Recently, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have received increased research interest owing to their participation via distinct mechanisms in the biological processes of nonfunctional pituitary adenomas. However, changes in the expression of lncRNAs in gonadotrophin adenoma, which is the most common nonfunctional pituitary adenomas, have not yet been reported. In this study, we performed a genome-wide analysis of lncRNAs and mRNAs obtained from gonadotrophin adenoma patients' samples and normal pituitary tissues using RNA-seq. The differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs were identified using fold-change filtering. We identified 839 lncRNAs and 1015 mRNAs as differentially expressed. Gene Ontology analysis indicated that the biological functions of differentially expressed mRNAs were related to transcription regulator activity and basic metabolic processes. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis was performed to identify 64 canonical pathways that were significantly enriched in the tumor samples. Furthermore, to investigate the potential regulatory roles of the differentially expressed lncRNAs on the mRNAs, we constructed general co-expression networks for 100 coding and 577 non-coding genes that showed significantly correlated expression patterns in tumor cohort. In particular, we built a special sub-network of co-expression involving 186 lncRNAs interacting with 15 key coding genes of the mTOR pathway, which might promote the pathogenesis of gonadotrophin tumor. This is the first study to explore the patterns of genome-wide lncRNAs expression and co-expression with mRNAs, which might contribute to the molecular pathogenesis of gonadotrophin adenoma.
基金:
Research Special Fund For Public Welfare Industry of Health [201402008]; National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program)National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2014AA020610, 2015AA020504]
第一作者机构:[1]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Neurosurg Inst, Beijing, Peoples R China;
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[2]Capital Med Univ, China Natl Clin Res Ctr Neurol Dis, Beijing Inst Brain Disorders, Beijing Neurosurg Inst,Beijing Tiantan Hosp,Brain, Beijing, Peoples R China;
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Li Jiye,Li Chuzhong,Wang Jianpeng,et al.Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs in primary gonadotrophin adenomas by RNA-seq[J].ONCOTARGET.2017,8(3):4595-4606.doi:10.18632/oncotarget.13948.
APA:
Li, Jiye,Li, Chuzhong,Wang, Jianpeng,Song, Guidong,Zhao, Zheng...&Zhang, Yazhuo.(2017).Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs in primary gonadotrophin adenomas by RNA-seq.ONCOTARGET,8,(3)
MLA:
Li, Jiye,et al."Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs in primary gonadotrophin adenomas by RNA-seq".ONCOTARGET 8..3(2017):4595-4606