Bioinformatics-based analysis of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma: cellular heterogeneity, therapeutic targets, and drug discovery

Fatty acid (FA) reprogramming has a significant role in liver cancer. However, the contribution of FA metabolism reprogramming to the heterogeneity of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been established. Bioinformatics analysis using single-cell sequencing, a non-negative matrix factorization (N...

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Main Authors: Yingying Guo, Run Shi, Yu Xu, William C. Cho, Jun Yang, You Yeon Choi, Jing Sun, Yan Ma, Olga Pozharitskaya, Alexander Shikov, Hongliang Li, Minglun Li, Zhenpeng Qiu, Woong Mo Yang, Pierre Duez, Hongxi Xu, Xuanbin Wang
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Published: Compuscript Ltd 2024-11-01
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author Yingying Guo
Run Shi
Yu Xu
William C. Cho
Jun Yang
You Yeon Choi
Jing Sun
Yan Ma
Olga Pozharitskaya
Alexander Shikov
Hongliang Li
Minglun Li
Zhenpeng Qiu
Woong Mo Yang
Pierre Duez
Hongxi Xu
Xuanbin Wang
author_facet Yingying Guo
Run Shi
Yu Xu
William C. Cho
Jun Yang
You Yeon Choi
Jing Sun
Yan Ma
Olga Pozharitskaya
Alexander Shikov
Hongliang Li
Minglun Li
Zhenpeng Qiu
Woong Mo Yang
Pierre Duez
Hongxi Xu
Xuanbin Wang
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description Fatty acid (FA) reprogramming has a significant role in liver cancer. However, the contribution of FA metabolism reprogramming to the heterogeneity of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been established. Bioinformatics analysis using single-cell sequencing, a non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) algorithm, and survival analyses were used to investigate FA metabolism reprogramming in HCC patients. Molecular targets and the progress of drug discovery were also analyzed and discussed. Among 13 types of HCC cells, epithelial cells exhibited the highest score for FA metabolic aberrance, while certain lymphocytes, such as B cells, CD8Tcm cells, and Treg cells, exhibited the lowest score. Furthermore, epithelial cells displayed significant diversity in FA metabolism with a wide distribution range (−0.2 to 0.8). Additionally, a low level of FA metabolism was associated with poor prognosis in HCC patients (log-rank test, P =0.0089). Higher oxidase expression was correlated with a lower risk of oncogenesis and higher overall survival. However, enzymes involved in synthesis, oxidation, storage, and release exhibited considerable phenotypic diversity in HCC. FA metabolism reprograming was shown to be significantly correlated with the heterogeneity of HCC, which is characterized by a diversity of cancerous cells and enzymes.
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spelling doaj-art-56cc9cd5a27a4175a8d714244b6877252025-08-20T03:27:17ZengCompuscript LtdActa Materia Medica2737-79462024-11-013447750810.15212/AMM-2024-0057Bioinformatics-based analysis of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma: cellular heterogeneity, therapeutic targets, and drug discoveryYingying GuoRun ShiYu XuWilliam C. ChoJun YangYou Yeon ChoiJing SunYan MaOlga PozharitskayaAlexander ShikovHongliang LiMinglun LiZhenpeng QiuWoong Mo YangPierre DuezHongxi XuXuanbin WangFatty acid (FA) reprogramming has a significant role in liver cancer. However, the contribution of FA metabolism reprogramming to the heterogeneity of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been established. Bioinformatics analysis using single-cell sequencing, a non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) algorithm, and survival analyses were used to investigate FA metabolism reprogramming in HCC patients. Molecular targets and the progress of drug discovery were also analyzed and discussed. Among 13 types of HCC cells, epithelial cells exhibited the highest score for FA metabolic aberrance, while certain lymphocytes, such as B cells, CD8Tcm cells, and Treg cells, exhibited the lowest score. Furthermore, epithelial cells displayed significant diversity in FA metabolism with a wide distribution range (−0.2 to 0.8). Additionally, a low level of FA metabolism was associated with poor prognosis in HCC patients (log-rank test, P =0.0089). Higher oxidase expression was correlated with a lower risk of oncogenesis and higher overall survival. However, enzymes involved in synthesis, oxidation, storage, and release exhibited considerable phenotypic diversity in HCC. FA metabolism reprograming was shown to be significantly correlated with the heterogeneity of HCC, which is characterized by a diversity of cancerous cells and enzymes.https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/AMM-2024-0057
spellingShingle Yingying Guo
Run Shi
Yu Xu
William C. Cho
Jun Yang
You Yeon Choi
Jing Sun
Yan Ma
Olga Pozharitskaya
Alexander Shikov
Hongliang Li
Minglun Li
Zhenpeng Qiu
Woong Mo Yang
Pierre Duez
Hongxi Xu
Xuanbin Wang
Bioinformatics-based analysis of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma: cellular heterogeneity, therapeutic targets, and drug discovery
Acta Materia Medica
title Bioinformatics-based analysis of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma: cellular heterogeneity, therapeutic targets, and drug discovery
title_full Bioinformatics-based analysis of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma: cellular heterogeneity, therapeutic targets, and drug discovery
title_fullStr Bioinformatics-based analysis of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma: cellular heterogeneity, therapeutic targets, and drug discovery
title_full_unstemmed Bioinformatics-based analysis of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma: cellular heterogeneity, therapeutic targets, and drug discovery
title_short Bioinformatics-based analysis of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma: cellular heterogeneity, therapeutic targets, and drug discovery
title_sort bioinformatics based analysis of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma cellular heterogeneity therapeutic targets and drug discovery
url https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/AMM-2024-0057
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