Objective:To construct the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network,andidentify more reliable therapeutic targets and potential drugs in ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.Methods:Two datasets were downloaded from t...Objective:To construct the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network,andidentify more reliable therapeutic targets and potential drugs in ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.Methods:Two datasets were downloaded from the GEO,and the differently expressed analysis were conducted by R software limma package.Functional enrichment analysis was performed using R software.The targets of differently expressed miRNAs were predicted by FunRich software,and the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network was constructed by Cytoscape software.The cMAP and TCMSP databases were used to predict small molecule drugs and traditional Chinese medicine respectively.Results:A total of 79 differently expressed miRNAs and 8865 differently expressed mRNAs were identified.Then the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network was constructed.Among DE miRNAs in the network,hsa-miR-520e,hsa-miR-199b-5p,hsa-miR-140-5p may be the most significant due to their large number of connecting nodes in ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.The integrated differently genes were mainly concentrated in protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum,ferroptosis and other signalingpathways.In addition,10 kinds of small molecule drugs and 6 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine were screened as therapeutic agents for ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.Conclusion:hsa-miR-520e,hsa-miR-199b-5p,hsa-miR-140-5p can be used as therapeutic targets forulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.The pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer may be related to the protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum/ferroptosis signaling pathway,and it is predicted that 10 kinds of small molecule drugs,such asIsoflupredone,and 4 traditional Chinese medicines,such as Baiqucai(Celandine),Guanhuangbai(Cortex phellodendri amurensis),Huangbai(Phellodendron amurense)and Bajiaolian(Dysosma Versipellis),can be used as therapeutic drugs forulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.展开更多
文摘Objective:To construct the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network,andidentify more reliable therapeutic targets and potential drugs in ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.Methods:Two datasets were downloaded from the GEO,and the differently expressed analysis were conducted by R software limma package.Functional enrichment analysis was performed using R software.The targets of differently expressed miRNAs were predicted by FunRich software,and the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network was constructed by Cytoscape software.The cMAP and TCMSP databases were used to predict small molecule drugs and traditional Chinese medicine respectively.Results:A total of 79 differently expressed miRNAs and 8865 differently expressed mRNAs were identified.Then the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network was constructed.Among DE miRNAs in the network,hsa-miR-520e,hsa-miR-199b-5p,hsa-miR-140-5p may be the most significant due to their large number of connecting nodes in ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.The integrated differently genes were mainly concentrated in protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum,ferroptosis and other signalingpathways.In addition,10 kinds of small molecule drugs and 6 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine were screened as therapeutic agents for ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.Conclusion:hsa-miR-520e,hsa-miR-199b-5p,hsa-miR-140-5p can be used as therapeutic targets forulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.The pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer may be related to the protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum/ferroptosis signaling pathway,and it is predicted that 10 kinds of small molecule drugs,such asIsoflupredone,and 4 traditional Chinese medicines,such as Baiqucai(Celandine),Guanhuangbai(Cortex phellodendri amurensis),Huangbai(Phellodendron amurense)and Bajiaolian(Dysosma Versipellis),can be used as therapeutic drugs forulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer.