期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 1720, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146304
关键词
LCN2; Protein-protein interaction network; Dynamic change; Functional enrichment
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81672473, 81502138]
- Science and Technology Program of Guangdong [2014A030310390, 2017A030313181]
Lipocalin 2 (LCN2) is a member of the lipocalin family. Elevated expression of LCN2 has been observed in many human tumors, suggesting it might be a potential biomarker and/or therapeutic target in malignancies. In this study, we aimed to explore LCN2 interacting proteins through bioinformatics, as well as their biological functions. Protein-protein interaction networks (PPIN) were constructed using LCN2 and its interacting proteins as the core node. These PPINs were scale free biological networks in which LCN2 and its interacting proteins could connect or cross-talk with at least one partner protein. Both functional and KEGG pathway enrichment analyses identified the known and potential biological functions of the PPIN, such as cell migration and cancer-related pathways. Expression levels of the PPIN proteins, as well as their expression correlations, in five types of brain tumor, were analyzed and integrated into the PPIN to illustrate a dynamic change. A significant correlation was found between the survival time of glioblastoma patients and the expression level of 10 genes (LCN2, MMP9, MMP2, PDE4DIP, L2HGDH, HNRNPA1, DDX31, LOXL2, FAM60A and RNF25). Taken together, our results suggest that LCN2 and its interacting proteins are mostly differentially expressed and have a distinguishing co-expression pattern. They might promote proliferation and migration via cell migration signaling and cancer-related pathways. LCN2 and its interacting proteins might be potential biomarkers in glioblastoma.
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