Introducing APOA1 as a key protein in COVID-19 infection: a bioinformatics approach
Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench,
Vol. 13 No. 4 (2020),
20 September 2020
,
Page 367-73
https://doi.org/10.22037/ghfbb.v13i4.2111
Abstract
Aim: Introducing possible diagnostic and therapeutic biomarker candidates via the identification of chief dysregulated proteins in COVID-19 patients is the aim of this study.
Background: Molecular studies, especially proteomics, can be considered as suitable approaches for discovering the hidden aspect of the disease.
Methods: Differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) of three patients with demonstrated severe condition (S-COVID-19) were compared to healthy cases by a proteomics study. Cytoscape software and STRING database were used to construct the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network. The central DEPs were identified through topological analysis of the network. ClueGO+CluePedia were applied to find the biological processes related to the central nodes. MCODE molecular complex detection (MCODE) was used to discover protein complexes.
Results: A total of 242 DEPs from among 256 query ones were included in the network. Centrality analysis of the network assigned 16 hub-bottlenecks, nine of which were presented in the highest-scored protein complex. Ten protein complexes were determined. APOA1 was identified as the protein complex seed, and APP, EGF, and C3 were the top hub-bottlenecks of the network. The results specify that up-regulation of C3 and down-regulation of APOA1 in urine play a role in the stiffness in respiration and, accordingly, the severity of COVID-19. Moreover, dysregulation of APP and APOA1 could both contribute to the possible adverse effects of COVID-19 on the nervous system.
Conclusion: The introduced central proteins of the S-COVID-19 interaction network, particularly APOA1, can be considered as diagnostic and therapeutic targets related to the coronavirus disease after being approved with complementary studies.
Keywords: urine proteome, COVID-19, protein interaction mapping, biomarkers, biological process.
(Please cite as:Zamanian Azodi M, Arjmand B, Zali AR, Rezaei Tavirani M, Razzaghi MR. Introducing APOA1 as a key protein in COVID-19 infection: a bioinformatics approach. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench 2020;13(4):367-373).
- urine proteome, COVID-19, protein interaction mapping, biomarkers, biological process.
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