size and the lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05), and high expression of the microRNA-5100 was correlated with tumor differentiation degree and the TNM stages (P < 0.05). The Log Rank results suggested that the 5-year survival rate after operations of patients in the high-microRNA-452 group was higher than that in the low-microRNA-452 group (χ2= 8.324, P = 0.004), and the medium survival time of patients in the high-microRNA-452 group was longer than that in the low-microRNA-452 group (χ2= 7.318, P = 0.007); the 5-year survival rate after operations of patients in the high-microRNA-5100 group was lower than that in the low-microRNA-5100 group (χ2= 7.693, P = 0.006), and the medium survival time of patients in the high-microRNA-5100 group was shorter than that in the lowmicroRNA- 5100 group (χ2= 8.174, P = 0.004). Conclusions In the NSCLC tissues, the microRNA-452 is lowly expressed and the microRNA-5100 is highly expressed, which may exert synergistic action on the tumorigenesis and progression of NSCLC and influence the prognosis.