A causal mediation model of ischemia reperfusion injury in the retina.
The goal of this study is to develop a model that explains the relationship between microRNAs, transcription factors, and their co-target genes. This relationship was previously reported in gene regulatory loops associated with 24 hour (24h) and 7 day (7d) time periods following ischemia-reperfusion...
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| author | Maha Soliman Kalina Andreeva Olfa Nasraoui Nigel G F Cooper |
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| description | The goal of this study is to develop a model that explains the relationship between microRNAs, transcription factors, and their co-target genes. This relationship was previously reported in gene regulatory loops associated with 24 hour (24h) and 7 day (7d) time periods following ischemia-reperfusion injury in a rat's retina. Using a model system of retinal ischemia-reperfusion injury, we propose that microRNAs first influence transcription factors, which in turn act as mediators to influence transcription of genes via triadic regulatory loops. Analysis of the relative contributions of direct and indirect regulatory influences on genes revealed that a substantial fraction of the regulatory loops (69% for 24 hours and 77% for 7 days) could be explained by causal mediation. Over 40% of the mediated loops in both time points were regulated by transcription factors only, while about 20% of the loops were regulated entirely by microRNAs. The remaining fractions of the mediated regulatory loops were cooperatively mediated by both microRNAs and transcription factors. The results from these analyses were supported by the patterns of expression of the genes, transcription factors, and microRNAs involved in the mediated loops in both post-ischemic time points. Additionally, network motif detection for the mediated loops showed a handful of time specific motifs related to ischemia-reperfusion injury in a rat's retina. In summary, the effects of microRNAs on genes are mediated, in large part, via transcription factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5893ce240a0443c2adb115b717c810fe2022-12-21T18:34:51ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-011211e018742610.1371/journal.pone.0187426A causal mediation model of ischemia reperfusion injury in the retina.Maha SolimanKalina AndreevaOlfa NasraouiNigel G F CooperThe goal of this study is to develop a model that explains the relationship between microRNAs, transcription factors, and their co-target genes. This relationship was previously reported in gene regulatory loops associated with 24 hour (24h) and 7 day (7d) time periods following ischemia-reperfusion injury in a rat's retina. Using a model system of retinal ischemia-reperfusion injury, we propose that microRNAs first influence transcription factors, which in turn act as mediators to influence transcription of genes via triadic regulatory loops. Analysis of the relative contributions of direct and indirect regulatory influences on genes revealed that a substantial fraction of the regulatory loops (69% for 24 hours and 77% for 7 days) could be explained by causal mediation. Over 40% of the mediated loops in both time points were regulated by transcription factors only, while about 20% of the loops were regulated entirely by microRNAs. The remaining fractions of the mediated regulatory loops were cooperatively mediated by both microRNAs and transcription factors. The results from these analyses were supported by the patterns of expression of the genes, transcription factors, and microRNAs involved in the mediated loops in both post-ischemic time points. Additionally, network motif detection for the mediated loops showed a handful of time specific motifs related to ischemia-reperfusion injury in a rat's retina. In summary, the effects of microRNAs on genes are mediated, in large part, via transcription factors.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5679526?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Maha Soliman Kalina Andreeva Olfa Nasraoui Nigel G F Cooper A causal mediation model of ischemia reperfusion injury in the retina. PLoS ONE |
| title | A causal mediation model of ischemia reperfusion injury in the retina. |
| title_full | A causal mediation model of ischemia reperfusion injury in the retina. |
| title_fullStr | A causal mediation model of ischemia reperfusion injury in the retina. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A causal mediation model of ischemia reperfusion injury in the retina. |
| title_short | A causal mediation model of ischemia reperfusion injury in the retina. |
| title_sort | causal mediation model of ischemia reperfusion injury in the retina |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5679526?pdf=render |
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