PMID- 31534842 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231013 IS - 2167-8359 (Print) IS - 2167-8359 (Electronic) IS - 2167-8359 (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2019 TI - Crucial lncRNAs associated with adipocyte differentiation from human adipose-derived stem cells based on co-expression and ceRNA network analyses. PG - e7544 LID - 10.7717/peerj.7544 [doi] LID - e7544 AB - BACKGROUND: Injection of adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) is a promising treatment for facial contour deformities. However, its treatment mechanisms remain largely unknown. The study aimed to explain the molecular mechanisms of adipogenic differentiation from ASCs based on the roles of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). METHODS: Datasets of mRNA-lncRNA (GSE113253) and miRNA (GSE72429) expression profiling were collected from Gene Expression Omnibus database. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs), lncRNAs (DELs) and miRNAs (DEMs) between undifferentiated and adipocyte differentiated human ASCs were identified using the Linear Models for Microarray Data method. DELs related co-expression and competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks were constructed. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis was performed to screen crucial target genes. RESULTS: A total of 748 DEGs, 17 DELs and 51 DEMs were identified. A total of 13 DELs and 279 DEGs with Pearson correlation coefficients > 0.9 and p-value < 0.01 were selected to construct the co-expression network. A total of 151 interaction pairs among 112 nodes (10 DEMs; eight DELs; 94 DEGs) were obtained to construct the ceRNA network. By comparing the lncRNAs and mRNAs in two networks, five lncRNAs (SNHG9, LINC02202, UBAC2-AS1, PTCSC3 and myocardial infarction associated transcript (MIAT)) and 32 genes (i.e., such as phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 1 (PIK3R1), protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type B (PTPRB)) were found to be shared. PPI analysis demonstrated PIK3R1 , forkhead box O1 (FOXO1; a transcription factor) and estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) were hub genes, which could be regulated by the miRNAs that interacted with the above five lncRNAs, such as LINC02202-miR-136-5p-PIK3R1, LINC02202-miR-381-3p-FOXO1 and MIAT-miR-18a-5p-ESR1. LINC02202 also could directly co-express with PIK3R1. Furthermore, PTPRB was predicted to be modulated by co-expression with LINC01119. CONCLUSION: MIAT, LINC02202 and LINC01119 may be potentially important, new lncRNAs associated with adipogenic differentiation of ASCs. They may be involved in adipogenesis by acting as a ceRNA or co-expressing with their targets. FAU - Chen, Kana AU - Chen K AD - Department of Plastic Surgery, Hwa Mei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. FAU - Xie, Shujie AU - Xie S AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hwa Mei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. FAU - Jin, Wujun AU - Jin W AD - Department of Plastic Surgery, Hwa Mei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190906 PL - United States TA - PeerJ JT - PeerJ JID - 101603425 PMC - PMC6733242 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adipogenic differentiation OT - Co-expression OT - Human adipose tissue-derived stromal stem cells OT - ceRNA OT - lncRNA OT - miRNA COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2019/09/20 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/20 06:01 PMCR- 2019/09/06 CRDT- 2019/09/20 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/07/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/09/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/09/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/20 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 7544 [pii] AID - 10.7717/peerj.7544 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PeerJ. 2019 Sep 6;7:e7544. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7544. eCollection 2019.