Integrative gene ontology and network analysis of coronary artery disease associated genes suggests potential role of ErbB pathway gene EGFR

Autor: Ankit Sharma, Madankumar Ghatge, Jiny Nair, Rajani Kanth Vangala
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Oncology
Adult
Male
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
ERBB signaling pathway
Coronary Artery Disease
Biochemistry
Polymorphism
Single Nucleotide
network topology
Coronary artery disease
protein-protein interaction
03 medical and health sciences
Disease Ontology
ErbB
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
Databases
Genetic
Genetics
Odds Ratio
Medicine
Humans
Gene Regulatory Networks
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Myocardial infarction
Molecular Biology
Regulation of gene expression
business.industry
hubs
Gene Expression Profiling
Computational Biology
Molecular Sequence Annotation
Odds ratio
Articles
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Gene expression profiling
ErbB Receptors
030104 developmental biology
Gene Ontology
Gene Expression Regulation
Molecular Medicine
Female
disease ontology
business
Biomarkers
Zdroj: Molecular Medicine Reports
ISSN: 1791-3004
Popis: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of mortality in India, more importantly the young Indians. Combinatorial and integrative approaches to evaluate pathways and genes to gain an improved understanding and potential biomarkers for risk assessment are required. Therefore, 608 genes from the CADgene database version 2.0, classified into 12 functional classes representing the atherosclerotic disease process, were analyzed. Homology analysis of the unique list of gene ontologies (GO) from each functional class gave 8 GO terms represented in 11 and 10 functional classes. Using disease ontology analysis 80 genes belonging to 8 GO terms, using FunDO suggested that 29 of them were identified to be associated with CAD. Extended network analysis of these genes using STRING version 9.1 gave 328 nodes and 4,525 interactions of which the top 5% had a node degree of ≥75 associated with pathways including the ErbB signaling pathway with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene as the central hub. Evaluation of EFGR protein levels in age and gender-matched 342 CAD patients vs. 342 control subjects demonstrated significant differences [controls=149.76±2.47 pg/ml and CAD patients stratified into stable angina (SA)=161.65±3.40 pg/ml and myocardial infarction (MI)=171.51±4.26 pg/ml]. Logistic regression analysis suggested that increased EGFR levels exhibit 3-fold higher risk of CAD [odds ratio (OR) 3.51, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.96–6.28, P≤0.001], upon adjustment for hypertension, diabetes and smoking. A unit increase in EGFR levels increased the risk by 2-fold for SA (OR 2.58, 95% CI 1.25–5.33, P=0.01) and 3.8-fold for MI (OR 3.82, 95% CI 1.94–7.52, P≤0.001) following adjustment. Thus, the use of ontology mapping and network analysis in an integrative manner aids in the prioritization of biomarkers of complex disease.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz: