Wu Siyuan, Lv Xiaozhi, Wu Jialin, Haigang Wei, Shiwei Liu, Chen Zou, Jing Song, Li Xia, Ai Yilong
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Abstract
Aims: This study explores the effects of curcumin as a therapeutic agent against oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).
Methods: We acquired the targets of curcumin from three digital databases, including the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database, Search Tool for Interactions of Chemicals, and SwissTargetPrediction. Then, we identified the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and the weighted gene coexpression network analysis-based key modules using the expression profiles of GSE23558 to acquire the OSCC-related genes. Additionally, the GeneCards and Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man databases were also used to identify the OSCC-related genes. Finally, curcumin-OSCC interaction genes were obtained by overlapping curcumin targets and OSCC-related genes. The enrichment analysis was performed by the ClusterProfiler algorithm and Metascape, respectively. Then, a protein-protein interaction network was created, and the maximal clique centrality algorithm was used to identify the top 10 hub genes. Besides, we examined the expression levels of hub genes in OSCC using The Cancer Genome Atlas database.
Results: 927 DEGs were identified, including 308 upregulated ones and 619 downregulated ones. The cluster one-step network construction function of the WGCNA algorithm recognized a soft-thresholding power of 6, and 9083 genes were acquired. 2591 OSCC-related genes were obtained by overlapping the GSE23558-identified genes and the OSCC-related genes from disease target bases. Finally, we identified 70 candidate drug-disease interaction genes by overlapping the disease-related genes with the curcumin target. The enrichment analysis suggested that response to oxidative stress, epithelial cell proliferation, and AGE/RAGE pathway might involve in the effect of curcumin on OSCC. The topologic study identified the ten hub genes, including VEGFA, AKT1, TNF, HIF1A, EGFR, JUN, STAT3, MMP9, EGF, and MAPK3. A significant difference was observed in VEGFA, AKT1, TNF, HIF1A, EGFR, MMP9, EGF, and MAPK3 expression levels between head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and the normal controls. However, no significant difference was observed in JUN (P = 0.14) and STAT3 (P = 0.054).
Conclusion: This study provided an overview and basis for the potential mechanism of curcumin against OSCC. The following experiments should be performed to further understand the effectiveness and safety of curcumin in treating OSCC.
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International Journal of Genomics is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes research articles as well as review articles in all areas of genome-scale analysis. Topics covered by the journal include, but are not limited to: bioinformatics, clinical genomics, disease genomics, epigenomics, evolutionary genomics, functional genomics, genome engineering, and synthetic genomics.
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