中国组织工程研究 ›› 2024, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (20): 3196-3202.doi: 10.12307/2024.344

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机器学习联合生物信息学鉴定骨关节炎细胞衰老关键基因及验证

袁长深1,廖书宁2,李  哲2,吴思萍2,陈乐伟2,刘晋邑2,李彦宏2,段  戡1   

  1. 1广西中医药大学第一附属医院四肢骨伤科,广西壮族自治区南宁市  530023;2广西中医药大学研究生院,广西壮族自治区南宁市  530000
  • 收稿日期:2023-04-07 接受日期:2023-06-10 出版日期:2024-07-18 发布日期:2023-09-11
  • 通讯作者: 段戡,博士,主任医师,广西中医药大学第一附属医院四肢骨伤科,广西壮族自治区南宁市 530023
  • 作者简介:袁长深,男,1978年生,广西壮族自治区荔浦市人,汉族,2008年广西中医学院毕业,硕士,主要从事骨与关节疾病的基础与临床研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(82060875),项目负责人:袁长深;国家自然科学基金(82160912),项目负责人:段戡

Machine learning combined with bioinformatics to identify and validate key genes for cellular senescence in osteoarthritis

Yuan Changshen1, Liao Shuning2, Li Zhe2, Wu Siping2, Chen Lewei2, Liu Jinyi2, Li Yanhong2, Duan Kan1   

  1. 1Orthopedic Department of the Limbs, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530023, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China; 2School of Postgraduate, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530000, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2023-04-07 Accepted:2023-06-10 Online:2024-07-18 Published:2023-09-11
  • Contact: Duan Kan, MD, Chief physician, Orthopedic Department of the Limbs, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530023, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Yuan Changshen, Master, Orthopedic Department of the Limbs, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530023, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China, Nos. 82060875 (to YCS) and 82160912 (to DK)

摘要:


文题释义:

骨关节炎:是一种与年龄密切相关,表现为关节软骨退化、滑膜炎症的退行性关节疾病。随着老龄化社会加剧,其患病率逐步上升。
细胞衰老:是指各种因素导致细胞增殖减缓,甚至细胞周期永久性停滞状态,可引起机体内代谢变化,与人类多种疾病紧密相关。


背景:细胞衰老与骨关节炎的发生、发展密切相关,但具体作用靶点及调控机制尚不清楚。

目的:综合生物信息学和机器学习方法挖掘细胞衰老介导骨关节炎的关键基因,并利用实验加以验证,探讨细胞衰老在骨关节炎中的作用。
方法:从GEO数据库中获得骨关节炎基因表达谱以及从CellAge数据库中获得细胞衰老相关基因,二者取交集并提取交集基因表达量进行差异分析,然后对差异基因进行GO和KEGG分析,接着通过PPI网络分析和机器学习筛选骨关节炎细胞衰老关键基因,并进行体外细胞实验验证,采用qPCR方法检测关键基因的表达。

结果与结论:①获得31个骨关节炎细胞衰老差异基因,GO分析显示主要参与白细胞分化调节、单核细胞分化、T细胞分化调节等生物过程,在DNA转录因子结合、组蛋白去乙酰化酶结合、染色质DNA结合、趋化因子结合中发挥作用;②KEGG分析表明骨关节炎细胞衰老差异基因主要在JAK/STAT信号通路、PI3K/Akt信号通路、FoxO信号通路中被激活;③通过PPI网络拓扑学分析和机器学习方法筛选出骨关节炎细胞衰老关键基因MYC;④体外细胞实验结果表明,实验组骨关节炎软骨细胞中MYC mRNA表达明显低于对照组(正常软骨细胞),差异有显著性意义(P < 0.05);⑤结果表明,MYC可作为骨关节炎细胞衰老的关键基因,可能通过介导免疫应答、炎症反应和转录调控等成为骨关节炎防治的新靶标。

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5749-9859(袁长深)

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程

关键词: 骨关节炎, 细胞衰老, 关键基因, 细胞实验, 机器学习, 生物信息学

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Cellular senescence is closely related to the development and progression of osteoarthritis, but the specific targets and regulatory mechanisms are not yet clear. 
OBJECTIVE: To mine key genes in cellular senescence-mediated osteoarthritis by integrating bioinformatics and machine learning approaches and validate them via experiments to explore the role of cellular senescence in osteoarthritis. 
METHODS: The osteoarthritis gene expression profiles obtained from the GEO database were intersected with cellular senescence-related genes obtained from the CellAge database and the expression of the intersected genes was extracted for differential analysis, followed by GO and KEGG analysis of the differential genes. The key osteoarthritis cellular senescence genes were then screened by protein-protein interaction network analysis and machine learning, and in vitro cellular experiments were performed. Finally, the expression of the key genes was detected by qPCR. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 31 osteoarthritis cell senescence differential genes were identified. GO analysis showed that these genes were mainly involved in the biological processes, such as regulation of leukocyte differentiation, monocyte differentiation, regulation of T cell differentiation and exerted roles in DNA transcription factor binding, histone deacetylase binding, chromatin DNA binding, and chemokine binding. KEGG analysis showed that osteoarthritis cell senescence differential genes were mainly activated in the JAK/STAT signaling pathway, PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and FoxO signaling pathway. MYC, a key gene for osteoarthritis cellular senescence, was identified by protein-protein interaction network topology analysis and machine learning methods. The results of the in vitro cellular assay showed that the mRNA expression of MYC was significantly lower in the experimental group (osteoarthritis group) than the control group (normal group) (P < 0.05). To conclude, MYC can be a key gene in the senescence of osteoarthritic cells and may be a new target in the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis by mediating immune response, inflammatory response and transcriptional regulation.

Key words: osteoarthritis, cellular senescence, key gene, cell experiment, machine learning, bioinformatics

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