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Ahmmed R, Hossen MB, Ajadee A, Mahmud S, Ali MA, Mollah MMH, Reza MS, Islam MA, Mollah MNH. Bioinformatics analysis to disclose shared molecular mechanisms between type-2 diabetes and clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma, and therapeutic indications. Sci Rep 2024; 14:19133. [PMID: 39160196 PMCID: PMC11333728 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69302-w] [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] [Received: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 08/02/2024] [Indexed: 08/21/2024] Open
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and Clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) are both complicated diseases which incidence rates gradually increasing. Population based studies show that severity of ccRCC might be associated with T2D. However, so far, no researcher yet investigated about the molecular mechanisms of their association. This study explored T2D and ccRCC causing shared key genes (sKGs) from multiple transcriptomics profiles to investigate their common pathogenetic processes and associated drug molecules. We identified 259 shared differentially expressed genes (sDEGs) that can separate both T2D and ccRCC patients from control samples. Local correlation analysis based on the expressions of sDEGs indicated significant association between T2D and ccRCC. Then ten sDEGs (CDC42, SCARB1, GOT2, CXCL8, FN1, IL1B, JUN, TLR2, TLR4, and VIM) were selected as the sKGs through the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis. These sKGs were found significantly associated with different CpG sites of DNA methylation that might be the cause of ccRCC. The sKGs-set enrichment analysis with Gene Ontology (GO) terms and KEGG pathways revealed some crucial shared molecular functions, biological process, cellular components and KEGG pathways that might be associated with development of both T2D and ccRCC. The regulatory network analysis of sKGs identified six post-transcriptional regulators (hsa-mir-93-5p, hsa-mir-203a-3p, hsa-mir-204-5p, hsa-mir-335-5p, hsa-mir-26b-5p, and hsa-mir-1-3p) and five transcriptional regulators (YY1, FOXL1, FOXC1, NR2F1 and GATA2) of sKGs. Finally, sKGs-guided top-ranked three repurposable drug molecules (Digoxin, Imatinib, and Dovitinib) were recommended as the common treatment for both T2D and ccRCC by molecular docking and ADME/T analysis. Therefore, the results of this study may be useful for diagnosis and therapies of ccRCC patients who are also suffering from T2D.
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Affiliation(s)
- Reaz Ahmmed
- Bioinformatics Lab (Dry), Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
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- Bioinformatics Lab (Dry), Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
- Department of Agricultural and Applied Statistics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- Bioinformatics Lab (Dry), Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
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- Bioinformatics Lab (Dry), Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
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- Bioinformatics Lab (Dry), Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Bioinformatics Lab (Dry), Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, School of Medicine, Tulane University, 1440 Canal St., RM 1621C, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
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- Bioinformatics Lab (Dry), Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh.
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Varney MJ, Benovic JL. The Role of G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Receptor Kinases in Pancreatic β-Cell Function and Diabetes. Pharmacol Rev 2024; 76:267-299. [PMID: 38351071 PMCID: PMC10877731 DOI: 10.1124/pharmrev.123.001015] [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: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) mellitus has emerged as a major global health concern that has accelerated in recent years due to poor diet and lifestyle. Afflicted individuals have high blood glucose levels that stem from the inability of the pancreas to make enough insulin to meet demand. Although medication can help to maintain normal blood glucose levels in individuals with chronic disease, many of these medicines are outdated, have severe side effects, and often become less efficacious over time, necessitating the need for insulin therapy. G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate many physiologic processes, including blood glucose levels. In pancreatic β cells, GPCRs regulate β-cell growth, apoptosis, and insulin secretion, which are all critical in maintaining sufficient β-cell mass and insulin output to ensure euglycemia. In recent years, new insights into the signaling of incretin receptors and other GPCRs have underscored the potential of these receptors as desirable targets in the treatment of diabetes. The signaling of these receptors is modulated by GPCR kinases (GRKs) that phosphorylate agonist-activated GPCRs, marking the receptor for arrestin binding and internalization. Interestingly, genome-wide association studies using diabetic patient cohorts link the GRKs and arrestins with T2D. Moreover, recent reports show that GRKs and arrestins expressed in the β cell serve a critical role in the regulation of β-cell function, including β-cell growth and insulin secretion in both GPCR-dependent and -independent pathways. In this review, we describe recent insights into GPCR signaling and the importance of GRK function in modulating β-cell physiology. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Pancreatic β cells contain a diverse array of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that have been shown to improve β-cell function and survival, yet only a handful have been successfully targeted in the treatment of diabetes. This review discusses recent advances in our understanding of β-cell GPCR pharmacology and regulation by GPCR kinases while also highlighting the necessity of investigating islet-enriched GPCRs that have largely been unexplored to unveil novel treatment strategies.
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- Matthew J Varney
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Zhang M, Wang J, Wang W, Yang G, Peng J. Predicting cell-type specific disease genes of diabetes with the biological network. Comput Biol Med 2024; 169:107849. [PMID: 38101116 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107849] [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] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic condition that can lead to significant harm, such as heart disease, kidney disease, nerve damage, and blindness. Although T2D-related genes have been identified through Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and various computational methods, the biological mechanism of T2D at the cell type level remains unclear. Exploring cell type-specific genes related to T2D is essential to understand the cellular mechanisms underlying the disease. To address this issue, we introduce DiGCellNet (predicting Disease Genes with Cell type specificity based on biological Networks), a model that integrates graph convolutional network (GCN) and multi-task learning (MTL) to predict T2D-associated cell type-specific genes based on the biological network. Our work represents the first attempt to predict cell type-specific disease genes using GCN and MTL. We evaluate our approach by predicting genes specific to four cell types and demonstrate that the proposed DiGCellNet outperforms other models that combine node embeddings with traditional machine learning algorithms. Moreover, DiGCellNet successfully identifies CALM1 as a gene specific to beta cell type in T2D cases, and this association is confirmed using an independent dataset. The code is available at https://github.com/23AIBox/23AIBox-DiGCellNet.
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- Menghan Zhang
- School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China; Key Laboratory of Big Data Storage and Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China; The National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aerospace-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China; Key Laboratory of Big Data Storage and Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China; The National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aerospace-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China; Key Laboratory of Big Data Storage and Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China; The National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aerospace-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China; Key Laboratory of Big Data Storage and Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China; The National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aerospace-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China; Key Laboratory of Big Data Storage and Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China; The National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aerospace-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, Xi'an, 710072, China; School of Computer Science, Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518000, China.
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Song S, Yu J. Identification of the shared genes in type 2 diabetes mellitus and osteoarthritis and the role of quercetin. J Cell Mol Med 2024; 28:e18127. [PMID: 38332532 PMCID: PMC10853600 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.18127] [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] [Received: 10/22/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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This study investigated the underlying comorbidity mechanism between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and osteoarthritis (OA), while also assessing the therapeutic potential of quercetin for early intervention and treatment of these two diseases. The shared genes were obtained through GEO2R, limma and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), and validated using clinical databases and the area under the curves (ROC). Functional enrichment analysis was conducted to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of comorbidity between T2DM and OA. The infiltration of immune cells was analysed using the CIBERSORT algorithm in conjunction with ESTIMATE algorithm. Subsequently, transcriptional regulation analysis, potential chemical prediction, gene-disease association, relationships between the shared genes and ferroptosis as well as immunity-related genes were investigated along with molecular docking. We identified the 12 shared genes (EPHA3, RASIP1, PENK, LRRC17, CEBPB, EFEMP2, UBAP1, PPP1R15A, SPEN, MAFF, GADD45B and KLF4) across the four datasets. Our predictions suggested that targeting these shared genes could potentially serve as therapeutic interventions for both T2DM and OA. Specifically, they are involved in key signalling pathways such as p53, IL-17, NF-kB and MAPK signalling pathways. Furthermore, the regulation of ferroptosis and immunity appears to be interconnected in both diseases. Notably, in this context quercetin emerges as a promising drug candidate for treating T2DM and OA by specifically targeting the shared genes. We conducted a bioinformatics analysis to identify potential therapeutic targets, mechanisms and drugs for T2DM and OA, thereby offering novel insights into molecular therapy for these two diseases.
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- Siyuan Song
- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingJiangsuChina
- Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingJiangsuChina
- Department of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese MedicineAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingJiangsuChina
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingJiangsuChina
- Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingJiangsuChina
- Department of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese MedicineAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingJiangsuChina
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