Mitochondrial-related gene expression profiles suggest an important role of PGC-1alpha in the compensatory mechanism of endemic dilated cardiomyopathy.Show others and affiliations
2013 (English)In: Experimental Cell Research, ISSN 0014-4827, E-ISSN 1090-2422, Vol. 319, no 17, p. 2604-2616, article id 23954821Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Keshan disease (KD) is an endemic dilated cardiomyopathy with unclear etiology. In this study, we compared mitochondrial-related gene expression profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) derived from 16 KD patients and 16 normal controls in KD areas. Total RNA was isolated, amplified, labeled and hybridized to Agilent human 4 × 44k whole genome microarrays. Mitochondrial-related genes were screened out by the Third-Generation Human Mitochondria-Focused cDNA Microarray (hMitChip3). Quantitative real-time PCR, immunohistochemical and biochemical parameters related mitochondrial metabolism were conducted to validate our microarray results. In KD samples, 34 up-regulated genes (ratios ≥ 2.0) were detected by significance analysis of microarrays and ingenuity systems pathway analysis (IPA). The highest ranked molecular and cellular functions of the differentially regulated genes were closely related to amino acid metabolism, free radical scavenging, carbohydrate metabolism, and energy production. Using IPA, 40 significant pathways and four significant networks, involved mainly in apoptosis, mitochondrion dysfunction, and nuclear receptor signaling were identified. Based on our results, we suggest that PGC-1alpha regulated energy metabolism and anti-apoptosis might play an important role in the compensatory mechanism of KD. Our results may lead to the identification of potential diagnostic biomarkers for KD in PBMCs, and may help to understand the pathogenesis of KD.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2013. Vol. 319, no 17, p. 2604-2616, article id 23954821
Keywords [en]
Dilated cardiomyopathy, Keshan disease, microarray, pathway analysis, mitochondria
National Category
Cell and Molecular Biology Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
Research subject
Biochemistry; cell research; Cardiology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-111602DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.07.018PubMedID: 23954821OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-111602DiVA, id: diva2:872045
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