结直肠癌中预后生物标志物特征及候选药物的鉴定:系统生物学分析的见解
Identification of Prognostic Biomarker Signatures and Candidate Drugs in Colorectal Cancer: Insights from Systems Biology Analysis.
作者信息
Rahman Md Rezanur, Islam Tania, Gov Esra, Turanli Beste, Gulfidan Gizem, Shahjaman Md, Banu Nilufa Akhter, Mollah Md Nurul Haque, Arga Kazim Yalcin, Moni Mohammad Ali
机构信息
Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Islamic University, Kushtia-7003, Bangladesh.
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Biomedical Science, Khwaja Yunus Ali University, Sirajgonj-6751, Bangladesh.
出版信息
Medicina (Kaunas). 2019 Jan 17;55(1):20. doi: 10.3390/medicina55010020.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the world, but early diagnosis ameliorates the survival of CRC. This report aimed to identify molecular biomarker signatures in CRC. We analyzed two microarray datasets (GSE35279 and GSE21815) from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) to identify mutual differentially expressed genes (DEGs). We integrated DEGs with protein⁻protein interaction and transcriptional/post-transcriptional regulatory networks to identify reporter signaling and regulatory molecules; utilized functional overrepresentation and pathway enrichment analyses to elucidate their roles in biological processes and molecular pathways; performed survival analyses to evaluate their prognostic performance; and applied drug repositioning analyses through Connectivity Map (CMap) and geneXpharma tools to hypothesize possible drug candidates targeting reporter molecules. A total of 727 upregulated and 99 downregulated DEGs were detected. The PI3K/Akt signaling, Wnt signaling, extracellular matrix (ECM) interaction, and cell cycle were identified as significantly enriched pathways. Ten hub proteins (ADNP, CCND1, CD44, CDK4, CEBPB, CENPA, CENPH, CENPN, MYC, and RFC2), 10 transcription factors (ETS1, ESR1, GATA1, GATA2, GATA3, AR, YBX1, FOXP3, E2F4, and PRDM14) and two microRNAs (miRNAs) (miR-193b-3p and miR-615-3p) were detected as reporter molecules. The survival analyses through Kaplan⁻Meier curves indicated remarkable performance of reporter molecules in the estimation of survival probability in CRC patients. In addition, several drug candidates including anti-neoplastic and immunomodulating agents were repositioned. This study presents biomarker signatures at protein and RNA levels with prognostic capability in CRC. We think that the molecular signatures and candidate drugs presented in this study might be useful in future studies indenting the development of accurate diagnostic and/or prognostic biomarker screens and efficient therapeutic strategies in CRC.
结直肠癌(CRC)是全球癌症相关死亡的第二大常见原因,但早期诊断可改善CRC患者的生存率。本报告旨在识别CRC中的分子生物标志物特征。我们分析了来自基因表达综合数据库(GEO)的两个微阵列数据集(GSE35279和GSE21815),以识别共同的差异表达基因(DEG)。我们将DEG与蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用以及转录/转录后调控网络整合,以识别报告信号和调控分子;利用功能过度表达和通路富集分析来阐明它们在生物过程和分子通路中的作用;进行生存分析以评估它们的预后性能;并通过连通性图谱(CMap)和geneXpharma工具进行药物重新定位分析,以推测可能靶向报告分子的候选药物。共检测到727个上调和99个下调的DEG。PI3K/Akt信号通路、Wnt信号通路、细胞外基质(ECM)相互作用和细胞周期被确定为显著富集的通路。检测到10个枢纽蛋白(ADNP、CCND1、CD44、CDK4、CEBPB、CENPA、CENPH、CENPN、MYC和RFC2)、10个转录因子(ETS1、ESR1、GATA1、GATA2、GATA3、AR、YBX1、FOXP3、E2F4和PRDM14)以及两个微小RNA(miRNA)(miR-193b-3p和miR-615-3p)作为报告分子。通过Kaplan-Meier曲线进行的生存分析表明,报告分子在估计CRC患者的生存概率方面具有显著性能。此外,还重新定位了几种候选药物,包括抗肿瘤和免疫调节药物。本研究展示了CRC中具有预后能力的蛋白质和RNA水平的生物标志物特征。我们认为,本研究中呈现的分子特征和候选药物可能对未来旨在开发准确的诊断和/或预后生物标志物筛查以及CRC有效治疗策略的研究有用。