comparative transcriptome analysis identifies ccdc80 as a novel gene associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Abstract
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a heterogeneous disorder associated with a progressive increase in pulmonary artery resistance and pressure. Although various therapies have been developed, the 5-year survival rate of PAH patients remains low. There is thus an important need to identify novel genes that are commonly dysregulated in PAH of various etiologies and could be used as biomarkers and/or therapeutic targets. In this study, we performed comparative transcriptome analysis of five mammalian PAH datasets downloaded from a public database. We identified 228 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from a rat PAH model caused by inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor under hypoxic conditions, 379 DEGs from a mouse PAH model associated with systemic sclerosis, 850 DEGs from a mouse PAH model associated with schistosomiasis, 1598 DEGs from one cohort of human PAH patients, and 4260 DEGs from a second cohort of human PAH patients. Gene-by-gene comparison identified four genes that were differentially upregulated or downregulated in parallel in all five sets of DEGs. Expression of coiled-coil domain containing 80 (CCDC80) and anterior gradient 2 genes was significantly increased in the five datasets, whereas expression of SMAD family member 6 and granzyme A was significantly decreased. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis revealed a connection between CCDC80 and collagen type I alpha 1 (COL1A1) expression. To validate the function of CCDC80 in vivo, we knocked out ccdc80 in zebrafish using the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 system. In vivo imaging of zebrafish expressing a fluorescent protein in endothelial cells showed that ccdc80 deletion significantly increased the diameter of the ventral artery, a vessel supplying blood to the gills. We also demonstrated that expression of col1a1 and endothelin-1 mRNA was significantly decreased in the ccdc80-knockout zebrafish. Finally, we examined Ccdc80 immunoreactivity in a rat PAH model and found increased expression in the hypertrophied media and adventitia of the pre-acinar pulmonary arteries and in the thickened intima, media, and adventitia of the obstructed intra-acinar pulmonary arteries. These results suggest that increased expression of CCDC80 may be involved in the pathogenesis of PAH, potentially by modulating the expression of endothelin-1 and COL1A1.
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Authors ;Yuhei eNishimura;Shota eSasagawa;Hirofumi eSawada;Erquan eZhang;Soichiro eMurakami;Yoshifumi eAshikawa;Mizuki eYuge;Shiko eOkabe;Koki eKawaguchi;Reiko eKawase;Yoshihide eMitani;Kazuo eMaruyama;TOSHIO eTANAKA
Journal chemical research in chinese universities
Year 2016
DOI
10.3389/fphar.2016.00142
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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2016.00142/full
Keywords
zebrafish weighted gene co-expression network analysis systems pharmacology comparative transcriptomics pulmonary arterial hypertension pharmacology

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