机构:[1]1Faculty of Life and Biotechnology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China[2]Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China外科片胸外科云南省第一人民医院[3]Department of Cardiovascular surgery, Yan’ an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China[4]Department of Oncology, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China[5]Department of Cardiovascular surgery, Institute of the First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China外科片心脏大血管外科云南省第一人民医院[6]School of Electronic Information in the Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder causing muscle weakness and characterized by a defect in synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction. The pathogenesis of this disease remains unclear. We aimed to predict the key signaling pathways of genetic variants and miRNAs in the pathogenesis of MG, and identify the key genes among them. Methods: We searched published information regarding associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and differentially-expressed miRNAs in MG cases. We search of SNPs and miRNAs in literature databases about MG, then we used bioinformatic tools to predict target genes of miRNAs. Moreover, functional enrichment analysis for key genes was carried out utilizing the Cytoscape-plugin, known as ClueGO. These key genes were mapped to STRING database to construct a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network. Then a miRNA-target gene regulatory network was established to screen key genes. Results: Five genes containing SNPs associated with MG risk were involved in the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) signaling pathway, and FoxP3 was the key gene. MAPKL SMAD4, SMAD2 and BCL2 were predicted to be targeted by the 18 miRNAs and to act as the key genes in adherens, junctions, apoptosis, or cancer-related pathways respectively. These five key genes containing SNPs or targeted by miRNAs were found to be involved in negative regulation of T cell differentiation. Conclusions: We speculate that SNPs cause the genes to be defective or the miRNAs to downregulate the factors that subsequently negatively regulate regulatory T cells and trigger the onset of MG.
基金:
Technology Innovation and Application Development Project of Chongqing Province [cstc2019jscx-msxmX0233]
第一作者机构:[1]1Faculty of Life and Biotechnology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China[2]Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China
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通讯机构:[2]Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China[6]School of Electronic Information in the Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China[*1]Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of the First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650032, China[*2]School of Electronic Information in the Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Qian Kai,Xu Jia-Xin,Deng Yi,et al.Signaling pathways of genetic variants and miRNAs in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis[J].GLAND SURGERY.2020,9(6):1933-+.doi:10.21037/gs-20-39.
APA:
Qian, Kai,Xu, Jia-Xin,Deng, Yi,Peng, Hao,Peng, Jun...&Tai, Yong-Hang.(2020).Signaling pathways of genetic variants and miRNAs in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis.GLAND SURGERY,9,(6)
MLA:
Qian, Kai,et al."Signaling pathways of genetic variants and miRNAs in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis".GLAND SURGERY 9..6(2020):1933-+