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Journal Article
Identification of hub gene associated with colorectal cancer: Integrating Mendelian randomization, transcriptome analysis and experimental verification
2025
Overview
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a prevalent malignancy with significant mortality rates globally. Understanding the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying CRC development is crucial for improving therapeutic strategies.
In this study, we utilized cis-eQTL summary data to identify genes potentially causally associated with CRC. The expression levels of candidate genes in tumor and normal tissues were compared using the GEPIA2 database. The correlations between FUT8 expression and cellular functions, tumor mutation burden, immune checkpoint genes, and immune infiltration were analyzed. Molecular docking was performed to identify potential drugs targeting FUT8, and the effects of the selected drug on cell proliferation were evaluated using the MTT assay. Additionally, the cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA) was employed to assess the interaction between the drug and the target protein.
We identified 19 genes with eQTLs potentially associated with CRC, among which six eQTLs were associated with increased CRC risk, including FUT8. FUT8 was significantly overexpressed in CRC tumor tissues and correlated with various cellular functions such as stemness, invasion, EMT, and metastasis. Higher FUT8 expression was associated with higher tumor mutation burden and significant correlations with multiple immune checkpoint genes. Molecular docking identified VE-822 as a promising drug candidate targeting FUT8, which demonstrated inhibitory effects on CRC cell proliferation. The CETSA results indicated that VE ‒ 822 could bind to FUT8 and improve its thermal stability.
FUT8 is a crucial gene that causes colon cancer and is linked to tumour immunity. VE-822 is a promising candidate for treating CRC by targeting FUT8.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
/ Analysis
/ Cell Proliferation - drug effects
/ Cell Proliferation - genetics
/ China
/ Colorectal Neoplasms - drug therapy
/ Colorectal Neoplasms - genetics
/ Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology
/ Drugs
/ Fucosyltransferases - genetics
/ Fucosyltransferases - metabolism
/ Gene Expression Profiling - methods
/ Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
/ Genetic Predisposition to Disease
/ Genomes
/ Humans
/ Medicine and Health Sciences
/ Mendelian Randomization Analysis
/ Molecular Docking Simulation
/ Mutation
/ Proteins
/ Research and Analysis Methods
/ Science
/ Software
/ Tumors
