title: Network analysis of inflammatory genes and their transcriptional regulators in coronary artery disease.
abstract: Network analysis is a novel method to understand the complex pathogenesis of inflammation-driven atherosclerosis. Using this approach, we attempted to identify key inflammatory genes and their core transcriptional regulators in coronary artery disease (CAD). Initially, we obtained 124 candidate genes associated with inflammation and CAD using Polysearch and CADgene database for which protein-protein interaction network was generated using STRING 9.0 (Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes) and visualized using Cytoscape v 2.8.3. Based on betweenness centrality (BC) and node degree as key topological parameters, we identified interleukin-6 (IL-6), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1B), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2) as hub nodes. The backbone network constructed with these five hub genes showed 111 nodes connected via 348 edges, with IL-6 having the largest degree and highest BC. Nuclear factor kappa B1 (NFKB1), signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and JUN were identified as the three core transcription factors from the regulatory network derived using MatInspector. For the purpose of validation of the hub genes, 97 test networks were constructed, which revealed the accuracy of the backbone network to be 0.7763 while the frequency of the hub nodes remained largely unaltered. Pathway enrichment analysis with ClueGO, KEGG and REACTOME showed significant enrichment of six validated CAD pathways - smooth muscle cell proliferation, acute-phase response, calcidiol 1-monooxygenase activity, toll-like receptor signaling, NOD-like receptor signaling and adipocytokine signaling pathways. Experimental verification of the above findings in 64 cases and 64 controls showed increased expression of the five candidate genes and the three transcription factors in the cases relative to the controls (p<0.05). Thus, analysis of complex networks aid in the prioritization of genes and their transcriptional regulators in complex diseases.
authors.affiliation: Mary and Garry Weston Functional Genomics Unit, Thrombosis Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Jiny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Tata Proteomics and Coagulation Unit, Thrombosis Research Unit, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Madankumar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghatge
authors.affiliation: Thrombosis Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Thrombosis Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Vijay V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kakkar
authors.affiliation: Mary and Garry Weston Functional Genomics Unit, Thrombosis Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Jayashree
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shanker
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000235:genetics; D060066:Protein Interaction Maps; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
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