Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) ›› 2021, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (2): 430-437.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587X.20210224

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Expressions of minichromosome maintenance proteins and structural maintenance of chromosomes 4 genes in cervical squamous cell carcinoma tissue and bioinformation analysis

Yao LIN1,Chunlin LIN2,Qin WANG2,Bin ZHANG1,Shaoyu WANG1,Guangwei ZHU2()   

  1. 1.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,First Affiliated Hospital,Fujian Medical University,Fuzhou 350005,China
    2.Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery,Fujian Abdominal Surgery Research Institute,First Affiliated Hospital,Fujian Medical University,Fuzhou 350005,China
  • Received:2020-09-26 Online:2021-03-28 Published:2021-03-25
  • Contact: Guangwei ZHU E-mail:zgwzsy@126.com

Abstract: Objective

To explore the prognostic factors of cervical squamous cell carcinoma by bioinformatics methods based on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) databases.

Methods

The data of cervical squamous cell carcinoma were downloaded from TCGA and GEO databases. Perl and R software were used to screen the differential expression genes (DEGs) in normal and tumor tissues shared by the two databases. Gene Ontology (GO) function enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis were performed to predict the mechanism of DEGs. Further, STRING database and Cytoscape software were used to construct a protein- protein interact (PPI) network, and screen the hub gene, and the survival analysis was performed combined with the clinical data.

Results

There were 226 DEGs including 170 up-regulation genes and 56 down-regulation genes in two databases. The GO enrichment analysis results showed that DEGs were mainly related to cell nuclear division, organelle division, mitosis and DNase activity. The KEGG pathway analysis results showed that the main enrichment was in the cell cycle, DNA replication, and p53 signaling pathway, etc. The survival analysis results showed that the minichromosome maintenance proteins (MCMs) genes, including MCM2, MCM5 and MCM6, and structural maintenance of chromosome 4 (SMC4) gene were all highly expressed in tumor tissue and significantly related to the prognosis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma (P<0.05). Additionally, the up-regulated genes MCM2, MCM5 and MCM6 prolonged the survival time of the patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma,and they were tumor suppressor genes; while SMC4 shortened the survival time of the patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma,and they were carcinogenic genes.

Conclusion

As tumor suppressors genes, MCM2, MCM5 and MCM6 genes can inhibit the tumor development; as an oncogene, SMC4 gene can promote the progression of cervical squamous cell carcinoma.

Key words: cervical squamous cell carcinoma, TCGA database, GEO database, bioinformatics analysis

CLC Number: 

  • R737.33