背景:气道中性粒细胞增多与哮喘严重程度和哮喘加重有关。这项研究试图确定生物标志物,发病机制,以及使用生物信息学分析对中性粒细胞中的严重哮喘的治疗分子靶标。
方法:从基因表达综合(GEO)数据库中筛选出15名健康对照和3名中性粒细胞性重度哮喘患者。基于差异表达基因(DEGs)的分析,功能和途径富集分析,基因集富集分析,蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用网络的构建,并进行了分析。此外,小分子候选药物也已确定。
结果:鉴定出了三百三个上调的基因和59个下调的基因。基因本体论功能富集分析主要与炎症反应有关,免疫反应,白细胞迁移,中性粒细胞趋化性,丝裂原活化蛋白激酶级联,JunN末端激酶级联,I-κB激酶/核因子-κB,和MyD88依赖性Toll样受体信号通路。通路富集分析和基因集富集分析主要参与细胞因子-细胞因子受体相互作用,TNF信号通路,白细胞跨内皮迁移,和NOD样受体信号通路。此外,1个重要模块和10个hub基因(CXCL8、TLR2、CXCL1、ICAM1、CXCR4、FPR2、SELL、PTEN,在蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用网络中鉴定了TREM1和LEP)。此外,吲哚洛芬,含羞草苷,STOCK1N-35874,trapidil,伊洛前列素,氨基谷氨酰胺,ajmaline,左巴诺洛尔,乙硫酰胺,头孢克洛,dimenhydrinate,和苯甲酚是治疗中性粒细胞为主的严重哮喘的潜在药物。
结论:这项研究确定了潜在的生物标志物,发病机制,和中性粒细胞为主的重症哮喘的治疗分子靶点。
BACKGROUND: Airway neutrophilia has been associated with asthma severity and asthma exacerbations. This study attempted to identify biomarkers, pathogenesis, and therapeutic molecular targets for severe asthma in neutrophils using bioinformatics analysis.
METHODS: Fifteen healthy controls and 3 patients with neutrophilic severe asthma were screened from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Based on the analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs), functional and pathway enrichment analyses, gene set enrichment analysis, protein-protein interaction network construction, and analysis were performed. Moreover, small-molecule drug candidates have also been identified.
RESULTS: Three hundred and three upregulated and 59 downregulated genes were identified. Gene ontology function enrichment analyses were primarily related to inflammatory response, immune response, leukocyte migration, neutrophil chemotaxis, mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade, Jun N-terminal kinase cascade, I-kappaB kinase/nuclear factor-κB, and MyD88-dependent toll-like receptor signaling pathway. Pathway enrichment analyses and gene set enrichment analysis were mainly involved in cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, the TNF signaling pathway, leukocyte transendothelial migration, and the NOD-like receptor signaling pathway. Furthermore, 1 important module and 10 hub genes (CXCL8, TLR2, CXCL1, ICAM1, CXCR4, FPR2, SELL, PTEN, TREM1, and LEP) were identified in the protein-protein interaction network. Moreover, indoprofen, mimosine, STOCK1N-35874, trapidil, iloprost, aminoglutethimide, ajmaline, levobunolol, ethionamide, cefaclor, dimenhydrinate, and
bethanechol are potential drugs for the treatment of neutrophil-predominant severe asthma.
CONCLUSIONS: This study identified potential biomarkers, pathogenesis, and therapeutic molecular targets for neutrophil-predominant severe asthma.