Biological function of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 gene in coronary heart disease and its mediated primary regulatory network: a literature based secondary analysis

Abstract

To explore the biological function of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) gene in coronary heart disease (CHD) and to establish a primary regulatory network mediated by ICAM-1 gene. The databases were searched from January 1st 2006 to December 31st 2018, including Wanfang, CNKI, VIP, Google scholar and PubMed databases for published researches on clinical study of CHD gene ICAM-1. The experimental group was CHD patients, and the control group was healthy people. Meta-analysis was employed to analyze the relationship between ICAM-1 gene and CHD. Gene Ontology (GO) and KEGG Pathway database were employed to conduct function annotation and pathway analysis. A total of 8 papers were enrolled into this analysis, Meta-analysis showed that the level of ICAM-1 in the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group [mean difference (MD) = 15.29, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 10.95-19.62, P < 0.000 01], surface ICAM-1 was significantly related with CHD. The GO analysis results showed that ICAM-1 molecular function mainly involved virus receptor activity, receptor activity, transmembrane signal receptor activity, protein binding, etc.; cell components mainly involve plasma membrane integral components, immune synapses, plasma membrane, etc.; biological processes mainly involve the positive regulation of cell adhesion, leukocyte adhesion, leukocyte migration and leukocyte adhesion, etc. A primary CHD regulatory network mediated by ICAM-1 gene was established based on KEGG Pathway database, and ICAM-1 was mainly expressed in endothelial cells, and further regulated the occurrence and development of CHD by promoting the proliferation of leukocytes. ICAM-1 may regulate the occurrence and development of CHD by regulating the related biological processes of leukocytes. The successful establishment of the ICAM-1 mediated CHD regulatory network can lay a theoretical foundation for further exploring the specific regulatory role of ICAM-1 and other related genes in CHD occurrence.