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ArticlePharmaceutical biology2018

Bioinformatics analysis to identify action targets in NCI-N87 gastric cancer cells exposed to quercetin.

Yun Zeng, Zhengjie Shen, Wenzhe Gu, Mianhua Wu

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Article in Pharmaceutical biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Yun Zenga Department of Medical Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital and Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , China.
Zhengjie Shenc Department of Medical Oncology , Zhangjiagang First People's Hospital , Zhangjiagang , Jiangsu , China.
Wenzhe Gud Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Zhangjiagang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Zhangjiagang , Jiangsu , China.
Mianhua Wub Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Prevention and Treatment of Tumor , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine , Nanjing , Jiangsu , China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNSoochow University · CNZhangjiagang First People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextQuercetin exerts antiproliferative effects on gastric cancer. However, its mechanisms of action on gastric cancer have not been comprehensively revealed.

objectiveWe investigated the mechanisms of action of quercetin against gastric cancer cells. MATERIALS AND

methodsHuman NCI-N87 gastric cancer cells were treated with 15 μM quercetin or dimethyl sulfoxide (as a control) for 48 h. DNA isolated from cells was sequenced on a HiSeq 2500, and the data were used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between groups. Then, enrichment analyses were performed for DEGs and a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed. Finally, the transcription factors (TFs)-DEGs regulatory network was visualized by Cytoscape software.

resultsA total of 121 DEGs were identified in the quercetin group. In the PPI network, Fos proto-oncogene (FOS, degree = 12), aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR, degree = 12), Jun proto-oncogene (JUN, degree = 11), and cytochrome P450 family 1 subfamily A member 1 (CYP1A1, degree = 11) with higher degrees highly interconnected with other proteins. Of the 5 TF-DEGs, early growth response 1 (EGR1), FOS like 1 (FOSL1), FOS, and JUN were upregulated, while AHR was downregulated. Moreover, FOSL1, JUN, and Wnt family member 7B (WNT7B) were enriched in the Wnt signaling pathway. DISCUSSION AND

conclusionsCYP1A1 highly interconnected with AHR in the PPI network. Therefore, FOS, AHR, JUN, CYP1A1, EGR1, FOSL1, and WNT7B might be targets of quercetin in gastric cancer.

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Cell Line, TumorComputational BiologyDrug Delivery SystemsGene Regulatory NetworksHumansProto-Oncogene MasQuercetinStomach NeoplasmsMAS1 protein, humanProto-Oncogene MasQuercetinDifferentially expressed genesprotein–protein interactiontranscriptional regulatory network

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