An Integrated Genomic Approach Identifies HOXC8 as an Upstream Regulator in Ovarian Endometrioma
| Autor: | Norihiro Sugino, Yoshiyuki Asai, Haruka Takagi, Natsuko Shimizu, Yumiko Doi-Tanaka, Yumiko Mihara, Ryo Maekawa, Isao Tamura, Shun Sato, Hiroshi Tamura, Toshiaki Taketani, Takeshi Abe, Yuichiro Shirafuta, Masahiro Shinagawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Stromal cell Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Clinical Biochemistry Regulator Gene regulatory network Endometriosis Biology Biochemistry Transcriptome Epigenome Endocrinology Cell Movement Internal medicine Gene expression medicine Humans Gene Regulatory Networks Ovarian Diseases Cells Cultured Homeodomain Proteins Cell growth Biochemistry (medical) Genomics Middle Aged Systems Integration Gene Expression Regulation Cancer research Female Transforming growth factor |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 105(12) |
| ISSN: | 1945-7197 |
| Popis: | Purpose To identify the upstream regulators (URs) involved in the onset and pathogenesis of ovarian endometrioma. Methods Recently, a method called Significance-based Modules Integrating the Transcriptome and Epigenome (SMITE) that uses transcriptome data in combination with publicly available data for identifying URs of cellular processes has been developed. Here, we used SMITE with transcriptome data from ovarian endometrioma stromal cells (ovESCs) and eutopic endometrium stromal cells (euESCs) in combination with publicly available gene regulatory network data. To confirm the URs identified by SMITE, we developed a Boolean network simulation to see if correcting aberrant expressions of the identified genes could restore the entire gene expression profile of ovESCs to a profile similar to that of euESCs. We then established euESCs overexpressing the identified gene and characterized them by cell function assays and transcriptome analysis. Results SMITE identified 12 potential URs in ovarian endometrioma that were confirmed by the Boolean simulation. One of the URs, HOXC8, was confirmed to be overexpressed in ovESCs. HOXC8 overexpression significantly enhanced cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and fibrotic activities, and altered expression statuses of the genes involved in transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signaling. HOXC8 overexpression also increased the expression levels of phosphorylated SMAD2/SMAD3. The increased adhesion and fibrosis activities by HOXC8 were significantly inhibited by E-616452, a selective inhibitor of TGF-β receptor type I kinases. Main conclusions Integrated genomic approaches identified HOXC8 as an UR in ovarian endometrioma. The pathological features of ovarian endometrioma including cell proliferation, adhesion, and fibrosis were induced by HOXC8 and its subsequent activation of TGF-β signaling. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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