DoxoDB: A Database for the Expression Analysis of Doxorubicin-Induced lncRNA Genes

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  • Rebecca Distefano
  • Mirolyuba Ilieva
  • Jens Hedelund Madsen
  • Rennie, Sarah
  • Shizuka Uchida
Cancer and cardiovascular disease are the leading causes of death worldwide. Recent evidence suggests that these two life-threatening diseases share several features in disease progression, such as angiogenesis, fibrosis, and immune responses. This has led to the emergence of a new field called cardio-oncology. Doxorubicin is a chemotherapy drug widely used to treat cancer, such as bladder and breast cancer. However, this drug causes serious side effects, including acute ventricular dysfunction, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure. Based on this evidence, we hypothesize that comparing the expression profiles of cells and tissues treated with doxorubicin may yield new insights into the adverse effects of the drug on cellular activities. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed published RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data from doxorubicin-treated cells to identify commonly differentially expressed genes, including long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as they are known to be dysregulated in diseased tissues and cells. From our systematic analysis, we identified several doxorubicin-induced genes. To confirm these findings, we treated human cardiac fibroblasts with doxorubicin to record expression changes in the selected doxorubicin-induced genes and performed a loss-of-function experiment of the lncRNA MAP3K4-AS1. To further disseminate the analyzed data, we built the web database DoxoDB.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer39
TidsskriftNon-coding RNA
Vol/bind9
Udgave nummer4
Antal sider24
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University (to S.U. for cells and reagents), and Svend Andersen Fonden (to S.U. for microscope).

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