Structural and Functional Analysis of Crucial Protein Complex in Basal Cell Skin Carcinoma via Network Construction

Authors

  • Mona Zamanian Azodi Student Research Committee, Proteomics Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani Proteomics Research Center, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Majid Rezaei-Tavirani Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mohammad Rostami-Nejad Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31661/gmj.v7i.1271

Keywords:

Protein Interaction Maps, Gene Ontology, Protein Complex, Skin Neoplasm

Abstract

 Background: The basal-cell carcinoma (BCC) as one of the most common type of skin cancers reported to have an increasing trend during past years. Molecular approaches can be useful to advance diagnosis and treatment goals in this cancer.Materials and Methods: In this sense, one of the recent popular investigations, protein-protein interaction network analysis (PPI), was  applied in this study to better facilitate molecular view of BCC.  Cytoscape v3.6.0 and its plug-ins analyzed and explored the topological and annotation features of the constructed network. Result: Among TP53, EGFR, AKT1, ERBB2, HRAS, and CCND1 as central agents of the network, five of them were also present in the first prominent cluster of the network in which considered for further analysis. It is suggested that there are significant related biological processes, actions, and expression changes for this highlighted cluster that may be related to BCC risk.  Conclusion: Therefore, the studied complex of proteins may worth considering for clinical studies and therapeutic interventions after validating by related tests. What is more, among these genes, EBBR2 has more to offer and consequently with additional values.  [GMJ.2018;7:e1271]

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