Wang Li, Chen Si-Yu, Yang Jian-Wei, Wang Kang-Yu, Li Kun-Peng, Wan Shun, Li Xiao-Ran, Yang Li
Department of Urology, The Second Hospital & Clinical Medical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730030, People's Republic of China.
Cuiying Biomedical Research Center, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 25;15(1):3186. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-87651-y.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a prevalent urinary system disorder. Despite evidence of a significant genetic component from previous studies, the specific pathogenic genes and biological mechanisms are still largely unknown. The study utilized the FinnGen R10 dataset, encompassing 177,901 individuals (36,601 cases and 141,300 controls), and the GTEx v8 EQTLs files to conduct single-tissue and cross-tissue transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS). FUSION method was utilized to validate the findings in specific tissues. Gene Analysis and Multi-marker Analysis of Genomic Annotation (MAGMA) were used to identify potential susceptibility genes. The intersection genes of the above results were analyzed by Mendelian randomization (MR), summary data-based MR (SMR) and colocalization studies. Fine-mapping of causal gene sets (FOCUS) software was employed to accurately locate risk genes. Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) analysis explores the differential expression of genes. Finally, The GeneMANIA tool was utilized to further understand the functional roles of these susceptibility genes. The cross-tissue TWAS analysis revealed 28 genes associated with BPH susceptibility. Single-tissue TWAS and MAGMA further refined eight genes, and subsequent MR, SMR, FOCUS and colocalization analysis pinpointed INO80B as the key gene. The differential expression of this result was verified by GEO. INO80B may help prevent excessive prostatic cell proliferation by regulating cell cycle-related gene expression. Our research identified the INO80B gene, whose predicted expression is associated with BPH risk and hence provided a new insight into the genetic basis of this disease. However, further functional studies are necessary to elucidate the potential biological activity of these significant signals.
良性前列腺增生(BPH)是一种常见的泌尿系统疾病。尽管先前的研究有证据表明其存在显著的遗传因素,但具体的致病基因和生物学机制仍 largely 未知。该研究利用了包含 177,901 名个体(36,601 例病例和 141,300 名对照)的 FinnGen R10 数据集以及 GTEx v8 EQTLs 文件,进行单组织和跨组织全转录组关联研究(TWAS)。采用 FUSION 方法在特定组织中验证研究结果。使用基因分析和基因组注释多标记分析(MAGMA)来识别潜在的易感基因。通过孟德尔随机化(MR)、基于汇总数据的 MR(SMR)和共定位研究对上述结果的交集基因进行分析。使用因果基因集精细定位(FOCUS)软件准确定位风险基因。基因表达综合数据库(GEO)分析探索基因的差异表达。最后,利用 GeneMANIA 工具进一步了解这些易感基因的功能作用。跨组织 TWAS 分析揭示了 28 个与 BPH 易感性相关的基因。单组织 TWAS 和 MAGMA 进一步筛选出 8 个基因,随后的 MR、SMR、FOCUS 和共定位分析确定 INO80B 为关键基因。该结果的差异表达通过 GEO 得到验证。INO80B 可能通过调节细胞周期相关基因的表达来帮助预防前列腺细胞过度增殖。我们的研究确定了 INO80B 基因,其预测表达与 BPH 风险相关,从而为该疾病的遗传基础提供了新的见解。然而,需要进一步的功能研究来阐明这些重要信号的潜在生物学活性。