Construction of polycythemia vera protein interaction network and prediction of related biological functions

Genet Mol Res. 2016 Jan 26;15(1). doi: 10.4238/gmr.15017169.

Abstract

Here, polycythemia vera (PV)-related genes were screened by the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), and literature pertaining to the identified genes was extracted and a protein-protein interaction network was constructed using various Cytoscape plugins. Various molecular complexes were detected using the Clustervize plugin and a gene ontology-enrichment analysis of the biological pathways, molecular functions, and cellular components of the selected molecular complexes were identified using the BiNGo plugin. Fifty-four PV-related genes were identified in OMIM. The protein-protein interaction network contains 5 molecular complexes with correlation integral values >4. These complexes regulated various biological processes (peptide tyrosinase acidification, cell metabolism, and macromolecular biosynthesis), molecular functions (kinase activity, receptor binding, and cytokine activity), and the cellular components were mainly concentrated in the nucleus, intracellular membrane-bounded organelles, and extracellular region. These complexes were associated with the JAK-STAT signal transduction pathway, neurotrophic factor signaling pathway, and Wnt signaling pathway, which were correlated with chronic myeloid leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia.

MeSH terms

  • Databases, Genetic
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Gene Ontology
  • Gene Regulatory Networks*
  • Humans
  • Janus Kinase 1 / genetics
  • Janus Kinase 1 / metabolism
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / genetics*
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / metabolism
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / pathology
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / genetics*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / metabolism
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology
  • Metabolic Networks and Pathways / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Annotation
  • Polycythemia Vera / genetics*
  • Polycythemia Vera / metabolism
  • Polycythemia Vera / pathology
  • Protein Interaction Mapping*
  • STAT Transcription Factors / genetics
  • STAT Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Wnt Proteins / genetics
  • Wnt Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • STAT Transcription Factors
  • Wnt Proteins
  • JAK1 protein, human
  • Janus Kinase 1