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Identification of novel drug targets for diamond-blackfan anemia based on RPS19 gene mutation using protein-protein
Abbas Khan1, Arif Ali1, Muhammad Junaid1
1Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Background:
Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy. In order to explore the molecular mechanisms of wild and mutated samples from DBA patients were exposed to bioinformatics investigation. Biological network of differentially expressed genes was constructed. This study aimed to identify novel therapeutic signatures in DBA and uncovered their mechanisms. The gene expression dataset of GSE14335 was used, which consists of 6 normal and 4 diseased cases. The gene ontology (GO), as well as Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses were performed, and then protein-protein interaction (PPI) network of the identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was constructed by Cytoscape software.
Results:
A total of 607 DEGs were identified in DBA, including 433 upregulated genes and 174 downregulated genes. GO analysis results showed that upregulated DEGs were significantly enriched in biological processes, negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, chemotaxis, inflammatory response, immune response, positive regulation of cell proliferation, negative regulation of cell proliferation, response to mechanical stimulus, positive regulation of cell migration, response to lipopolysaccharide, and defence response. KEGG pathway analysis revealed the TNF signalling pathway, Osteoclast differentiation, Chemokine signalling pathway, Cytokine -cytokine receptor interaction, Rheumatoid arthritis, Biosynthesis of amino acids, Biosynthesis of antibiotics and Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism. The top 10 hub genes, AKT1, IL6, NFKB1, STAT3, STAT1, RAC1, EGR1, IL8, RELA, RAC3, mTOR and CCR2 were identified from the PPI network and sub-networks.
Conclusion:
The present study flagged that the identified DEGs and hub genes enrich our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of DBA, and might shine some lights on identifying molecular targets and diagnostic biomarkers for DBA.
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