PMID- 32742785 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220416 IS - 2167-8359 (Print) IS - 2167-8359 (Electronic) IS - 2167-8359 (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2020 TI - Identification of key genes of human bone marrow stromal cells adipogenesis at an early stage. PG - e9484 LID - 10.7717/peerj.9484 [doi] LID - e9484 AB - BACKGROUND: Bone marrow adipocyte (BMA), closely associated with bone degeneration, shares common progenitors with osteoblastic lineage. However, the intrinsic mechanism of cells fate commitment between BMA and osteogenic lineage remains unclear. METHODS: Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset GSE107789 publicly available was downloaded and analyzed. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were analyzed using GEO2R. Functional and pathway enrichment analyses of Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes were conducted by The Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery and Gene set enrichment analysis software. Protein-protein interactions (PPI) network was obtained using STRING database, visualized and clustered by Cytoscape software. Transcriptional levels of key genes were verified by real-time quantitative PCR in vitro in Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) undergoing adipogenic differentiation at day 7 and in vivo in ovariectomized mice model. RESULTS: A total of 2,869 DEGs, including 1,357 up-regulated and 1,512 down-regulated ones, were screened out from transcriptional profile of human BMSCs undergoing adipogenic induction at day 7 vs. day 0. Functional and pathway enrichment analysis, combined with modules analysis of PPI network, highlighted ACSL1, sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors 3 (S1PR3), ZBTB16 and glypican 3 as key genes up-regulated at the early stage of BMSCs adipogenic differentiation. Furthermore, up-regulated mRNA expression levels of ACSL1, S1PR3 and ZBTB16 were confirmed both in vitro and in vivo. CONCLUSION: ACSL1, S1PR3 and ZBTB16 may play crucial roles in early regulation of BMSCs adipogenic differentiation. CI - (c) 2020 Chen et al. FAU - Chen, Pengyu AU - Chen P AD - Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Cartilage Regenerative Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Song, Mingrui AU - Song M AD - Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Cartilage Regenerative Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Wang, Yutian AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Cartilage Regenerative Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Deng, Songyun AU - Deng S AD - Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Cartilage Regenerative Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Hong, Weisheng AU - Hong W AD - Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Cartilage Regenerative Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Zhang, Xianrong AU - Zhang X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0992-5013 AD - Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Cartilage Regenerative Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Yu, Bin AU - Yu B AD - Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Cartilage Regenerative Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200721 PL - United States TA - PeerJ JT - PeerJ JID - 101603425 PMC - PMC7380279 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adipogenesis OT - Bioinformatics OT - Bone marrow adipocytes OT - Bone marrow stromal cells OT - Differentially expressed genes COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/08/04 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/04 06:01 PMCR- 2020/07/21 CRDT- 2020/08/04 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 9484 [pii] AID - 10.7717/peerj.9484 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PeerJ. 2020 Jul 21;8:e9484. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9484. eCollection 2020.