Senescence in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: A Comprehensive Analysis Based on Bioinformatic Strategies.

Autor: Zhao Z; Spine Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China., Wang Y; Graduate Department, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China., Wang Z; Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China., Zhang F; Spine Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China., Ding Z; Spine Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China., Fan T; Spine Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Immunity, inflammation and disease [Immun Inflamm Dis] 2024 Nov; Vol. 12 (11), pp. e70072.
DOI: 10.1002/iid3.70072
Abstrakt: Background: Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a major cause for low back pain. Studies showed the association between senescence and degenerative diseases. Cell senescence can promote the occurrence and development of degenerative diseases through multiple mechanisms including inflammatory stress, oxidative stress and nutritional deprivation. The roles of senescence and senescence-associated genes (SAGs) remains unknown in IDD.
Methods: Four differently expressed SAGs were identified as hub SAGs using "limma" package in R. We then calculated the immune infiltration of IDD patients, and investigated the relation between hub SAGs and immune infiltration. Enrichment analysis was performed to explore the functions of hub SAGs in IDD. Nomogram and LASSO model based on hub SAGs was constructed to predict the risk of severe degeneration (SD) for IDD patients. Subsequently, single cell analysis was conducted to describe the expression pattern of hub SAGs in intervertebral disc tissue.
Results: We identified ASPH, CCND1, IGFBP3 and SGK1 as hub SAGs. Further analysis demonstrated that the hub SAGs might mediate the development of IDD by regulating immune infiltration and multiple pathways. The LASSO model based on the four hub SAGs showed good performance in predicting the risk of SD. Single cell analysis revealed that ASPH, CCND1 and SGK1 mainly expressed in nucleus pulposus cells, while IGFBP3 mainly expressed in epithelial cells. Eleven candidate drugs targeting hub SAGS were predicted for IDD patients through Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CDT). PCR and immunohistochemical analysis showed that the levels of four hub SAGs were higher in SD than MD (mild degeneration) patients.
Conclusions: We performed a comprehensive analysis of SAGs in IDD, which revealed their functions and expression pattern in intervertebral disc tissue. Based on hub SAGs, we established a predictive model and explored the potential drugs. These findings provide new understandings of SAG mechanism and promising therapeutic strategies for IDD.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Immunity, Inflammation and Disease published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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