中国组织工程研究 ›› 2024, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (32): 5116-5121.doi: 10.12307/2024.544

• 组织工程相关大数据分析 Big data analysis in tissue engineering • 上一篇    下一篇

类风湿关节炎脂肪酸代谢相关基因的生物信息学鉴定与验证

陆晓铃1,刘  斌1,徐  斌1,2   

  1. 1School of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, Anhui Province, China; 2Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, Anhui Province, China
  • 收稿日期:2023-08-21 接受日期:2023-11-04 出版日期:2024-11-18 发布日期:2023-12-28
  • 通讯作者: 徐斌,主任医师,博士生导师,安徽医科大学第一附属医院骨科,安徽省合肥市 230000
  • 作者简介:陆晓铃,女,1999年生,安徽医科大学在读硕士,主要从事骨关节炎方面的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    安徽省自然基金课题(1808085MH243),项目负责人:徐斌

Bioinformatics identification and validation of genes related to fatty acid metabolism in rheumatoid arthritis

Lu Xiaoling1, Liu Bin1, Xu Bin1, 2   

  1. 1安徽医科大学基础医学院,安徽省合肥市  230000;2安徽医科大学第一附属医院骨科,安徽省合肥市  230000
  • Received:2023-08-21 Accepted:2023-11-04 Online:2024-11-18 Published:2023-12-28
  • Contact: Xu Bin, Chief physician, Doctoral supervisor, School of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, Anhui Province, China; Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, Anhui Province, China
  • About author:Lu Xiaoling, Master candidate, School of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, Anhui Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, No. 1808085MH243 (to XB)

摘要:


文题释义:

类风湿关节炎:一种病因尚未明确的自身免疫性疾病,主要表现为滑膜慢性炎症、手及足小关节对称性肿胀、软骨破坏,进而导致关节功能丧失。
脂肪酸代谢:能量稳态所必需的合成代谢和分解代谢过程,维持细胞膜结构和功能、能量储存和细胞信号传递所需代谢中间体的形成,脂肪酸代谢对于细胞能量产生、储存、细胞膜组成、信号分子的产生具有重要意义。


背景:研究表明,脂肪酸代谢基因与类风湿关节炎发展紧密相关,因此基于脂肪酸代谢基因探索类风湿关节炎发病进展具有重要的临床意义。

目的:探究脂肪酸代谢基因是否可以作为预测类风湿关节炎进展的可靠生物标志物。
方法:从基因表达综合数据库(GEO)下载与滑膜组织相关的基因数据,应用STRING构建蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用网络分析,对其使用Cytoscape进行生物学注释(GO基因本体论)和信号通路富集分析(KEGG京都基因与基因组百科全书)。从分子特征数据库(MSigDB)筛选脂肪酸代谢相关基因,使用套索算法和支持向量机的递归特征消除算法筛选潜在生物标志物。通过CIBERSORT算法评估正常人和类风湿关节炎患者的免疫细胞浸润水平。最后,在GSE77298使用受试者工作特征曲线验证脂肪酸代谢相关基因的表达水平。

结果与结论:①确定了361个类风湿关节炎差异表达基因,其中13个与报告的脂肪酸代谢相关基因重叠;②基于机器学习算法筛选出5个基因,受试者工作特征曲线显示有5个基因(PCK1、PDK1、PTGS2、PLA2G2D、DPEP2)可以预测类风湿关节炎的发展;③CIBERSORT算法结果表明上述5个基因和活化肥大细胞、中性粒细胞、静息肥大细胞、记忆性静息CD4+ T细胞浸润水平密切相关;④受试者工作特征曲线显示,PLA2G2D和PCK1具有较高的诊断价值;⑤提示脂肪酸代谢相关基因表达特征可作为预测类风湿关节炎临床结果的潜在生物标志物,可进一步提高类风湿关节炎预测的准确性。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3498-3733(陆晓铃)

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: 类风湿关节炎, 脂肪酸代谢相关基因, 差异表达基因, 生物标志物, 生物信息学分析

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Research has shown that fatty acid metabolism genes are closely related to the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, exploring the progression of rheumatoid arthritis based on fatty acid metabolism genes is of clinical significance.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether fatty acid metabolism genes can serve as reliable biomarkers for predicting the progression of rheumatoid arthritis.
METHODS: Gene data related to synovial tissue were downloaded from the Gene Expression Comprehensive Database (GEO). STRING was used to construct the protein-protein interaction network analysis. Cytoscape was utilized for biological annotation (gene ontology) and signaling pathway enrichment analysis (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes). Fatty acid metabolism related genes were screened from the molecular feature database (MSigDB). Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and support vector machine recursive feature elimination feature were used to screen for potential biomarkers. Immune cell infiltration levels in normal individuals and rheumatoid arthritis patients were assessed using the CIBERSORT algorithm. Finally, the expression levels of fatty acid metabolism related genes were verified using the receiver operating characteristic curve in GSE77298.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: 361 differentially expressed genes in rheumatoid arthritis were identified, of which 13 overlapped with the reported fatty acid metabolism related genes. Based on machine learning algorithms, five genes were selected, and the receiver operating characteristic curve showed that five genes (PCK1, PDK1, PTGS2, PLA2G2D, and DPEP2) could predict the development of rheumatoid arthritis. The CIBERSORT algorithm results showed that five genes were associated with activated mast cells, neutrophils, resting mast cells, and memory resting CD4+ T cells. The receiver operating characteristic curve showed that PLA2G2D and PCK1 have high diagnostic value. To conclude, the expression characteristics of fatty acid metabolism related genes can serve as potential biomarkers for predicting clinical outcomes, which can further improve the accuracy of prediction in RA patients.

Key words: rheumatoid arthritis, fatty acid metabolism related genes, differentially expressed gene, biomarker, bioinformatics analysis

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