Abstract
Background: Transcription Factors (TFs) control actuation of genes in the genome and are key mediators of complex processes such as obesity. Master Regulators (MRs) are the genes at the top of a regulation hierarchy which regulate other genes.
Objective: To elucidate clusters of highly co-expressed TFs (modules), involved pathways, highly interconnected TFs (hub-TFs) and MRs leading to obesity and leanness, using porcine model for human obesity.
Methods: We identified 817 expressed TFs in RNA-Sequencing dataset representing extreme degrees of obesity (DO; lean, obese). We built a single Weighted Transcription Factor Co-expression Network (WTFCN) and TF sub-networks (based on the DO). Hub-TFs and MRs (using iRegulon) were identified in biologically relevant WTFCNs modules.
Results: Single WTFCN detected the Red module significantly associated with DO (P < 0.03). This module was enriched for regulation processes in the immune system, e.g.: Immune system process (Padj = 2.50E-06) and metabolic lifestyle disorders, e.g. Circadian rhythm - mammal pathway (Padj = 2.33E-11). Detected MR, hub-TF SPI1 was involved in obesity, immunity and osteoporosis. Within the obese sub-network, the Red module suggested possible associations with immunity, e.g. TGF-beta signaling pathway (Padj = 1.73E-02) and osteoporosis, e.g. Osteoclast differentiation (Padj = 1.94E- 02). Within the lean sub-network, the Magenta module displayed associations with type 2 diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis e.g. Notch signaling pathway (Padj = 2.40E-03), osteoporosis e.g. hub-TF VDR (a prime candidate gene for osteoporosis).
Conclusion: Our results provide insights into the regulatory network of TFs and biologically relevant hub TFs in obesity.
Keywords: Obesity, Transcription factors, WGCNA, Transcriptomics, RNA-Seq, Gene networks.
Current Genomics
Title:Transcription Factor Co-expression Networks of Adipose RNA-Seq Data Reveal Regulatory Mechanisms of Obesity
Volume: 19 Issue: 4
Author(s): Ruta Skinkyte-Juskiene, Lisette J.A. Kogelman and Haja N. Kadarmideen*
Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegardsvej 7, 1870 Frederiksberg C,Denmark
Keywords: Obesity, Transcription factors, WGCNA, Transcriptomics, RNA-Seq, Gene networks.
Abstract: Background: Transcription Factors (TFs) control actuation of genes in the genome and are key mediators of complex processes such as obesity. Master Regulators (MRs) are the genes at the top of a regulation hierarchy which regulate other genes.
Objective: To elucidate clusters of highly co-expressed TFs (modules), involved pathways, highly interconnected TFs (hub-TFs) and MRs leading to obesity and leanness, using porcine model for human obesity.
Methods: We identified 817 expressed TFs in RNA-Sequencing dataset representing extreme degrees of obesity (DO; lean, obese). We built a single Weighted Transcription Factor Co-expression Network (WTFCN) and TF sub-networks (based on the DO). Hub-TFs and MRs (using iRegulon) were identified in biologically relevant WTFCNs modules.
Results: Single WTFCN detected the Red module significantly associated with DO (P < 0.03). This module was enriched for regulation processes in the immune system, e.g.: Immune system process (Padj = 2.50E-06) and metabolic lifestyle disorders, e.g. Circadian rhythm - mammal pathway (Padj = 2.33E-11). Detected MR, hub-TF SPI1 was involved in obesity, immunity and osteoporosis. Within the obese sub-network, the Red module suggested possible associations with immunity, e.g. TGF-beta signaling pathway (Padj = 1.73E-02) and osteoporosis, e.g. Osteoclast differentiation (Padj = 1.94E- 02). Within the lean sub-network, the Magenta module displayed associations with type 2 diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis e.g. Notch signaling pathway (Padj = 2.40E-03), osteoporosis e.g. hub-TF VDR (a prime candidate gene for osteoporosis).
Conclusion: Our results provide insights into the regulatory network of TFs and biologically relevant hub TFs in obesity.
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Skinkyte-Juskiene Ruta , Kogelman J.A. Lisette and Kadarmideen N. Haja *, Transcription Factor Co-expression Networks of Adipose RNA-Seq Data Reveal Regulatory Mechanisms of Obesity, Current Genomics 2018; 19 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389202918666171005095059
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