PMID- 36035183 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220830 IS - 1664-8021 (Print) IS - 1664-8021 (Electronic) IS - 1664-8021 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - RNA sequencing and integrative analysis reveal pathways and hub genes associated with TGFbeta1 stimulation on prostatic stromal cells. PG - 919103 LID - 10.3389/fgene.2022.919103 [doi] LID - 919103 AB - Objective: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common urological disease in elderly men. The transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFbeta1) plays an important role in the proliferation and differentiation of BPH stroma. However, it is not clear yet which important pathways and key genes are the downstream of TGFbeta1 acting on prostatic stromal cells. Methods: GSE132714 is currently the newer, available, and best high-throughput sequencing data set for BPH disease and includes the largest number of BPH cases. We examined the TGFbeta1 expression level in BPH and normal prostate (NP) by analyzing the GSE132714 data set as well as carrying out immunohistochemistry of 15 BPH and 15 NP samples. Primary prostatic stromal cells (PrSCs) were isolated from five fresh BPH tissues. RNA sequencing and bioinformatics analysis were used to reveal important pathways and hub genes associated with TGFbeta1 stimulation on PrSCs. Results: TGFbeta1 was upregulated in BPH stroma compared to NP stroma. A total of 497 genes (244 upregulated and 253 downregulated) were differentially expressed in PrSCs with and without TGFbeta1 stimulation. The Gene Ontology revealed that differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were mainly enriched in progesterone secretion, interleukin-7 receptor binding, and CSF1-CSF1R complex. The Wnt signaling pathway, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, JAK-STAT signaling pathway, and Hippo signaling pathway were screened based on the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses. FN1, SMAD3, CXCL12, VCAM1, and ICAM1 were selected as hub genes according to the degree of connection from the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network. Conclusion: This study sheds some new insights into the role of TGFbeta1 in BPH stroma and provides some clues for the identification of potential downstream mechanisms and targets. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Xiang, Du, Wang, Liu, Yan, Hao, Liu, Guan and Ping. FAU - Xiang, Peng AU - Xiang P AD - Department of Urology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Du, Zhen AU - Du Z AD - Department of Urology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Wang, Mingdong AU - Wang M AD - Department of Urology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Liu, Dan AU - Liu D AD - Department of Urology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Yan, Wei AU - Yan W AD - Department of Urology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Hao, Yongxiu AU - Hao Y AD - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China. FAU - Liu, Yutong AU - Liu Y AD - Department of Urology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Guan, Di AU - Guan D AD - Department of Urology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Ping, Hao AU - Ping H AD - Department of Urology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220812 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Genet JT - Frontiers in genetics JID - 101560621 PMC - PMC9412917 OTO - NOTNLM OT - RNA sequencing OT - TGFbeta1 OT - benign prostatic hyperplasia OT - bioinformatics analysis OT - prostatic stromal cells COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/08/30 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/30 06:01 PMCR- 2022/08/12 CRDT- 2022/08/29 05:20 PHST- 2022/04/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/06/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/29 05:20 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/30 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 919103 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fgene.2022.919103 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Genet. 2022 Aug 12;13:919103. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.919103. eCollection 2022.