Identification of key mRNAs and lncRNAs involved in the effects of anti-TWEAK on Osteosarcoma

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingxuan Yang ◽  
Liangtao Zhao ◽  
Xuchang Hu ◽  
Haijun Feng ◽  
Xuewen Kang

Background: Osteosarcoma (OS) is one of the most common primary malignant bone tumors in teenagers. Emerging studies demonstrated TWEAK and Fn14 were involved in regulating cancer cell differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasion. Objective: The present study identified differently expressed mRNAs and lncRNAs after anti-TWEAK treatment in OS cells using GSE41828. Methods: We identified 922 up-regulated mRNAs, 863 downregulated mRNAs, 29 up-regulated lncRNAs, and 58 down-regulated lncRNAs after anti-TWEAK treatment in OS cells. By constructing PPI networks, we identified several key proteins involved in anti-TWEAK treatment in OS cells, including MYC, IL6, CD44, ITGAM, STAT1, CCL5, FN1, PTEN, SPP1, TOP2A, and NCAM1. By constructing lncRNAs coexpression networks, we identified several key lncRNAs, including LINC00623, LINC00944, PSMB8-AS1, LOC101929787. Result: Bioinformatics analysis revealed DEGs after anti-TWEAK treatment in OS were involved in regulating type I interferon signaling pathway, immune response related pathways, telomere organization, chromatin silencing at rDNA, and DNA replication. Bioinformatics analysis revealed differently expressed lncRNAs after antiTWEAK treatment in OS were related to telomere organization, protein heterotetramerization, DNA replication, response to hypoxia, TNF signaling pathway, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, Focal adhesion, Apoptosis, NF-kappa B signaling pathway, MAPK signaling pathway, FoxO signaling pathway. Conclusion: : This study provided useful information for understanding the mechanisms of TWEAK underlying OS progression and identifying novel therapeutic markers for OS.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Dan Wang ◽  
Mingyue Li ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Xuechao Wan ◽  
Yan Huang ◽  
...  

The AR signaling pathway plays an important role in initiation and progression of many hormone-related cancers including prostate, bladder, kidney, lung, and breast cancer. However, the potential roles of androgen-responsive long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in hormone-related cancers remained unclear. In the present study, we identified 469 novel androgen-responsive lncRNAs using microarray data. After validating the accuracy of the array data, we constructed a transcriptional network which contained more than 30 transcriptional factors using ChIP-seq data to explore upstream regulators of androgen-responsive lncRNAs. Next, we conducted bioinformatics analysis to identify lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory network. To explore the potential roles of androgen-responsive lncRNAs in hormone-related cancers, we performed coexpression network and PPI network analyses using TCGA data. GO and KEGG analyses showed these lncRNAs were mainly involved in regulating signal transduction, transcription, development, cell adhesion, immune response, cell differentiation, and MAPK signaling pathway. We also highlight the prognostic value of HPN-AS1, TPTEP1, and LINC00623 in cancer outcomes. Our results suggest that androgen-responsive lncRNAs played important roles in regulating hormone-related cancer progression and could be novel molecular biomarkers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondrej Viklicky ◽  
Jiri Klema ◽  
Petra Mrazova ◽  
Daniel Abramowicz ◽  
Marc Abramowicz ◽  
...  

Abstract Background and Aims TOMOGRAM, multicenter study founded by DESCARTES ERA/EDTA WG, aims to identify transcriptomic and genomic signatures of operational tolerance (OT) in recently identified cohort of OT kidney transplant recipients. Method RNA sequencing of peripheral blood was evaluated in 15 OT patients recently identified by TOMOGRAM consortium in 8 European countries, 23 stable patients (≥ 15 years on immunosuppression, STA), 14 CABMR patients (≥ 1 year, CR), 14 non-transplant CNI-treated patients and 14 healthy controls (HC). Differential expression was performed using DESEq2 and gene annotation analysis using Enrichr. Besides immunosuppression unadjusted model, robust negative-binomial regression model was created to adjust for immunosuppression intake. The models was trained on homogeneous group of STA patients. Results Using model unadjusted for immunosuppression, no differences in transcriptomic profiles between OT, STA and HC groups were identified. Nine transcripts were upregulated and 2 downregulated in OT compared CR group. The number of deregulated transcripts substantially increased when the model was adjusted for immunosuppression. Gene annotation analysis of top ranked deregulated 1109 transcripts (FC>2, adjusted p value <0.0001) showed deregulation of biological processes related to interferon-γ-mediated signaling pathway (p=1.4*10-5), response to cytokine (p=1.5*10-5), type I interferon signaling pathway (p=0.00036), regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling (p=0.0021), cytokine-mediated signaling pathway (p=0.019) and neutrophil mediated immunity (p=0.033). While interferon-γ-mediated and type I interferon signaling were related to transcripts increased in CR, neutrophils associated transcripts were increased in OT. Analysis of cell types transcripts showed enrichment of CD19 B cells (p=1.6*10-9) in CR, while CD56NK cells (p=2.5*10-11) and CD8 T cells (p=1.6*10-11) transcripts predominated in OT. To reveal probability of operational tolerance inside STA group, 13 transcripts able to discriminate OT and CR cohorts with high AUC (>0.89) were used in PCA analysis (ADGRG3, ATG2A, GDPD5, IL16, MX2, SLA2, PRKD2, SLIRP, GNLY, SRCAP, ARGHAP9, IGHM, CD5). The high probability of OT signature was found in a single STA patient. Conclusion Contrary to previous reports which pointed out towards naïve B cell signatures, unique OT patients exhibit other specific immunosuppression-independent transcriptomic profiles.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Lin Bu ◽  
Zi-wen Wang ◽  
Shu-qun Hu ◽  
Wen-jing Zhao ◽  
Xiao-juan Geng ◽  
...  

Neonatal sepsis is one of the most prevalent causes of death of the neonates. However, the mechanisms underlying neonatal sepsis remained unclear. The present study identified a total of 1128 upregulated mRNAs and 1008 downregulated mRNAs, 28 upregulated lncRNAs, and 61 downregulated lncRNAs in neonatal sepsis. Then, we constructed PPI networks to identify key regulators in neonatal sepsis, including ITGAM, ITGAX, TLR4, ITGB2, SRC, ELANE, RPLP0, RPS28, RPL26, and RPL27. lncRNA coexpression analysis showed HS.294603, LOC391811, C12ORF47, LOC729021, HS.546375, HNRPA1L-2, LOC158345, and HS.495041 played important roles in the progression of neonatal sepsis. Bioinformatics analysis showed DEGs were involved in the regulation cellular extravasation, acute inflammatory response, macrophage activation of NF-kappa B signaling pathway, TNF signaling pathway, HIF-1 signaling pathway, Toll-like receptor signaling pathway, and ribosome, RNA transport, and spliceosome. lncRNAs were involved in regulating ribosome, T cell receptor signaling pathway, RNA degradation, insulin resistance, ribosome biogenesis in eukaryotes, and hematopoietic cell lineage. We thought this study provided useful information for identifying novel therapeutic markers for neonatal sepsis.


Author(s):  
Shan Lei ◽  
Zhiwei He ◽  
Tengxiang Chen ◽  
Xingjun Guo ◽  
Zhirui Zeng ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Accumulation evidence indicates the vital role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in tumorigenesis and the progression of malignant tumors, including pancreatic cancer (PC). However, the role and the molecular mechanism of long non-coding RNA 00976 is unclear in pancreatic cancer. Methods In situ hybridization (ISH) and qRT-PCR was performed to investigate the association between linc00976 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of patients with PC. Subsequently, linc00976 over-expression vector and shRNAs were transfected into PC cells to up-regulate or down-regulate linc00976 expression. Loss- and gain-of function assays were performed to investigate the role of linc00976 in proliferation and metastasis in vitro and vivo. ITRAQ, bioinformatic analysis and rescue assay were used to illustrate the ceRNA mechanism network of linc00976/miR-137/OTUD7B and its downstream EGFR/MAPK signaling pathway. Results linc00976 expression was overexpressed in PC tissues and cell lines and was positively associated with poorer survival in patients with PC. Function studies revealed that linc00976 knockdown significantly suppressed cell proliferation, migration and invasion in vivo and in vitro, whereas its overexpression reversed these effects. Based on Itraq results and online database prediction, Ovarian tumor proteases OTUD7B was found as a downstream gene of linc00976, which deubiquitinated EGFR mediates MAPK signaling activation. Furthermore, Bioinformatics analysis and luciferase assays and rescue experiments revealed that linc00976/miR137/OTUD7B established the ceRNA network modulating PC cell proliferation and tumor growth. Conclusion The present study demonstrates that linc00976 enhances the proliferation and invasion ability of PC cells by upregulating OTUD7B expression, which was a target of miR-137. Ultimately, OTUD7B mediates EGFR and MAPK signaling pathway, suggesting that linc00976/miR-137/OTUD7B/EGFR axis may act as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for PC.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Zhang ◽  
Xiao Han ◽  
Yuanjia Tang ◽  
Yanfang Wu ◽  
Bo Qu ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-qian Zhang ◽  
Rong-wei Lv ◽  
Xiang-dong Qu ◽  
Xian-jun Chen ◽  
Hong-sheng Lu ◽  
...  

Aloesin is an active constituent of the herb aloe vera and plays a crucial role in anti-inflammatory activity, ultraviolet protection, and antibacterium. We investigated the role and possible mechanisms of aloesin in the cell growth and metastasis of ovarian cancer. It was found that aloesin inhibited cell viability and cell clonality in a dose-dependent manner. It arrests the cell cycle at the S-phase and induced apoptosis in SKOV3 cells. In an in vivo experiment, it was observed that aloesin inhibited tumor growth. Moreover, it inhibited migration and invasion of cancer in SKOV3 cells. Interestingly, members from the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling family became less phosphorylated as the aloesin dose increased. This suggests that aloesin exerts its anticancer effect through the MAPK signaling pathway. Our data also highlights the possibility of using aloesin as a novel therapeutic drug for ovarian cancer treatment.


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