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Investigation of molecular regulation mechanism under the pathophysiology of subarachnoid hemorrhage

  • Yifei Weng EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: December 31, 2021

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the molecular mechanism under the pathophysiology of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and identify the potential biomarkers for predicting the risk of SAH. Differentially expressed mRNAs (DEGs), microRNAs, and lncRNAs were screened. Protein–protein interaction (PPI), drug–gene, and competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks were constructed to determine candidate RNAs. The optimized RNAs signature was established using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and recursive feature elimination algorithms. A total of 124 SAH-related DEGs were identified, and were enriched in inflammatory response, TNF signaling pathway, and others. PPI network revealed 118 hub genes such as TNF, MMP9, and TLR4. Drug–gene network revealed that chrysin targeted more genes, such as TNF and MMP9. JMJD1C-AS-hsa-miR-204-HDAC4/SIRT1 and LINC01144-hsa-miR-128-ADRB2/TGFBR3 regulatory axes were found from ceRNA network. From these networks, 125 candidate RNAs were obtained. Of which, an optimal 38 RNAs signatures (2 lncRNAs, 1 miRNA, and 35 genes) were identified to construct a Support Vector Machine classifier. The predictive value of 38 biomarkers had an AUC of 0.990. Similar predictive performance was found in external validation dataset (AUC of 0.845). Our findings provided the potential for 38 RNAs to serve as biomarkers for predicting the risk of SAH. However, their application values should be further validated in clinical.

1 Introduction

Intracranial aneurysm (IA) is one of the common neurological diseases, and its incidence rate in the general population is approximately 5% [1]. IA is characterized by localized dilation or ballooning of a cerebral artery. Once an IA ruptures, a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) typically develops [2,3]. SAH is a severe subtype of stroke, occurring in people about 50 years old [4]. Previous research revealed that environmental exposures and genetic predisposition play a role in the susceptibility of SAH, and the estimated heritability is about 40% [5]. Recently, despite considerable advances in therapy for IAs, SAH remains a highly challenging condition associated with a high socioeconomic burden [6,7]. SAH is a critical disease that has to be treated immediately. Therefore, an in-depth understanding of the molecular mechanism of SAH is necessary for the treatment of SAH. In addition, early screening and early active management and prevention of SAH help to reduce the mortality and disability rate of SAH patients. For these two purposes, this study was designed to investigate the molecular mechanism under the pathophysiology of SAH and to identify potential biomarkers that could predict the risk of SAH.

With the development of bioinformatics, gene expression profiling has been widely used to identify the biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of SAH [8]. Wang et al. found that six hub genes, BASP1, CEBPB, ECHDC2, GZMK, KLHL3, and SLC2A3, were determined as biomarkers to assess the progression and rupture of IAs [3]. It is known that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) interact with mRNAs, and microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate many processes, such as transcription, translation, regulation of cell differentiation and cell cycle [9]. Interestingly, non-coding RNAs, comprising miRNAs and lncRNAs, play an important role in IAs and SAH [10]. Besides, lncRNAs detected from the biological fluids may be used as non-invasive biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of IAs and SAH [11]. For instance, lncRNA MALAT1 expression was independently associated with the poor overall survival for IAs, and the overexpression of MALAT1 predicted an higher risk of death in IA patients [12]. Circulating miRNAs (such as miR-16 and miR-25) may be novel biological markers that are useful in assessing the likelihood of IA occurrence [13]. Unfortunately, because of poor understanding of the mechanisms of SAH, current diagnosis and treatment of SAH can be inconsistent and/or ineffective [14,15]. Especially, the effects of core RNAs on the progression and prognosis of SAH patients have not been fully identified.

In the present research, we aimed to screen the SAH-related RNAs as biomarkers to provide new insights for the early screening, diagnosis, and treatment of SAH. For this aim, GSE36791 [16] and GSE73378 [15] datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database were reanalyzed. A flowchart presenting the experimental design of this study is illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 1 
               Flow diagram of the present study.
Figure 1

Flow diagram of the present study.

2 Materials and methods

2.1 Data collection and preprocessing

The microarray datasets searched by terms of “subarachnoid hemorrhage” and “Homo sapiens” were acquired in the GEO database as of 2 January 2021. For the purpose of this research, the dataset screening criteria were as follows: (1) blood samples; (2) samples of SAH patients and controls; and (3) the total number of samples >50. There were two datasets meeting the screening criteria, GSE73378 [15] and GSE36791 [16] datasets. The GSE73378 dataset had a total of 226 samples, of which 210 blood samples including 103 SAH samples and 107 control samples were analyzed in this study. GSE36791 dataset had a total of 61 blood samples including 43 SAH samples and 18 control samples. The platform of these two datasets was GPL10558 Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip. The corresponding platform annotation files were downloaded from Ensembl genome browser 96 database. Then, the probes in the two datasets were annotated to lncRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs based on the annotation files. Of the two datasets, all the analyses were performed based on GSE73378 dataset, and GSE36791 was used just for validation of the expression and predictive performance of the selected feature RNAs.

2.2 Assessment of differentially expressed RNAs

In GSE73378 dataset, the differentially expressed mRNAs (DEGs), miRNAs (DEMs), and lncRNAs (DELs) from SAH samples and normal samples were analyzed using the limma package (Version 3.34.7) [17] in R 3.6.1 language. The cutoff for differentially expressed RNAs (RNAs) screening was a false discovery rate (FDR) < 0.05 and |log2 FC| > 0.263 (1.2 fold changes). Euclidean distance-based two-way hierarchical clustering analysis [18,19] was performed for the identified DERs using the pheatmap package (Version 1.0.8) [20] in R 3.6.1 language.

2.3 SAH-related DEGs screening and functional enrichment analysis

SAH-associated genes were downloaded from DisGeNET database [21] by term of “subarachnoid hemorrhage.” The SAH-associated genes from DisGeNET database were used as the reference gene sets, gene set enrichment analysis was performed for all genes detected in GSE73378 dataset (genes were ranked by corresponding log FC value) using GSEA software (http://software.broadinstitute.org/gsea/index.jsp) [22] to further identify SAH-associated genes from GSE73378 dataset. Then, the obtained SAH disease-related genes were merged with DEGs, and the overlapped genes were selected as the SAH-related DEGs. The SAH-related DEGs were used to perform Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis (biological process) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses with the DAVID online tool (version 6.8) [23,24]. FDR < 0.05 was considered to be significantly enriched.

2.4 Construction of protein–protein interaction (PPI) network

Interactions among the protein-coding genes in SAH-related DEGs were retrieved from the STRING database (Version 11.0) [25] with PPI score of 0.4. PPI network was visualized using Cytoscape software (Version 3.6.1) [26] based on interaction pairs.

2.5 Construction of the drug–gene network

Connectivity Map (CMap) resource was created to connect human diseases with the genes that underlie them and drugs that treat them. CMap is the first installment of a reference collection of gene-expression profiles from cultured human cells treated with small bioactive molecules, for uncovering the functional connections among diseases, genetic perturbation, and drug action [27,28]. The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD) is a public resource based on published literature, manually curated associations among genes, chemicals, phenotypes, diseases, and environmental exposures [29]. To predict the small molecule drugs that target the SAH-related DEGs, both CMap and CTD were used. First, SAH-related DEGs were searched from CMap database to obtain the drug molecule–gene interactions. Second, the SAH-related DEGs were uploaded to CTD database to obtain the drug molecule–gene interactions. Then, the overlapped drug molecule–gene interactions from the two databases were selected. Finally, the drug–gene network was visualized based on the selected drug molecule–gene interactions using Cytoscape 3.6.1 software.

2.6 Construction of competing endogenous RNA (CeRNA) network

The connection relationship between DELs and DEMs was constructed by the DIANA-LncBase v2 database [30], and the lncRNA–miRNA interactions with negative correlations of their expression level were selected. The DEMs-associated target genes (miRNA–mRNA) were predicted using five miRNA databases including TargetScan Version7.2 [31], picTar [32], miRanda [33], RNA22 [34], and PITA [35]. The miRNA–target gene interaction pairs were selected if they were predicted in more than three databases and were further filtered by SAH-related DEGs. Finally, the ceRNA network was established by integrating lncRNA–miRNA interactions and miRNA–mRNA interactions using Cytoscape 3.6.1 software.

2.7 Screening of optimal RNAs signature

All RNAs (mRNAs, miRNAs, and lncRNAs) contained in these three networks were used to screen characteristic RNAs by two different algorithms: least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and recursive feature elimination (RFE). In brief, R 3.6.1 lars package (Version 1.2, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/lars/index.html) [36] was used to perform the regression analysis to screen characteristic RNAs. The RFE algorithm in the R 3.6.1 caret package (Version 6.0-76, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/caret) [37] was also used to screen the optimal characteristic RNAs. Then, we compared the results of the two algorithms and selected the overlapping RNAs as the final feature RNAs signature.

2.8 Evaluation and validation of optimal RNAs signature

We first extracted the expression of the optimal feature RNAs from GSE73378 dataset and GSE36791 dataset. Their expression levels in SAH and normal samples were displayed. Afterward, the Support Vector Machine (SVM) from R 3.6.1 e1071 (Version 1.6-8, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/e1071) [38] was used to construct the SVM classifier based on the optimal feature RNAs signature (Core: Sigmoid Kernel; Cross: 100-fold cross-validation). Both GSE73378 dataset and GSE36791 dataset were used for classifier construction. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed with R 3.6.1 pROC (Version 1.12.1, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/pROC/index.html) [39] to calculate the performance of the SVM classifier for SAH. The R codes used in this study have been provided in an additional file.

3 Results

3.1 Differentially expressed RNAs in SAH

A total of 920 lncRNAs, 351 miRNAs, and 14,898 mRNAs were annotated. Then, 663 differentially expressed RNAs (including 17 DELs, 25 DEMs, and 621 DEGs) were identified based on the cutoff value of |log2 FC| > 0.263 and FDR < 0.05. Of which 228 RNAs were upregulated, and 435 were downregulated (Figure 2a). The pheatmap showed samples could be obviously distinguished into SAH and normal groups based on the differential expression level of DERs (Figure 2b).

Figure 2 
                  Differentially expressed RNAs analysis. (a) Volcano plot of DERs identified using the edgeR package. Red and green points indicated upregulated and downregulated DERs, respectively (|log2 FC| > 0.263), FC: fold change. (b) Pheatmap of DERs. Black and white color indicated the samples from patients with SAH and controls, respectively.
Figure 2

Differentially expressed RNAs analysis. (a) Volcano plot of DERs identified using the edgeR package. Red and green points indicated upregulated and downregulated DERs, respectively (|log2 FC| > 0.263), FC: fold change. (b) Pheatmap of DERs. Black and white color indicated the samples from patients with SAH and controls, respectively.

3.2 SAH-related DEGs identification and function enrichment

From the DisGeNET database, a total of 470 genes associated with SAH were obtained. Then, GSEA was performed for all genes in SAH with the reference gene sets of SAH-associated genes from DisGeNET, and a total of 354 SAH-related genes were obtained (Figure 3a). Next the 354 SAH-related genes were compared with 621 DEGs, and a total of 124 overlapping genes were obtained as SAH-related DEGs. Enrichment analysis showed that these genes were enriched in 106 GO-biological processes, such as GO:0071260 – cellular response to mechanical stimulus, GO:0045944 – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, GO:0048661 – positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation, GO:0006954 – inflammatory response, and GO:0001666 – response to hypoxia (Figure 3b). In addition, 43 KEGG pathways were significantly enriched for these genes, including hsa05200: pathways in cancer, hsa04668: TNF signaling pathway, hsa04010: MAPK signaling pathway, hsa04066: HIF-1 signaling pathway, and hsa04068: FoxO signaling pathway (Figure 3c).

Figure 3 
                  Identification of differentially expressed genes related with SAH. (a) Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) identified SAH-related genes. (b) The significantly enriched biological processes and (c) KEGG pathways.
Figure 3

Identification of differentially expressed genes related with SAH. (a) Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) identified SAH-related genes. (b) The significantly enriched biological processes and (c) KEGG pathways.

3.3 Construction of PPI network

The SAH-related DEGs were entered into the STRING database, and a total of 830 PPI networks were generated. The PPI network, including 118 gene nodes, was constructed as shown in Figure 4a. The first ten hub genes, TNF, AKT1, TP53, MMP9, TLR4, STAT3, IL1B, TLR2, MYC, and CXCR4, were screened with the highest degree.

Figure 4 
                  Networks construction. (a) The PPI network. The change in the color of the node from green to red indicates the change in the degree of significant difference from significantly down to up; the size of the node indicates the degree of connectivity of the node in the network. (b) The ceRNA network. Square, triangle, and circle represent lncRNA, miRNA, and mRNA, respectively. The change in the color of the node from green to red indicated the change in log FC from low to high.
Figure 4

Networks construction. (a) The PPI network. The change in the color of the node from green to red indicates the change in the degree of significant difference from significantly down to up; the size of the node indicates the degree of connectivity of the node in the network. (b) The ceRNA network. Square, triangle, and circle represent lncRNA, miRNA, and mRNA, respectively. The change in the color of the node from green to red indicated the change in logFC from low to high.

3.4 Construction of the drug–gene network

From CMAP database, a total of 23 chemicals were obtained to target SAH-related DEGs with the threshold of |Pearson R| > 0.75 and P < 0.05. The drug–gene pairs related to these 23 chemicals were further selected from the CTD database, and a total of 22 drug–gene pairs were obtained to establish a drug–gene network (Figure A1, Table A1). The network contained ten upregulated genes, five downregulated genes, and five small molecule drugs (coralyne, alexidine, enilconazole, chrysin, and arachidonyltrifluoromethane). Chrysin was found to target more genes, such as TNF, AKT1, and MMP9.

3.5 CeRNA network construction

Using the DIANA-LncBase v2 database, seven lncRNA–miRNA interactions involving three miRNAs and five lncRNAs with the negative correlation of their expression levels were obtained. Then, the target genes were predicted for 3 miRNAs in lncRNA–miRNA interactions, and then the target genes were filtered by SAH-related DEGs, and a total of 21 pairs of miRNA–mRNA connections were found. The ceRNA network was established via integration with lncRNA–miRNA and miRNA–mRNA interactions (Figure 4b). The ceRNA network comprised 29 nodes, including 5 lncRNAs, 3 miRNAs, and 21 mRNAs. Notably, upregulated JMJD1C-AS1 may function as a ceRNA to suppress the inhibitory effects of hsa-miR-204 on HDAC4 and SIRT1, thus leading to their upregulated expression. Similarly, upregulated MEG3 may regulate the expression of TGFBR3 and GSK3B by binding to hsa-miR-128. In addition, LINC01144 – hsa-miR-128 – ADRB2/TGFBR3 regulatory axis was found. We further performed correlation analysis for lncRNA and their associated mRNAs in ceRNA network (Table A2), and weak positive correlations were found. There was a significant positive correlation between LINC01287 and STAT3 (r = 0.35; p < 0.01), indicating that LINC01287 – hsa-miR-204 – STAT3 was a potential important ceRNA regulatory axis.

3.6 Screening and verification of SAH-related RNAs

LASSO and RFE algorithms were used to screen characteristic RNAs signatures from all RNAs in the three networks. In the training set (GSE73378), a total of 90 RNAs and 52 RNAs were obtained using LASSO and RFE, respectively (Figure 5a and b). Furthermore, a total of 38 overlapping RNAs were obtained as optimal characteristic RNAs signature, including 2 lncRNAs (JMJD1C-AS1 and LINC01144), 1 miRNA (hsa-miR-510), and 35 genes (TLR4, MMP9, ADRB2, TGFBR3, among others) (Table 1). The expression levels of the optimal characteristic RNAs signature in SAH and normal samples are displayed in Figure 6a and b. Only the two lncRNAs, one miRNA, and top ten mRNAs (ranking by log FC) were displayed. In the GSE73378 dataset, all the 13 RNAs were significantly differentially expressed in the SAH sample compared to that of control samples (Figure 6a). While, in the GSE36791 dataset, the two lncRNAs (JMJD1C-AS1 and LINC01144), hsa-miR-510, and mRNAs (KLF4 and TRPM4) showed no statistical difference on their expression levels between SAH and normal samples (Figure 6b).

Figure 5 
                  The optimal RNAs signature screened by the LASSO and RFE algorithms. (a) The standardized coefficients in LASSO algorithm; (b) cross-validation showed best accuracy at the variables of 90 in RFE.
Figure 5

The optimal RNAs signature screened by the LASSO and RFE algorithms. (a) The standardized coefficients in LASSO algorithm; (b) cross-validation showed best accuracy at the variables of 90 in RFE.

Table 1

The optimal 38 RNAs signature (including 2 lncRNAs, 1 miRNA, and 35 genes) screened by LASSO and RFE algorithms

ID Symbol Type Log2 FC P value FDR Regulation (up/down)
ILMN_1677589 JMJD1C-AS1 lncRNA 0.297887125 5.10 × 106 0.004133736 Up
ILMN_1690382 LINC01144 lncRNA −0.269639525 2.14 × 106 0.00173673 Down
ILMN_3310690 hsa-miR-510 miRNA −0.28978015 5.83 × 106 0.004725453 Down
ILMN_1662809 SETD2 mRNA −0.273252525 0.000143801 0.009318308 Down
ILMN_1666924 PINK1 mRNA 0.349209875 0.000468661 0.030369229 Up
ILMN_1671054 HLA-A mRNA 0.27793335 0.000577726 0.037436671 Up
ILMN_1671818 UTS2 mRNA −0.304786475 0.000176825 0.011458233 Down
ILMN_1677511 PTGS2 mRNA 0.2805209 0.000522788 0.033876642 Up
ILMN_1677532 TARDBP mRNA −0.3606863 9.19 × 105 0.005955158 Down
ILMN_1679401 TRPM4 mRNA 0.350872575 1.62 × 105 0.001051006 Up
ILMN_1680424 CTSG mRNA −0.425172725 0.000364996 0.023651752 Down
ILMN_1680453 ITM2C mRNA −0.50531015 4.88 × 105 0.039519664 Down
ILMN_1680618 MYC mRNA 0.2905886 0.000607897 0.039391751 Up
ILMN_1689734 IL1RN mRNA 0.341397425 0.000695521 0.045069739 Up
ILMN_1695590 ADRB2 mRNA −0.3777768 0.000218822 0.014179666 Down
ILMN_1703617 AHSA1 mRNA −0.271606475 0.000419963 0.027213615 Down
ILMN_1706217 TLR4 mRNA 0.464493425 9.57 × 105 0.006198665 Up
ILMN_1708934 ADM mRNA 0.772645425 1.71 × 105 0.013866249 Up
ILMN_1710410 CHRM3 mRNA −0.27857305 7.68 × 105 0.004974289 Down
ILMN_1715715 CEBPA mRNA −0.304131125 0.000418064 0.027090539 Down
ILMN_1722622 CD163 mRNA 0.27239935 0.000605937 0.039264732 Up
ILMN_1728197 CLDN5 mRNA 0.32183615 0.000479949 0.031100715 Up
ILMN_1729161 NOTCH1 mRNA 0.30529195 5.49 × 105 0.044479822 Up
ILMN_1734830 MTHFR mRNA −0.28369415 3.74 × 105 0.03025829 Down
ILMN_1748661 AKT1 mRNA 0.276206975 0.000242712 0.015727718 Up
ILMN_1760778 ENG mRNA −0.2935118 0.000170384 0.011040888 Down
ILMN_1779857 KLF4 mRNA 0.374529375 0.000160395 0.010393626 Up
ILMN_1783889 PRKAA1 mRNA 0.2661743 1.77 × 105 0.014369739 Up
ILMN_1784287 TGFBR3 mRNA −0.509380675 0.0001915 0.01240917 Down
ILMN_1787386 ADAMTS13 mRNA 0.2707362 4.82 × 105 0.003125726 Up
ILMN_1791847 DAPK2 mRNA −0.297182 0.000465953 0.030193776 Down
ILMN_1796180 CRY2 mRNA −0.294307375 4.04 × 106 0.003268646 Down
ILMN_1796316 MMP9 mRNA −0.6874905 0.000225147 0.01458955 Down
ILMN_1800425 SLC9A1 mRNA −0.319644675 0.000369868 0.023967444 Down
ILMN_1809613 NGEF mRNA −0.28343285 9.99 × 105 0.006473637 Down
ILMN_1814327 AGTR1 mRNA −0.29794675 9.43 × 105 0.006112184 Down
ILMN_1815057 PDGFRB mRNA −0.338885 3.48 × 105 0.002256956 Down
ILMN_2267914 CD68 mRNA −0.305515875 0.000622021 0.040306975 Down
Figure 6 
                  Screening and verification of SAH-related RNAs. The expression of SAH-related RNAs in the (a) GSE73378 and (b) GSE36791 datasets. *P < 0.05; 0.005 <**P < 0.05; ***P < 0.005. ROC curves for SVM classifier constructed by 38 RNAs in the (c) GSE73378 and (d) GSE36791 datasets, respectively.
Figure 6

Screening and verification of SAH-related RNAs. The expression of SAH-related RNAs in the (a) GSE73378 and (b) GSE36791 datasets. *P < 0.05; 0.005 <**P < 0.05; ***P < 0.005. ROC curves for SVM classifier constructed by 38 RNAs in the (c) GSE73378 and (d) GSE36791 datasets, respectively.

To validate the diagnostic ability of the optimal characteristic RNAs signature, the SVM classifier were constructed in GSE73378 dataset, which showed well predictive value for SAH patients with an AUC of 0.990 (Figure 6c). The predictive value of these optimal characteristic RNAs signature was further validated in an external independent dataset (GSE36791). The SVM classifier still showed better performance with an AUC of 0.845 (Figure 6d). The results showed that the RNAs had a robust and stable predictive ability for SAH.

4 Discussion

This study aimed to discover effective diagnosis biomarkers for SAH by the analysis of sequencing data, which have the potential to guide future clinical and basic medical studies. In the present research, we first identified 621 DEGs, of which 124 SAH-related DEGs were obtained using DisGeNET and GSEA. These genes were enriched in the inflammatory response, cellular response to mechanical stimulus, TNF signaling pathway, and cancer-related pathways. Increasing studies have revealed that IA is closely related to the inflammatory response [40,41]. Moreover, inflammation and immune response have also been found to potentially contribute to the formation of IA [42]. Among these pathways associated with SAH, some studies have also confirmed the role of the TNF signaling pathway in diseases including SAH. The potential of TNF-α inhibitors has been reported to impact the pathogenesis of aneurismal SAH, and the TNF-α signaling pathway has been found to play an important role in the pathogenesis of SAH [43]. In IAs, TNF-α was up-expressed in wall tissues and associated with the type and diameter of the aneurysm [44]. According to these studies, we speculated that the TNF signaling pathway was implicated in SAH development.

PPI network for SAH-related DEGs showed that TNF, MMP9, and TLR4 were hub genes. It has been reported that venous levels of TNF-R1 were associated with poor outcomes at 6 months for SAH [45], and down-regulating TNF-α can inhibit the formation of IAs in vivo [44]. Thus, decreasing TNF expression may have the potential to inhibit SAH. MMP9 was found to be associated with TLR4 signaling activation, and downregulating MMP9 induced by LPS has a neuroprotective effect on brain injury caused by SAH [46]. In addition, TLR4 is a key player in the regulation of inflammation, and it has been found to be correlated with poor prognosis in SAH [47]. Our present results also confirmed that TLR4 was up-expressed in SAH. Subsequently, by constructing a ceRNA network, it was suggested that the downregulated lncRNA MEG3 may be particularly important for SAH, as it may function as a ceRNA for upregulating hsa-miR-128 expression, thus leading to the downregulation of ADRB2 and TGFBR3. Previous studies have shown that MEG3 is highly expressed in SAH, and MEG3 may promote SAH-induced neuronal cell injury by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway [48]. However, MEG3 has also been found to promote platelet phagocytosis by decreasing miR-128 expression to protect VECs from senescence [49]. To the best of our knowledge, the regulatory mechanisms of MEG3 in SAH need further experimental confirmation. Furthermore, TGFBR3 is involved in the activation of the TGF-β signaling pathway, and TGFBR3 is downregulated in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells [50]. In present data, TGFBR3 was downregulated in SAH, and overexpression of TGRBR3 may be an important therapeutic target in SAH treatment.

We identified 38 optimal characteristic RNAs signatures from the RNAs in these networks, which were used to construct the SVM classifier. The results of ROC curves investigated that these RNAs (such as JMJD1C-AS1, LINC01144, hsa-miR-510, TLR4, ADRB2, TGFBR3, and so on) were potential biomarkers for predicting SAH. MiR-510 has been reported to be significantly downregulated in ovarian serous carcinoma (OSC), and it is a novel candidate biomarker for predicting the symptoms of OSC [51]. However, the role of miR-510 and lncRNAs, JMJD1C-AS1 and LINC01144, in SAH has not been reported. LINC01144-hsa-miR-128-ADRB2/TGFBR3 regulatory axis was found from our ceRNA network, LINC01144 may play a role in SAH by regulating ADRB2 and TGFBR3 expression. ADRB2 encodes adrenoceptor beta 2. Adrenoceptor polymorphisms are associated with an increased risk of cardiac abnormalities after SAH [52], β-adrenoceptor antagonists have been found to suppress the elevation of IL-6 after SAH in rats [53]. TGFBR3 is a transforming growth factor (TGF) beta receptor. TGF-β1/Smad/CTGF pathway was inhibited by rhDecorin to prevent development of hydrocephalus after SAH [54]. Knockdown of TGF-β1 in human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells could attenuate SAH-induced chronic hydrocephalus, upregulation of inflammatory cytokines, and other behavioral changes [55]. Considering the important role of ADRB2 and TGFBR3 in SAH, we speculated that LINC01144 was involved in the development of SAH. However, elucidation of the roles of these lncRNAs associated with the screening and prevention of patients with SAH requires further investigation.

We suggested that these identified RNA biomarkers could help doctors to predict the risk of SAH and intervene as soon as possible. Although the feature RNAs were identified just based on the GSE73378 dataset, these feature RNAs still showed well predictive performance in another dataset with different inclusion criteria for patients (patients had the last episode of aneurysmal SAH at least two years in GSE73378 dataset, while this is not mentioned in GSE36791 dataset), which further indicated the stability and reliability of feature RNAs in predicting risk of SAH. Additionally, though the expression and predictive value of these feature RNAs have been validated using another external independent dataset (GSE36791), experimental verification is still indispensable in the future. In addition, the clinical value of these biomarkers should be further confirmed.

5 Conclusion

In summary, gene expression profile analysis revealed a large scale of expression pattern changes in RNAs under the pathophysiology of SAH, and they were mainly implicated in the inflammatory response, TNF signaling pathway. We further identified 38 RNAs, including 2 lncRNAs (JMJD1C-AS1 and LINC01144), 1 miRNA (hsa-miR-510), and 35 genes (TLR4, ADRB2, TGFBR3, among others) as potential blood biomarkers for screening patients with SAH. This 38 RNAs signature had a better predictive performance for SAH risk. LINC01144 might regulate ADRB2/TGFBR3 expression by sponging hsa-miR-128. These findings of the present study contributed to understanding the molecular mechanism of SAH deeply and also provided the potential biomarkers for the screening and prevention of SAH. However, their application values should be further validated in clinical.


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Appendix

Figure A1 
                  The drug–gene network. Circles and diamonds represent genes and chemicals, respectively. Red color represented the upregulated gene, and green represented a downregulated gene.
Figure A1

The drug–gene network. Circles and diamonds represent genes and chemicals, respectively. Red color represented the upregulated gene, and green represented a downregulated gene.

Table A1

The detailed information for the predicted drug–gene interactions

# Chemical name Gene symbol Chemical ID Gene ID Organism Organism ID Interaction Interaction actions PubMed IDs
Coralyne IL6R C000666 3570 Homo sapiens 9606 Coralyne results in decreased expression of IL6R protein modified form Decreases expression 20116850
Alexidine IL6R C001570 3570 Homo sapiens 9606 Alexidine results in decreased expression of IL6R protein modified form Decreases expression 20116850
Enilconazole ALDH2 C017435 217 Homo sapiens 9606 Enilconazole results in decreased expression of ALDH2 mRNA Decreases expression 32201337
Enilconazole IL1B C017435 3553 Mus musculus 10090 Enilconazole results in increased expression of IL1B mRNA Increases expression 27393971
Enilconazole KLF4 C017435 9314 Mus musculus 10090 Enilconazole affects the expression of KLF4 mRNA Affects expression 29106682
Enilconazole LCN2 C017435 3934 Mus musculus 10090 Enilconazole results in increased expression of LCN2 Increases expression 27393971
Enilconazole PTGS2 C017435 5743 Mus musculus 10090 Enilconazole binds to and results in decreased activity of PTGS2 protein which results in decreased chemical synthesis of and results in decreased secretion of Prostaglandin D2 Affects binding|decreases activity|decreases chemical synthesis|decreases secretion 26359731
Enilconazole TNF C017435 7124 Mus musculus 10090 Enilconazole results in increased expression of TNF mRNA Increases expression 27393971
Chrysin AKT1 C043561 207 Homo sapiens 9606 Chrysin inhibits the reaction [AKT1 protein results in increased expression of MMP10 protein] Decreases reaction|increases expression 24122885
Chrysin GCLC C043561 2729 Rattus norvegicus 10116 Chrysin dose-dependently up-regulated the protein expression of glutamate cysteine ligase (GCL) catalytic (GCLC) and modifier subunit (GCLM) Affects binding|decreases activity|decreases reaction|increases chemical synthesis 22864849
Chrysin IL1B C043561 3553 Homo sapiens 9606 Chrysin inhibits the reaction [nickel chloride results in increased expression of IL1B protein] Decreases reaction|increases expression 30016632
Chrysin MMP10 C043561 4319 Homo sapiens 9606 Chrysin inhibits the reaction [AKT1 protein results in increased expression of MMP10 protein] Decreases reaction|increases expression 24122885
Chrysin MMP9 C043561 4318 Homo sapiens 9606 Chrysin inhibits the reaction [nickel chloride results in increased expression of and results in increased activity of MMP9 protein] Decreases reaction|increases activity|increases expression 30016632
Chrysin MYD88 C043561 4615 Homo sapiens 9606 Chrysin inhibits the reaction [nickel chloride results in increased expression of MYD88 mRNA] Decreases reaction|increases expression 30016632
Chrysin PTGS2 C043561 5743 Rattus norvegicus 10116 Chrysin inhibits the reaction [Freund’s Adjuvant results in increased expression of PTGS2 protein] Decreases reaction|increases expression 24932515
Chrysin RELA C043561 5970 Homo sapiens 9606 Chrysin results in decreased expression of RELA protein Decreases expression 30578657
Chrysin TLR4 C043561 7099 Rattus norvegicus 10116 Chrysin inhibits the reaction [Thioacetamide results in increased expression of TLR4 mRNA] Decreases reaction|increases expression 30500344
Chrysin TNF C043561 7124 Rattus norvegicus 10116 Silymarin promotes the reaction (chrysin inhibits the reaction [Acetaminophen results in increased expression of TNF protein]) Decreases reaction|increases expression|increases reaction 31625388
Chrysin TP53 C043561 7157 Rattus norvegicus 10116 Chrysin inhibits the reaction [Testosterone results in decreased expression of TP53 mRNA] Decreases expression|decreases reaction 29247772
Arachidonyltrifluoromethane IL1B C081565 3553 Homo sapiens 9606 Arachidonyltrifluoromethane inhibits the reaction (NAD inhibits the reaction [3′-O-(4-benzoyl)benzoyladenosine 5’-triphosphate results in increased secretion of IL1B protein]) Decreases reaction|increases secretion 29642561
Arachidonyltrifluoromethane PTGS2 C081565 5743 Mus musculus 10090 Arachidonyltrifluoromethane inhibits the reaction [tetrachlorodibenzodioxin results in increased activity of PTGS2 protein] Decreases reaction|increases activity 19063610
Arachidonyltrifluoromethane TNF C081565 7124 Homo sapiens 9606 Arachidonyltrifluoromethane inhibits the reaction [TNF protein results in increased expression of SOD2] Decreases reaction|increases expression 11264281
Table A2

Correlation analysis results for lncRNA and their associated mRNAs in ceRNA network

DElncRNA DEmRNA P value Cor
LINC01287 STAT3 0.002185022 0.346095443
LINC01144 RABGEF1 0.01566732 0.076406814
MEG3 ENO2 0.035022817 0.0051276
LINC00305 DENR 0.07519792 0.171671465
LINC01144 GORASP1 0.103475631 0.012136242
MEG3 GSK3B 0.115897555 0.22090058
JMJD1C-AS1 HDAC4 0.132741279 0.146195814
LINC01287 CXCR4 0.147614043 0.146372974
LINC01144 SETD2 0.154924645 0.031606782
LINC00305 CD44 0.16762594 0.030003851
MEG3 MNT 0.194071109 0.17576912
LINC00305 RPS6KA5 0.29245268 0.015048382
LINC00305 TXNIP 0.412733498 0.015264142
MEG3 GORASP1 0.414505273 0.214254126
JMJD1C-AS1 CXCR4 0.425698672 0.192223608
MEG3 ADRB2 0.439984979 0.254273266
JMJD1C-AS1 BIRC2 0.472841434 0.170991838
LINC00305 SIRT1 0.538544746 0.00332312
JMJD1C-AS1 STAT3 0.554945082 0.086126879
JMJD1C-AS1 HIF1A 0.695596063 0.035741985
MEG3 RABGEF1 0.708916655 0.175062031
LINC00305 CXCR4 0.746472986 0.199083358
LINC00305 TGFBR2 0.759578309 0.038602594
LINC00305 BIRC2 0.8264802 0.066127226
MEG3 TGFBR3 0.862145773 0.160751671

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Received: 2021-09-06
Revised: 2021-10-27
Accepted: 2021-11-10
Published Online: 2021-12-31

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