期刊
MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
卷 13, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.15252/msb.20177703
关键词
co-expression; co-regulation; HCC; metabolism; NAFLD
资金
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Swedish Research Foundation
- EU Seventh Framework Programme RESOLVE
- Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking under EMIF [115372]
- NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research [Bäckhed Group] Funding Source: researchfish
- Novo Nordisk Fonden [NNF15OC0016484, NNF14OC0009795, NNF16OC0021202, NNF17OC0026712] Funding Source: researchfish
We performed integrative network analyses to identify targets that can be used for effectively treating liver diseases with minimal side effects. We first generated co-expression networks (CNs) for 46 human tissues and liver cancer to explore the functional relationships between genes and examined the overlap between functional and physical interactions. Since increased de novo lipogenesis is a characteristic of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we investigated the liver-specific genes co-expressed with fatty acid synthase (FASN). CN analyses predicted that inhibition of these liver-specific genes decreases FASN expression. Experiments in human cancer cell lines, mouse liver samples, and primary human hepatocytes validated our predictions by demonstrating functional relationships between these liver genes, and showing that their inhibition decreases cell growth and liver fat content. In conclusion, we identified liver-specific genes linked to NAFLD pathogenesis, such as pyruvate kinase liver and red blood cell (PKLR), or to HCC pathogenesis, such as PKLR, patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 (PNPLA3), and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), all of which are potential targets for drug development.
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