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Ni Y, Wang Z, Zhuge F, Zhou K, Zheng L, Hu X, Wang S, Fu O, Fu Z. Hydrolyzed Chicken Meat Extract and Its Bioactive Cyclopeptides Protect Neural Function by Attenuating Inflammation and Apoptosis via PI3K/AKT and AMPK Pathways. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:16708-16725. [PMID: 39016108 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c02063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
Abstract
Cognitive decline is inevitable with age, and due to the lack of well-established pharmacotherapies for neurodegenerative disorders, dietary supplements have become important alternatives to ameliorate brain deterioration. Hydrolyzed chicken meat extract (HCE) and its bioactive components were previously found to improve neuroinflammation and cognitive decline by regulating microglia polarization. However, the effects and mechanisms of these bioactives on neurons remain unclear. Here, the most potent bioactive component on neural function in HCE was screened out, and the detailed mechanism was clarified through in vivo and in vitro experiments. We found that HCE, cyclo(Val-Pro), cyclo(Phe-Phe), cyclo(His-Pro), cyclo(Leu-Lys), and arginine exerted stronger anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects among the 12 bioactives in amyloid β (Aβ)-treated HT-22 cells. Further transcriptome sequencing and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) array analysis showed that these bioactives participated in different signaling pathways, and cyclo(Val-Pro) was identified as the most potent cyclic dipeptide. In addition, the antiapoptotic and neuroprotective effect of cyclo(Val-Pro) was partly regulated by the activation of PI3K/AKT and AMPK pathways, and the inhibition of these pathways abolished the effect of cyclo(Val-Pro). Moreover, cyclo(Val-Pro) enhanced cognitive function and neurogenesis and alleviated neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in middle-aged mice, with an effect similar to HCE. Hippocampal transcriptome analysis further revealed that HCE and cyclo(Val-Pro) significantly enriched the neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction pathway, verified by enhanced neurotransmitter levels and upregulated neurotransmitter receptor-related gene expression. Therefore, the mechanism of cyclo(Val-Pro) on neural function might be associated with PI3K/AKT and AMPK pathway-mediated antiapoptotic effect and neurogenesis and the activation of the neurotransmitter-receptor pathway.
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- Yinhua Ni
- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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Sarli SL, Fakih HH, Kelly K, Devi G, Rembetsy-Brown J, McEachern H, Ferguson C, Echeverria D, Lee J, Sousa J, Sleiman H, Khvorova A, Watts J. Quantifying the activity profile of ASO and siRNA conjugates in glioblastoma xenograft tumors in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:4799-4817. [PMID: 38613388 PMCID: PMC11109979 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2024] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Glioblastoma multiforme is a universally lethal brain tumor that largely resists current surgical and drug interventions. Despite important advancements in understanding GBM biology, the invasiveness and heterogeneity of these tumors has made it challenging to develop effective therapies. Therapeutic oligonucleotides-antisense oligonucleotides and small-interfering RNAs-are chemically modified nucleic acids that can silence gene expression in the brain. However, activity of these oligonucleotides in brain tumors remains inadequately characterized. In this study, we developed a quantitative method to differentiate oligonucleotide-induced gene silencing in orthotopic GBM xenografts from gene silencing in normal brain tissue, and used this method to test the differential silencing activity of a chemically diverse panel of oligonucleotides. We show that oligonucleotides chemically optimized for pharmacological activity in normal brain tissue do not show consistent activity in GBM xenografts. We then survey multiple advanced oligonucleotide chemistries for their activity in GBM xenografts. Attaching lipid conjugates to oligonucleotides improves silencing in GBM cells across several different lipid classes. Highly hydrophobic lipid conjugates cholesterol and docosanoic acid enhance silencing but at the cost of higher neurotoxicity. Moderately hydrophobic, unsaturated fatty acid and amphiphilic lipid conjugates still improve activity without compromising safety. These oligonucleotide conjugates show promise for treating glioblastoma.
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- Samantha L Sarli
- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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Ahmed T. Biomaterial-based in vitro 3D modeling of glioblastoma multiforme. CANCER PATHOGENESIS AND THERAPY 2023; 1:177-194. [PMID: 38327839 PMCID: PMC10846340 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpt.2023.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Adult-onset brain cancers, such as glioblastomas, are particularly lethal. People with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) do not anticipate living for more than 15 months if there is no cure. The results of conventional treatments over the past 20 years have been underwhelming. Tumor aggressiveness, location, and lack of systemic therapies that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier are all contributing factors. For GBM treatments that appear promising in preclinical studies, there is a considerable rate of failure in phase I and II clinical trials. Unfortunately, access becomes impossible due to the intricate architecture of tumors. In vitro, bioengineered cancer models are currently being used by researchers to study disease development, test novel therapies, and advance specialized medications. Many different techniques for creating in vitro systems have arisen over the past few decades due to developments in cellular and tissue engineering. Later-stage research may yield better results if in vitro models that resemble brain tissue and the blood-brain barrier are used. With the use of 3D preclinical models made available by biomaterials, researchers have discovered that it is possible to overcome these limitations. Innovative in vitro models for the treatment of GBM are possible using biomaterials and novel drug carriers. This review discusses the benefits and drawbacks of 3D in vitro glioblastoma modeling systems.
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- Tanvir Ahmed
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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Kim H, Kim Y, Lee CY, Kim DG, Cheon M. Investigation of early molecular alterations in tauopathy with generative adversarial networks. Sci Rep 2023; 13:732. [PMID: 36639689 PMCID: PMC9839697 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28081-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The recent advances in deep learning-based approaches hold great promise for unravelling biological mechanisms, discovering biomarkers, and predicting gene function. Here, we deployed a deep generative model for simulating the molecular progression of tauopathy and dissecting its early features. We applied generative adversarial networks (GANs) for bulk RNA-seq analysis in a mouse model of tauopathy (TPR50-P301S). The union set of differentially expressed genes from four comparisons (two phenotypes with two time points) was used as input training data. We devised four-way transition curves for a virtual simulation of disease progression, clustered and grouped the curves by patterns, and identified eight distinct pattern groups showing different biological features from Gene Ontology enrichment analyses. Genes that were upregulated in early tauopathy were associated with vasculature development, and these changes preceded immune responses. We confirmed significant disease-associated differences in the public human data for the genes of the different pattern groups. Validation with weighted gene co-expression network analysis suggested that our GAN-based approach can be used to detect distinct patterns of early molecular changes during disease progression, which may be extremely difficult in in vivo experiments. The generative model is a valid systematic approach for exploring the sequential cascades of mechanisms and targeting early molecular events related to dementia.
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- Hyerin Kim
- Dementia Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu, 41062, Republic of Korea
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- Dementia Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu, 41062, Republic of Korea
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- Dementia Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu, 41062, Republic of Korea
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- Dementia Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu, 41062, Republic of Korea
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- Dementia Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu, 41062, Republic of Korea.
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Xia S, Chen H, Tang T. Risk of Death from Alzheimer's Disease Associated with Brain Tumor, Glioma, and Glioblastoma. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 96:623-631. [PMID: 37840492 DOI: 10.3233/jad-230554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND No study has compared the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in patients with brain tumors, gliomas, or glioblastomas with the risk in patients with other tumors. OBJECTIVE To determine whether, compared with other tumors, brain tumors, gliomas, and glioblastomas increase the risk of AD. METHODS This study identified a case group of 24,441 patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database who were diagnosed with only one primary tumor at age > 20 years in 1975-2019 and died from AD at age > 65 years as case group. The control group comprised 122,205 subjects from the SEER database who died from causes other than AD but otherwise had the same conditions as those in the case group. RESULTS There was a significantly lower prevalence of glioma (0.074% versus 0.14%, p = 0.007) and glioblastoma (0.0082% versus 0.074%, p = 0.001) in patients who died from AD than in those who died from other causes, while brain tumors were not significantly associated with AD death (p = 0.227). When adjusted for factors including age at death, sex, race, tumor behavior, radiation therapy and tumor-directed surgery, glioblastoma was related to a significantly lower AD risk than other tumors (odds ratio: 0.19, 95% CI: 0.05-0.77). Additionally, patients who were older, female, American Indian/Alaska Native, had a benign tumor, radiation therapy and tumor-directed surgery had a significantly higher risk of dying from AD. CONCLUSION Gliomas and glioblastomas were associated with a significantly lower risk of death from AD than other tumors.
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- Siqi Xia
- Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Walker JM, Dehkordi SK, Schaffert J, Goette W, White CL, Richardson TE, Zare H. The Spectrum of Alzheimer-Type Pathology in Cognitively Normal Individuals. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 91:683-695. [PMID: 36502330 PMCID: PMC11184733 DOI: 10.3233/jad-220898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The strongest risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is age. The progression of Braak stage and Thal phase with age has been demonstrated. However, prior studies did not include cognitive status. OBJECTIVE We set out to define normative values for Alzheimer-type pathologic changes in individuals without cognitive decline, and then define levels that would qualify them to be resistant to or resilient against these changes. METHODS Utilizing neuropathology data obtained from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC), we demonstrate the age-related progression of Alzheimer-type pathologic changes in cognitively normal individuals (CDR = 0, n = 542). With plots generated from these data, we establish standard lines that may be utilized to measure the extent to which an individual's Alzheimer-type pathology varies from the estimated normal range of pathology. RESULTS Although Braak stage and Thal phase progressively increase with age in cognitively normal individuals, the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease neuritic plaque score and Alzheimer's disease neuropathologic change remain at low levels. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that an increasing burden of neuritic plaques is a strong predictor of cognitive decline, whereas, neurofibrillary degeneration and amyloid-β (diffuse) plaque deposition, both to some degree, are normal pathologic changes of aging that occur in almost all individuals regardless of cognitive status. Furthermore, we have defined the amount of neuropathologic change in cognitively normal individuals that would qualify them to be "resilient" against the pathology (significantly above the normative values for age, but still cognitively normal) or "resistant" to the development of pathology (significantly below the normative values for age).
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- Jamie M. Walker
- Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Cai J, Ye L, Hu Y, Ye Z, Gao L, Wang Y, Sun Q, Tong S, Yang J, Chen Q. Exploring the inverse association of glioblastoma multiforme and Alzheimer's disease via bioinformatics analysis. MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (NORTHWOOD, LONDON, ENGLAND) 2022; 39:182. [PMID: 36071287 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-022-01786-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are two major diseases in the nervous system with a similar peak age of onset, which has the typical characteristics of high cost, difficult treatment, and poor prognosis. Epidemiological studies and a few molecular biological studies have hinted at an opposite relationship between AD and GBM. However, there are few studies on their reverse relationship, and the regulatory mechanism is still unclear, indicating that further systematic research is urgently needed. Our study firstly employs advanced bioinformatics methods to explore the inverse relationship between them and find various target drugs. We obtained the gene expression dataset from public databases (GEO, TCGA, and GTEx). Then, we identified 122 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of AD and GBM. Four significant gene modules were identified through protein-protein interaction (PPI) and module construction, and 13 hub genes were found using cytoHubba. We constructed co-expression networks and found various target drugs through these hub genes. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that the AMPK pathway, cell cycle, and cellular senescence play important roles in AD and GBM. Our study may provide a potential direction for studying the opposite molecular mechanism of AD and GBM in the future.
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- Jiayang Cai
- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Street, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Street, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Street, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Street, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Street, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Street, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Street, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China. .,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Street, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China. .,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Street, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.
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Kumari A, Rahaman A, Zeng XA, Farooq MA, Huang Y, Yao R, Ali M, Ishrat R, Ali R. Temporal Cortex Microarray Analysis Revealed Impaired Ribosomal Biogenesis and Hyperactivity of the Glutamatergic System: An Early Signature of Asymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:966877. [PMID: 35958988 PMCID: PMC9359077 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.966877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Pathogenic aging is regarded as asymptomatic AD when there is no cognitive deficit except for neuropathology consistent with Alzheimer's disease. These individuals are highly susceptible to developing AD. Braak and Braak's theory specific to tau pathology illustrates that the brain's temporal cortex region is an initiation site for early AD progression. So, the hub gene analysis of this region may reveal early altered biological cascades that may be helpful to alleviate AD in an early stage. Meanwhile, cognitive processing also drags its attention because cognitive impairment is the ultimate result of AD. Therefore, this study aimed to explore changes in gene expression of aged control, asymptomatic AD (AsymAD), and symptomatic AD (symAD) in the temporal cortex region. We used microarray data sets to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) with the help of the R programming interface. Further, we constructed the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network by performing the STRING plugin in Cytoscape and determined the hub genes via the CytoHubba plugin. Furthermore, we conducted Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis via Bioconductor's cluster profile package. Resultant, the AsymAD transcriptome revealed the early-stage changes of glutamatergic hyperexcitability. Whereas the connectivity of major hub genes in this network indicates a shift from initially reduced rRNA biosynthesis in the AsymAD group to impaired protein synthesis in the symAD group. Both share the phenomenon of breaking tight junctions and others. In conclusion, this study offers new understandings of the early biological vicissitudes that occur in the brain before the manifestation of symAD and gives new promising therapeutic targets for early AD intervention.
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- Ankita Kumari
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Food Intelligent Manufacturing, Foshan University, Foshan, China
- Overseas Expertise Introduction Centre for Discipline Innovation of Food Nutrition and Human Health (111 Centre), Guangzhou, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Food Intelligent Manufacturing, Foshan University, Foshan, China
- Overseas Expertise Introduction Centre for Discipline Innovation of Food Nutrition and Human Health (111 Centre), Guangzhou, China
- Abdul Rahaman
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Food Intelligent Manufacturing, Foshan University, Foshan, China
- Overseas Expertise Introduction Centre for Discipline Innovation of Food Nutrition and Human Health (111 Centre), Guangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Xin-An Zeng
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Food Intelligent Manufacturing, Foshan University, Foshan, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Overseas Expertise Introduction Centre for Discipline Innovation of Food Nutrition and Human Health (111 Centre), Guangzhou, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Food Intelligent Manufacturing, Foshan University, Foshan, China
- Overseas Expertise Introduction Centre for Discipline Innovation of Food Nutrition and Human Health (111 Centre), Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
- Romana Ishrat
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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Liu L, Zhang Y, Niu G, Li Q, Li Z, Zhu T, Feng C, Liu X, Zhang Y, Xu T, Chen R, Teng X, Zhang R, Zou D, Ma L, Zhang Z. BrainBase: a curated knowledgebase for brain diseases. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:D1131-D1138. [PMID: 34718720 PMCID: PMC8728122 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Brain is the central organ of the nervous system and any brain disease can seriously affect human health. Here we present BrainBase (https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/brainbase), a curated knowledgebase for brain diseases that aims to provide a whole picture of brain diseases and associated genes. Specifically, based on manual curation of 2768 published articles along with information retrieval from several public databases, BrainBase features comprehensive collection of 7175 disease-gene associations spanning a total of 123 brain diseases and linking with 5662 genes, 16 591 drug-target interactions covering 2118 drugs/chemicals and 623 genes, and five types of specific genes in light of expression specificity in brain tissue/regions/cerebrospinal fluid/cells. In addition, considering the severity of glioma among brain tumors, the current version of BrainBase incorporates 21 multi-omics datasets, presents molecular profiles across various samples/conditions and identifies four groups of glioma featured genes with potential clinical significance. Collectively, BrainBase integrates not only valuable curated disease-gene associations and drug-target interactions but also molecular profiles through multi-omics data analysis, accordingly bearing great promise to serve as a valuable knowledgebase for brain diseases.
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- Lin Liu
- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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MicroRNA-Target Interaction Regulatory Network in Alzheimer's Disease. J Pers Med 2021; 11:jpm11121275. [PMID: 34945753 PMCID: PMC8708198 DOI: 10.3390/jpm11121275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia; however, early diagnosis of the disease is challenging. Research suggests that biomarkers found in blood, such as microRNAs (miRNA), may be promising for AD diagnostics. Experimental data on miRNA–target interactions (MTI) associated with AD are scattered across databases and publications, thus making the identification of promising miRNA biomarkers for AD difficult. In response to this, a list of experimentally validated AD-associated MTIs was obtained from miRTarBase. Cytoscape was used to create a visual MTI network. STRING software was used for protein–protein interaction analysis and mirPath was used for pathway enrichment analysis. Several targets regulated by multiple miRNAs were identified, including: BACE1, APP, NCSTN, SP1, SIRT1, and PTEN. The miRNA with the highest numbers of interactions in the network were: miR-9, miR-16, miR-34a, miR-106a, miR-107, miR-125b, miR-146, and miR-181c. The analysis revealed seven subnetworks, representing disease modules which have a potential for further biomarker development. The obtained MTI network is not yet complete, and additional studies are needed for the comprehensive understanding of the AD-associated miRNA targetome.
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Chamberlain JD, Rouanet A, Dubois B, Pasquier F, Hanon O, Gabelle A, Ceccaldi M, Krolak-Salmon P, Béjot Y, Godefroy O, Wallon D, Gentric A, Chêne G, Dufouil C. Investigating the association between cancer and the risk of dementia: Results from the Memento cohort. Alzheimers Dement 2021; 17:1415-1421. [PMID: 33656287 PMCID: PMC8518910 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Introduction Studies on the association of cancer and risk of dementia are inconclusive due to result heterogeneity and concerns of survivor bias and unmeasured confounding. Methods This study uses data from the Memento cohort, a French multicenter cohort following persons with either mild or isolated cognitive complaints for a median of 5 years. Illness‐death models (IDMs) were used to estimate transition‐specific hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for incident cancer in relation to dementia from time since study entry. Results The analytical sample (N = 2258) excluded 65 individuals without follow‐up information. At the end of follow‐up, 286 individuals were diagnosed with dementia, 166 with incident cancer, and 95 died. Incident cancer was associated with a reduced risk of dementia (HR = 0.58, 95% CI = 0.35‐0.97), with a corresponding E‐value of 2.84 (lower CI = 1.21). Discussion This study supports a protective relationship between incident cancer and dementia, encouraging further investigations to understand potential underlying mechanisms.
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- Jonviea D Chamberlain
- Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, University of Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux, France.,CIC1401-EC, Inserm, Bordeaux, France
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- Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, University of Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux, France
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- Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'hôpital, Paris, France
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- EA 4468, Université de Paris, Geriatric department Broca hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Centre Mémoire Ressources Recherche Département de Neurologie CHU Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France
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- Ouest CHU Timone APHM & Aix Marseille Univ INSERM INS Inst Neurosci Syst, CMMR PACA, Marseille, France
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- Department of Neurology and Memory Resource and Research Center of Dijon, EA7460, University Hospital of Dijon, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
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- Neurology Department, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- Functional Neurosciences Lab (UR UPJV4559), Centre Universitaire de Recherche en Santé, Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Department of Neurology and CNR-MAJ, Inserm U1245 and Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- CIC1401-EC, Inserm, Bordeaux, France.,Pole de sante publique Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- CIC1401-EC, Inserm, Bordeaux, France.,Pole de sante publique Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Rahman MH, Rana HK, Peng S, Hu X, Chen C, Quinn JMW, Moni MA. Bioinformatics and machine learning methodologies to identify the effects of central nervous system disorders on glioblastoma progression. Brief Bioinform 2021; 22:6066369. [PMID: 33406529 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbaa365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a common malignant brain tumor which often presents as a comorbidity with central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Both CNS disorders and GBM cells release glutamate and show an abnormality, but differ in cellular behavior. So, their etiology is not well understood, nor is it clear how CNS disorders influence GBM behavior or growth. This led us to employ a quantitative analytical framework to unravel shared differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and cell signaling pathways that could link CNS disorders and GBM using datasets acquired from the Gene Expression Omnibus database (GEO) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) datasets where normal tissue and disease-affected tissue were examined. After identifying DEGs, we identified disease-gene association networks and signaling pathways and performed gene ontology (GO) analyses as well as hub protein identifications to predict the roles of these DEGs. We expanded our study to determine the significant genes that may play a role in GBM progression and the survival of the GBM patients by exploiting clinical and genetic factors using the Cox Proportional Hazard Model and the Kaplan-Meier estimator. In this study, 177 DEGs with 129 upregulated and 48 downregulated genes were identified. Our findings indicate new ways that CNS disorders may influence the incidence of GBM progression, growth or establishment and may also function as biomarkers for GBM prognosis and potential targets for therapies. Our comparison with gold standard databases also provides further proof to support the connection of our identified biomarkers in the pathology underlying the GBM progression.
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- Md Habibur Rahman
- Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Islamic University, Kushtia 7003, Bangladesh
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Green University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Bone Biology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.,The Surgical Education and Research Training Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Bone Biology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.,WHO Collaborating Centre on eHealth, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Li X, Wang L, Cykowski M, He T, Liu T, Chakranarayan J, Rivera A, Zhao H, Powell S, Xia W, Wong STC. OCIAD1 contributes to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease by inducing mitochondria dysfunction, neuronal vulnerability and synaptic damages. EBioMedicine 2020; 51:102569. [PMID: 31931285 PMCID: PMC6957876 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hyperamyloidosis in the brain is known as the earliest neuropathological change and a unique etiological factor in Alzheimer's disease (AD), while progressive neurodegeneration in certain vulnerable brain regions forms the basis of clinical syndromes. It is not clear how early hyperamyloidosis is implicated in progressive neurodegeneration and what factors contribute to the selective brain vulnerability in AD. METHODS Bioinformatics and experimental neurobiology methods were integrated to identify novel factors involved in the hyperamyloidosis-induced brain vulnerability in AD. We first examined neurodegeneration-specific gene signatures from sporadic AD patients and synaptic protein changes in young transgenic AD mice. Then, we systematically assessed the association of a top candidate gene with AD and investigated its mechanistic role in neurodegeneration. FINDINGS We identified the ovary-orientated protein OCIAD1 (Ovarian-Carcinoma-Immunoreactive-Antigen-Domain-Containing-1) as a neurodegeneration-associated factor for AD. Higher levels of OCIAD1, found in vulnerable brain areas and dystrophic neurites, were correlated with disease severity. Multiple early AD pathological events, particularly Aβ/GSK-3β signaling, elevate OCIAD1, which in turn interacts with BCL-2 to impair mitochondrial function and facilitates mitochondria-associated neuronal injury. Notably, elevated OCIAD1 by Aβ increases cell susceptibility to other AD pathological challenges. INTERPRETATION Our findings suggest that OCIAD1 contributes to neurodegeneration in AD by impairing mitochondria function, and subsequently leading to neuronal vulnerability, and synaptic damages. FUNDING Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation, John S Dunn Research Foundation, Cure Alzheimer's Fund, and NIH R01AG057635 to STCW.
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- Xuping Li
- Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Center for BRAIN, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Department of Informatics Development, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Genome Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Informatics Development, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Center for BRAIN, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Center for BRAIN, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Genome Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Center for BRAIN, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Genome Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Center for BRAIN, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA 01730, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Center for BRAIN, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Informatics Development, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Departments of Pathology and Genome Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Departments of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Cheray M, Stratoulias V, Joseph B, Grabert K. The Rules of Engagement: Do Microglia Seal the Fate in the Inverse Relation of Glioma and Alzheimer's Disease? Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:522. [PMID: 31824268 PMCID: PMC6879422 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Microglia, the immune cells of the brain, play a major role in the maintenance of brain homeostasis and constantly screen the brain environment to detect any infection or damage. Once activated by a stimulus, microglial cells initiate an immune response followed by the resolution of brain inflammation. A failure or deviation in the housekeeping function of these guardian cells can lead to multiple diseases, including brain cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). A small number of studies have investigated the causal relation of both diseases, thereby revealing an inverse relationship where cancer patients have a reduced risk to develop AD and vice versa. In this review, we aim to shed light on the role of microglia in the fate to develop specifically glioma as one type of cancer or AD. We will examine the common and/or opposing genetic predisposition as well as associated pathways of these diseases to unravel a possible involvement of microglia in the occurrence of either disease. Lastly, a set of guidelines will be proposed for future research and diagnostics to clarify and improve the knowledge on the role of microglia in the decision toward one pathology or another.
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- Mathilde Cheray
- Toxicology Unit, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Toxicology Unit, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Neuroscience Center, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Toxicology Unit, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Toxicology Unit, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Nudelman KNH, McDonald BC, Lahiri DK, Saykin AJ. Biological Hallmarks of Cancer in Alzheimer's Disease. Mol Neurobiol 2019; 56:7173-7187. [PMID: 30993533 PMCID: PMC6728183 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-019-1591-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Although Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an international health research priority for our aging population, little therapeutic progress has been made. This lack of progress may be partially attributable to disease heterogeneity. Previous studies have identified an inverse association of cancer and AD, suggesting that cancer history may be one source of AD heterogeneity. These findings are particularly interesting in light of the number of common risk factors and two-hit models hypothesized to commonly drive both diseases. We reviewed the ten hallmark biological alterations of cancer cells to investigate overlap with the AD literature and identified overlap of all ten hallmarks in AD, including (1) potentially common underlying risk factors, such as increased inflammation, deregulated cellular energetics, and genome instability; (2) inversely regulated mechanisms, including cell death and evading growth suppressors; and (3) functions with more complex, pleiotropic mechanisms, some of which may be stage-dependent in AD, such as cell adhesion/contact inhibition and angiogenesis. Additionally, we discuss the recent observation of a biological link between cancer and AD neuropathology. Finally, we address the therapeutic implications of this topic. The significant overlap of functional pathways and molecules between these diseases, some similarly and some oppositely regulated or functioning in each disease, supports the need for more research to elucidate cancer-related AD genetic and functional heterogeneity, with the aims of better understanding AD risk mediators, as well as further exploring the potential for some types of drug repurposing towards AD therapeutic development.
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- Kelly N. H. Nudelman
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
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- Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
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Gargini R, Segura-Collar B, Sánchez-Gómez P. Novel Functions of the Neurodegenerative-Related Gene Tau in Cancer. Front Aging Neurosci 2019; 11:231. [PMID: 31551755 PMCID: PMC6736573 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The analysis of global and comparative genomics between different diseases allows us to understand the key biological processes that explain the etiology of these pathologies. We have used this type of approach to evaluate the expression of several neurodegeneration-related genes on the development of tumors, particularly brain tumors of glial origin (gliomas), which are an aggressive and incurable type of cancer. We have observed that genes involved in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, correlate with better prognosis of gliomas. Within these genes, high Tau/MAPT expression shows the strongest correlation with several indicators of prolonged survival on glioma patients. Tau protein regulates microtubule stability and dynamics in neurons, although there have been reports of its expression in glial cells and also in gliomas. However, little is known about the regulation of Tau/MAPT transcription in tumors. Moreover, our in silico analysis indicates that this gene is also expressed in a variety of tumors, showing a general correlation with survival, although its function in cancer has not yet been addressed. Another remarkable aspect of Tau is its involvement in resistance to taxanes in various tumors types such as breast, ovarian and gastric carcinomas. This is due to the fact that taxanes have the same tubulin-binding site as Tau. In the present work we review the main knowledge about Tau function and expression in tumors, with a special focus on brain cancer. We will also speculate with the therapeutic implications of these findings.
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Patel H, Hodges AK, Curtis C, Lee SH, Troakes C, Dobson RJB, Newhouse SJ. Transcriptomic analysis of probable asymptomatic and symptomatic alzheimer brains. Brain Behav Immun 2019; 80:644-656. [PMID: 31063847 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2019] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Individuals with intact cognition and neuropathology consistent with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are referred to as asymptomatic AD (AsymAD). These individuals are highly likely to develop AD, yet transcriptomic changes in the brain which might reveal mechanisms for their AD vulnerability are currently unknown. Entorhinal cortex, frontal cortex, temporal cortex and cerebellum tissue from 27 control, 33 AsymAD and 52 AD human brains were microarray expression profiled. Differential expression analysis identified a significant increase of transcriptomic activity in the frontal cortex of AsymAD subjects, suggesting fundamental changes in AD may initially begin within the frontal cortex region prior to AD diagnosis. Co-expression analysis identified an overactivation of the brain "glutamate-glutamine cycle", and disturbances in the brain energy pathways in both AsymAD and AD subjects, while the connectivity of key hub genes in this network indicates a shift from an already increased cell proliferation in AsymAD subjects to stress response and removal of amyloidogenic proteins in AD subjects. This study provides new insight into the earliest biological changes occurring in the brain prior to the manifestation of clinical AD symptoms and provides new potential therapeutic targets for early disease intervention.
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- Hamel Patel
- Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; NIHR BioResource Centre Maudsley, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) & Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, UK
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK
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- NIHR BioResource Centre Maudsley, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) & Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, UK; Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, UK
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- NIHR BioResource Centre Maudsley, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) & Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, UK; Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, UK
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, UK; London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; NIHR BioResource Centre Maudsley, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) & Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, UK; Health Data Research UK London, University College London, 222 Euston Road, London, UK; Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, 222 Euston Road, London, UK; The National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London, 222 Euston Road, London, UK.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; NIHR BioResource Centre Maudsley, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) & Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, UK; Health Data Research UK London, University College London, 222 Euston Road, London, UK; Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, 222 Euston Road, London, UK; The National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London, 222 Euston Road, London, UK.
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Candido S, Lupo G, Pennisi M, Basile MS, Anfuso CD, Petralia MC, Gattuso G, Vivarelli S, Spandidos DA, Libra M, Falzone L. The analysis of miRNA expression profiling datasets reveals inverse microRNA patterns in glioblastoma and Alzheimer's disease. Oncol Rep 2019; 42:911-922. [PMID: 31322245 PMCID: PMC6682788 DOI: 10.3892/or.2019.7215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
There is recent evidence to indicate the existence of an inverse association between the incidence of neurological disorders and cancer development. Concurrently, the transcriptional pathways responsible for the onset of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been found to be mutually exclusive between the two pathologies. Despite advancements being made concerning the knowledge of the molecular mechanisms responsible for the development of GBM and AD, little is known about the identity of the microRNA (miRNAs or miRs) involved in the development and progression of these two pathologies and their possible inverse expression patterns. On these bases, the aim of the present study was to identify a set of miRNAs significantly de-regulated in both GBM and AD, and hence to determine whether the identified miRNAs exhibit an inverse association within the two pathologies. For this purpose, miRNA expression profiling datasets derived from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) DataSets and relative to GBM and AD were used. Once the miRNAs significantly de-regulated in both pathologies were identified, DIANA-mirPath pathway prediction and STRING Gene Ontology enrichment analyses were performed to establish their functional roles in each of the pathologies. The results allowed the identification of a set of miRNAs found de-regulated in both GBM and AD, whose expression levels were inversely associated in the two pathologies. In particular, a strong negative association was observed between the expression levels of miRNAs in GBM compared to AD, suggesting that although the molecular pathways behind the development of these two pathologies are the same, they appear to be inversely regulated by miRNAs. Despite the identification of this set of miRNAs which may be used for diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic purposes, further functional in vitro and in vivo evaluations are warranted in order to validate the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of the identified miRNAs, as well as their involvement in the development of GBM and AD.
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- Saverio Candido
- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy
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Galvão F, Grokoski KC, da Silva BB, Lamers ML, Siqueira IR. The amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing as a biological link between Alzheimer's disease and cancer. Ageing Res Rev 2019; 49:83-91. [PMID: 30500566 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Aging is a risk factor for several illnesses, such as Alzheimer's Disease and various cancers. However, an inverse correlation between malignancies and Alzheimer's Disease has been suggested. This review addressed the potential role of non-amyloidogenic and amyloidogenic pathways of amyloid precursor protein processing as a relevant biochemical mechanism to clarify this association. Amyloidogenic and non-amyloidogenic pathways have been related to Alzheimer's Disease and certain malignancies, respectively. Several known molecules involved in APP processing, including its regulation and final products, were summarized. Among them some candidate mechanisms emerged, such as extracellular-regulated kinase (Erk) and protein kinase C (PKC). Therefore, the imbalance of APP processing may be involved with the negative correlation between cancer and Alzheimer Disease.
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Patel H, Dobson RJ, Newhouse SJ. A Meta-Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease Brain Transcriptomic Data. J Alzheimers Dis 2019; 68:1635-1656. [PMID: 30909231 PMCID: PMC6484273 DOI: 10.3233/jad-181085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Microarray technologies have identified imbalances in the expression of specific genes and biological pathways in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains. However, there is a lack of reproducibility across individual AD studies, and many related neurodegenerative and mental health disorders exhibit similar perturbations. OBJECTIVE Meta-analyze publicly available transcriptomic data from multiple brain-related disorders to identify robust transcriptomic changes specific to AD brains. METHODS Twenty-two AD, eight schizophrenia, five bipolar disorder, four Huntington's disease, two major depressive disorder, and one Parkinson's disease dataset totaling 2,667 samples and mapping to four different brain regions (temporal lobe, frontal lobe, parietal lobe, and cerebellum) were analyzed. Differential expression analysis was performed independently in each dataset, followed by meta-analysis using a combining p-value method known as Adaptively Weighted with One-sided Correction. RESULTS Meta-analysis identified 323, 435, 1,023, and 828 differentially expressed genes specific to the AD temporal lobe, frontal lobe, parietal lobe, and cerebellum brain regions, respectively. Seven of these genes were consistently perturbed across all AD brain regions with SPCS1 gene expression pattern replicating in RNA-Seq data. A further nineteen genes were perturbed specifically in AD brain regions affected by both plaques and tangles, suggesting possible involvement in AD neuropathology. In addition, biological pathways involved in the "metabolism of proteins" and viral components were significantly enriched across AD brains. CONCLUSION This study identified transcriptomic changes specific to AD brains, which could make a significant contribution toward the understanding of AD disease mechanisms and may also provide new therapeutic targets.
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- Hamel Patel
- Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- NIHR BioResource Centre Maudsley, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- NIHR BioResource Centre Maudsley, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, London, UK
- Health Data Research UK London, University College London, London, UK
- Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK
- The National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- NIHR BioResource Centre Maudsley, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, London, UK
- Health Data Research UK London, University College London, London, UK
- Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK
- The National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London, London, UK
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Background: Cancer mortality and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) mortality increase with age, but some studies have shown an inverse relationship of the two diseases, that is, older persons with cancer have a reduced risk of AD and vice versa. However, other analyses suggest that AD and brain tumor might be positively correlated. Objective: In the current study, we wished to determine the relationship of AD mortality to malignant brain tumor mortality in US states and counties. Methods: Data and maps of malignant brain tumor mortality and Alzheimer’s disease mortality (1999–2016) are from the CDC Wonder tool (https://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html). Data on malignant brain tumor types and their frequencies are from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER, https://seer.cancer.gov). Data on the genetics of lower grade glioma are from the TCGA Lower Grade Glioma (LGG) dataset in TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas). Results: SEER data indicate that astrocytomas make up 58.2% of malignant brain tumors in patients 65 and older; glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma make up 41.6%. We found a significant positive correlation between AD mortality rate and malignant brain tumor mortality rate 1999–2016 in persons age 65 and older in A) 1,101 US counties, p < 0.001 and B) 50 US states, p < 0.001. Conclusion: Adult malignant brain tumors may share some environmental risks with AD. Malignant brain tumors and AD also have some genes in common: TREM2, SPI1, CD33, and INPP5D. The interaction of environment and genetics is complex and overlaps in malignant brain tumors and AD.
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- Steven Lehrer
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Cui P, Ma X, Li H, Lang W, Hao J. Shared Biological Pathways Between Alzheimer's Disease and Ischemic Stroke. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:605. [PMID: 30245614 PMCID: PMC6137293 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) and ischemic stroke (IS) are an immense socioeconomic burden worldwide. There is a possibility that shared genetic factors lead to their links at epidemiological and pathophysiological levels. Although recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have provided profound insights into the genetics of AD and IS, no shared genetic variants have been identified to date. This prompted us to initiate this study, which sought to identify shared pathways linking AD and IS. We took advantage of large-scale GWAS summary data of AD (17,008 AD cases and 37,154 controls) and IS (10,307 cases and 19,326 controls) to conduct pathway analyses using genetic pathways from multiple well-studied databases, including GO, KEGG, PANTHER, Reactome, and Wikipathways. Collectively, we discovered that AD and IS shared 179 GO categories (56 biological processes, 95 cellular components, and 28 molecular functions); and the following pathways: six KEGG pathways; two PANTHER pathways; four Reactome pathways; and one in Wikipathways pathway. The more fine-grained GO terms were mainly summarized into different functional categories: transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation, synapse, endocytic membrane traffic through the endosomal system, signaling transduction, immune process, multi-organism process, protein catabolic metabolism, and cell adhesion. The shared pathways were roughly classified into three categories: immune system; cancer (NSCLC and glioma); and signal transduction pathways involving the cadherin signaling pathway, Wnt signaling pathway, G-protein signaling and downstream signaling mediated by phosphoinositides (PIPs). The majority of these common pathways linked to both AD and IS were supported by convincing evidence from the literature. In conclusion, our findings contribute to a better understanding of common biological mechanisms underlying AD and IS and serve as a guide to direct future research.
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- Pan Cui
- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Post-neurotrauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Ministry of Education and Tianjin City, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Post-neurotrauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Ministry of Education and Tianjin City, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Post-neurotrauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Ministry of Education and Tianjin City, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Post-neurotrauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Ministry of Education and Tianjin City, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Post-neurotrauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Ministry of Education and Tianjin City, Tianjin, China
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Lanke V, Moolamalla STR, Roy D, Vinod PK. Integrative Analysis of Hippocampus Gene Expression Profiles Identifies Network Alterations in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease. Front Aging Neurosci 2018; 10:153. [PMID: 29875655 PMCID: PMC5974201 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder contributing to rapid decline in cognitive function and ultimately dementia. Most cases of AD occur in elderly and later years. There is a growing need for understanding the relationship between aging and AD to identify shared and unique hallmarks associated with the disease in a region and cell-type specific manner. Although genomic studies on AD have been performed extensively, the molecular mechanism of disease progression is still not clear. The major objective of our study is to obtain a higher-order network-level understanding of aging and AD, and their relationship using the hippocampal gene expression profiles of young (20-50 years), aging (70-99 years), and AD (70-99 years). The hippocampus is vulnerable to damage at early stages of AD and altered neurogenesis in the hippocampus is linked to the onset of AD. We combined the weighted gene co-expression network and weighted protein-protein interaction network-level approaches to study the transition from young to aging to AD. The network analysis revealed the organization of co-expression network into functional modules that are cell-type specific in aging and AD. We found that modules associated with astrocytes, endothelial cells and microglial cells are upregulated and significantly correlate with both aging and AD. The modules associated with neurons, mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum are downregulated and significantly correlate with AD than aging. The oligodendrocytes module does not show significant correlation with neither aging nor disease. Further, we identified aging- and AD-specific interactions/subnetworks by integrating the gene expression with a human protein-protein interaction network. We found dysregulation of genes encoding protein kinases (FYN, SYK, SRC, PKC, MAPK1, ephrin receptors) and transcription factors (FOS, STAT3, CEBPB, MYC, NFKβ, and EGR1) in AD. Further, we found genes that encode proteins with neuroprotective function (14-3-3 proteins, PIN1, ATXN1, BDNF, VEGFA) to be part of the downregulated AD subnetwork. Our study highlights that simultaneously analyzing aging and AD will help to understand the pre-clinical and clinical phase of AD and aid in developing the treatment strategies.
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- Vinay Lanke
- Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Cognitive Brain Dynamics Lab, National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, India
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- Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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Benke S, Agerer B, Haas L, Stöger M, Lercher A, Gabler L, Kiss I, Scinicariello S, Berger W, Bergthaler A, Obenauf AC, Versteeg GA. Human tripartite motif protein 52 is required for cell context-dependent proliferation. Oncotarget 2018; 9:13565-13581. [PMID: 29568378 PMCID: PMC5862599 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins have been shown to play important roles in cancer development and progression by modulating cell proliferation or resistance from cell death during non-homeostatic stress conditions found in tumor micro-environments. In this study, we set out to investigate the importance for cellular fitness of the virtually uncharacterized family member TRIM52. The human TRIM52 gene has arisen recently in evolution, making it unlikely that TRIM52 is required for basic cellular functions in normal cells. However, a recent genome-wide ablation screening study has suggested that TRIM52 may be essential for optimal proliferation or survival in certain genetic cancer backgrounds. Identifying genes which fit this concept of genetic context-dependent fitness in cancer cells is of interest as they are promising targets for tumor-specific therapy. We report here that TRIM52 ablation significantly diminished the proliferation of specific glioblastoma cell lines in cell culture and mouse xenografts by compromising their cell cycle progression in a p53-dependent manner. Together, our findings point to a non-redundant TRIM52 function that is required for optimal proliferation.
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- Stefan Benke
- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology, and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna 1030, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology, and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna 1030, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna 1030, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology, and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna 1030, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Institute of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology, and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna 1030, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology, and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna 1030, Austria
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- Institute of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna 1030, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology, and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna 1030, Austria
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Kong W, Mou X, Deng J, Di B, Zhong R, Wang S, Yang Y, Zeng W. Differences of immune disorders between Alzheimer's disease and breast cancer based on transcriptional regulation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0180337. [PMID: 28719625 PMCID: PMC5515412 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Although chronic inflammation and immune disorders are of great importance to the pathogenesis of both dementia and cancer, the pathophysiological mechanisms are not clearly understood. In recent years, growing epidemiological evidence and meta-analysis data suggest an inverse association between Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is the most common form of dementia, and cancer. It has been revealed that some common genes and biological processes play opposite roles in AD and cancer; however, the biological immune mechanism for the inverse association is not clearly defined. An unsupervised matrix decomposition two-stage bioinformatics procedure was adopted to investigate the opposite behaviors of the immune response in AD and breast cancer (BC) and to discover the underlying transcriptional regulatory mechanisms. Fast independent component analysis (FastICA) was applied to extract significant genes from AD and BC microarray gene expression data. Based on the extracted data, the shared transcription factors (TFs) from AD and BC were captured. Second, the network component analysis (NCA) algorithm in this study was presented to quantitatively deduce the TF activities and regulatory influences because quantitative dynamic regulatory information for TFs is not available via microarray techniques. Based on the NCA results and reconstructed transcriptional regulatory networks, inverse regulatory processes and some known innate immune responses were described in detail. Many of the shared TFs and their regulatory processes were found to be closely related to the adaptive immune response from dramatically different directions and to play crucial roles in both AD and BC pathogenesis. From the above findings, the opposing cellular behaviors demonstrate an invaluable opportunity to gain insights into the pathogenesis of these two types of diseases and to aid in developing new treatments.
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- Wei Kong
- College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Haigang Ave., Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Rowan University and Guava Medicine, Glassboro, New Jersey, United States of America
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- College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Haigang Ave., Shanghai, P. R. China
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- College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Haigang Ave., Shanghai, P. R. China
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- College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Haigang Ave., Shanghai, P. R. China
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- College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Haigang Ave., Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Haigang Ave., Shanghai, P. R. China
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Snyder HM, Ahles T, Calderwood S, Carrillo MC, Chen H, Chang CCH, Craft S, De Jager P, Driver JA, Fillit H, Knopman D, Lotze M, Tierney MC, Petanceska S, Saykin A, Seshadri S, Shineman D, Ganguli M. Exploring the nexus of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias with cancer and cancer therapies: A convening of the Alzheimer's Association & Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation. Alzheimers Dement 2017; 13:267-273. [PMID: 27998721 PMCID: PMC5548424 DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Recent population studies suggest an intriguing inverse relationship between several types of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. Understanding the intersection of the underlying biology for these two distinct families of diseases with one another may offer novel approaches to identify new therapeutic approaches and possible opportunities to repurpose existing drug candidates. The Alzheimer's Association and the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation convened a one-day workshop to delve into this discussion. Workshop participants outlined research focus areas, potential collaborations, and partnerships for future action.
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- Heather M Snyder
- Division of Medical and Scientific Relations, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Radiation Oncology, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Medical and Scientific Relations, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Boston HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Scientific Affairs, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Departments of Surgery, Immunology and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Scientific Affairs, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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BDNF trafficking and signaling impairment during early neurodegeneration is prevented by moderate physical activity. IBRO Rep 2016; 1:19-31. [PMID: 30135925 PMCID: PMC6084862 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibror.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Physical exercise can attenuate the effects of aging on the central nervous system by increasing the expression of neurotrophins such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which promotes dendritic branching and enhances synaptic machinery, through interaction with its receptor TrkB. TrkB receptors are synthesized in the cell body and are transported to the axonal terminals and anchored to plasma membrane, through SLP1, CRMP2 and Rab27B, associated with KIF1B. Retrograde trafficking is made by EDH-4 together with dynactin and dynein molecular motors. In the present study it was found that early neurodegeneration is accompanied by decrease in BDNF signaling, in the absence of hyperphosphorylated tau aggregation, in hippocampus of 11 months old Lewis rats exposed to rotenone. It was also demonstrated that moderate physical activity (treadmill running, during 6 weeks, concomitant to rotenone exposure) prevents the impairment of BDNF system in aged rats, which may contribute to delay neurodegeneration. In conclusion, decrease in BDNF and TrkB vesicles occurs before large aggregate-like p-Tau are formed and physical activity applied during early neurodegeneration may be of relevance to prevent BDNF system decay.
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Maugeri G, D'Amico AG, Reitano R, Magro G, Cavallaro S, Salomone S, D'Agata V. PACAP and VIP Inhibit the Invasiveness of Glioblastoma Cells Exposed to Hypoxia through the Regulation of HIFs and EGFR Expression. Front Pharmacol 2016; 7:139. [PMID: 27303300 PMCID: PMC4885839 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and vasoactive intestinal
peptide (VIP) through the binding of vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors (VIPRs),
perform a wide variety of effects in human cancers, including glioblastoma multiforme
(GBM). This tumor is characterized by extensive areas of hypoxia, which triggers the
expression of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). HIFs not only mediate angiogenesis
but also tumor cell migration and invasion. Furthermore, HIFs activation is linked to
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) overexpression. Previous studies have shown
that VIP interferes with the invasive nature of gliomas by regulating cell migration.
However, the role of VIP family members in GBM infiltration under low oxygen tension
has not been clarified yet. Therefore, in the present study we have investigated, for
the first time, the molecular mechanisms involved in the anti-invasive effect of
PACAP or VIP in U87MG glioblastoma cells exposed to hypoxia induced by treatment with
desferrioxamine (DFX). The results suggest that either PACAP or VIP exert an
anti-infiltrative effect under low oxygen tension by modulating HIFs and EGFR
expression, key elements involved in cell migration and angiogenesis. These peptides
act through the inhibition of PI3K/Akt and MAPK/ERK signaling pathways, which are
known to have a crucial role in HIFs regulation.
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- Grazia Maugeri
- Sections of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania Catania, Italy
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- Sections of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of CataniaCatania, Italy; San Raffaele Open University of RomeRome, Italy
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- Sections of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania Catania, Italy
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- Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, G.F. Ingrassia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania Catania, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania Catania, Italy
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- Sections of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania Catania, Italy
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Matsui Y, Mizuta M, Ito S, Miyano S, Shimamura T. D3M: detection of differential distributions of methylation levels. Bioinformatics 2016; 32:2248-55. [DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Motivation: DNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification related to a variety of diseases including cancers. We focus on the methylation data from Illumina’s Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip. One of the key issues of methylation analysis is to detect the differential methylation sites between case and control groups. Previous approaches describe data with simple summary statistics or kernel function, and then use statistical tests to determine the difference. However, a summary statistics-based approach cannot capture complicated underlying structure, and a kernel function-based approach lacks interpretability of results.
Results: We propose a novel method D3M, for detection of differential distribution of methylation, based on distribution-valued data. Our method can detect the differences in high-order moments, such as shapes of underlying distributions in methylation profiles, based on the Wasserstein metric. We test the significance of the difference between case and control groups and provide an interpretable summary of the results. The simulation results show that the proposed method achieves promising accuracy and shows favorable results compared with previous methods. Glioblastoma multiforme and lower grade glioma data from The Cancer Genome Atlas show that our method supports recent biological advances and suggests new insights.
Availability and Implementation: R implemented code is freely available from https://github.com/ymatts/D3M/.
Contact: ymatsui@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp or shimamura@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Yusuke Matsui
- Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Information Initiative Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0811, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Ko SY, Ko HA, Chu KH, Shieh TM, Chi TC, Chen HI, Chang WC, Chang SS. The Possible Mechanism of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) for Alzheimer's Disease. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143345. [PMID: 26587989 PMCID: PMC4654523 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Amyloid precursor protein (APP) has been modified by β and γ-secretase that cause amyloid deposits (plaques) in neuronal cells. Glyceraldhyde-derived AGEs has been identified as a major source of neurotoxicity in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a previous study, we demonstrated that glyceraldehyde-derived AGEs increase APP and Aβ via ROS. Furthermore, the combination of AGEs and Aβ has been shown to enhance neurotoxicity. In mice, APP expression is increased by tail vein injection of AGEs. This evidence suggests a correlation between AGEs and the development of AD. However, the role played by AGEs in the pathogenesis of AD remains unclear. In this report, we demonstrate that AGEs up-regulate APP processing protein (BACE and PS1) and Sirt1 expression via ROS, but do not affect the expression of downstream antioxidant genes HO-1 and NQO-1. Moreover, we found that AGEs increase GRP78 expression and enhance the cell death-related pathway p53, bcl-2/bax ratio, caspase 3. These results indicate that AGEs impair the neuroprotective effects of Sirt1 and lead to neuronal cell death via ER stress. Our findings suggest that AGEs increase ROS production, which stimulates downstream pathways related to APP processing, Aβ production, Sirt1, and GRP78, resulting in the up-regulation of cell death related pathway. This in-turn enhances neuronal cell death, which leads to the development of AD.
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- Shun-Yao Ko
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Collage of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Innovate Research Center of Medicine, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Collage of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Dental Hygiene, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Collage of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Innovate Research Center of Medicine, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Collage of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Innovate Research Center of Medicine, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Collage of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Innovate Research Center of Medicine, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Li X, Long J, He T, Belshaw R, Scott J. Integrated genomic approaches identify major pathways and upstream regulators in late onset Alzheimer's disease. Sci Rep 2015. [PMID: 26202100 PMCID: PMC4511863 DOI: 10.1038/srep12393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Previous studies have evaluated gene expression in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) brains to identify mechanistic processes, but have been limited by the size of the datasets studied. Here we have implemented a novel meta-analysis approach to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in published datasets comprising 450 late onset AD (LOAD) brains and 212 controls. We found 3124 DEGs, many of which were highly correlated with Braak stage and cerebral atrophy. Pathway Analysis revealed the most perturbed pathways to be (a) nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in macrophages (NOROS), (b) NFkB and (c) mitochondrial dysfunction. NOROS was also up-regulated, and mitochondrial dysfunction down-regulated, in healthy ageing subjects. Upstream regulator analysis predicted the TLR4 ligands, STAT3 and NFKBIA, for activated pathways and RICTOR for mitochondrial genes. Protein-protein interaction network analysis emphasised the role of NFKB; identified a key interaction of CLU with complement; and linked TYROBP, TREM2 and DOK3 to modulation of LPS signalling through TLR4 and to phosphatidylinositol metabolism. We suggest that NEUROD6, ZCCHC17, PPEF1 and MANBAL are potentially implicated in LOAD, with predicted links to calcium signalling and protein mannosylation. Our study demonstrates a highly injurious combination of TLR4-mediated NFKB signalling, NOROS inflammatory pathway activation, and mitochondrial dysfunction in LOAD.
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- Xinzhong Li
- Centre for Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomarkers, Plymouth University, Plymouth UK
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- Centre for Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomarkers, Plymouth University, Plymouth UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Cell Sciences, St. George University, London UK
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- School of Biomedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London UK
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Gong Y, Ma Y, Sinyuk M, Loganathan S, Thompson RC, Sarkaria JN, Chen W, Lathia JD, Mobley BC, Clark SW, Wang J. Insulin-mediated signaling promotes proliferation and survival of glioblastoma through Akt activation. Neuro Oncol 2015; 18:48-57. [PMID: 26136493 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nov096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Metabolic complications such as obesity, hyperglycemia, and type 2 diabetes are associated with poor outcomes in patients with glioblastoma. To control peritumoral edema, use of chronic high-dose steroids in glioblastoma patients is common, which can result in de novo diabetic symptoms. These metabolic complications may affect tumors via profound mechanisms, including activation of insulin receptor (InsR) and the related insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) in malignant cells. METHODS In the present study, we assessed expression of InsR in glioblastoma surgical specimens and glioblastoma response to insulin at physiologically relevant concentrations. We further determined whether genetic or pharmacological targeting of InsR affected oncogenic functions of glioblastoma in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS We showed that InsR was commonly expressed in glioblastoma surgical specimens and xenograft tumor lines, with mitogenic isoform-A predominating. Insulin at physiologically relevant concentrations promoted glioblastoma cell growth and survival, potentially via Akt activation. Depletion of InsR impaired cellular functions and repressed orthotopic tumor growth. The absence of InsR compromised downstream Akt activity, but yet stimulated IGF1R expression. Targeting both InsR and IGF1R with dual kinase inhibitors resulted in effective blockade of downstream signaling, loss of cell viability, and repression of xenograft tumor growth. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our work suggests that glioblastoma is sensitive to the mitogenic functions of insulin, thus significant insulin exposure imposes risks to glioblastoma patients. Additionally, dual inhibition of InsR and IGF1R exhibits promise for treating glioblastoma.
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- Yuanying Gong
- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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- Department of Neurological Surgery (Y.G., Y.M., R.C.T., S.W.C., J.W.), Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (W.C.), Department of Neurology (S.W.C.), Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (B.C.M.), and Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.W.); Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (M.S., J.D.L.); Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (S.L.); Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (J.N.S.)
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Abstract
Systems biology has gained a tremendous amount of interest in the last few years. This is partly due to the realization that traditional approaches focusing only on a few molecules at a time cannot describe the impact of aberrant or modulated molecular environments across a whole system. Furthermore, a hypothesis-driven study aims to prove or disprove its postulations, whereas a hypothesis-free systems approach can yield an unbiased and novel testable hypothesis as an end-result. This latter approach foregoes assumptions which predict how a biological system should react to an altered microenvironment within a cellular context, across a tissue or impacting on distant organs. Additionally, re-use of existing data by systematic data mining and re-stratification, one of the cornerstones of integrative systems biology, is also gaining attention. While tremendous efforts using a systems methodology have already yielded excellent results, it is apparent that a lack of suitable analytic tools and purpose-built databases poses a major bottleneck in applying a systematic workflow. This review addresses the current approaches used in systems analysis and obstacles often encountered in large-scale data analysis and integration which tend to go unnoticed, but have a direct impact on the final outcome of a systems approach. Its wide applicability, ranging from basic research, disease descriptors, pharmacological studies, to personalized medicine, makes this emerging approach well suited to address biological and medical questions where conventional methods are not ideal.
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- Scott W Robinson
- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK
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