Colorectal cancer is the third most common type of
cancer and the fourth leading cause of
cancer-associated mortality worldwide.
Serine/
arginine-rich
splicing factor 1 (SRSF1) is a well-characterized oncogenic factor that promotes
tumorigenesis by controlling a number of alternative splicing events. However, there is limited network analysis, from a global aspect, to study the effect of SRSF1 on
colorectal cancer. In the present study, Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis of available gene regulation data from The
Cancer Genome Atlas database revealed the enriched functions and signaling pathways of SRSF1. Subsequently, Oncomine analysis was performed, which demonstrated that SRSF1 was upregulated in a number of types of
colon cancer. From overlapping the analysis of 2,678 SRSF1-related genes and 3,625
colorectal cancer genes in GeneCards, 468 genes were identified as SRSF1-related
colorectal cancer genes. The GO results revealed that these overlapped genes were primarily enriched in metabolic processes, response to DNA damage, regulation of the cell cycle and a number of additional biological processes. KEGG pathway analysis revealed that SRSF1-related
colorectal cancer genes were associated with the cell cycle, deregulated signaling pathways associated with
cancer progression and
colorectal cancer signaling pathways. In addition, the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/
Proteins database and Cytoscape analysis demonstrated that 468 SRSF1-related
colorectal cancer genes exhibit potential interaction networks in which these genes were enriched in
DNA metabolic processes, cell cycle regulation and regulation of apoptosis. The results of the present study suggested that SRSF1 exhibited an increased degree of interaction with key molecules, including NUF2 NDC80 kinetochore complex component,
kinesin family member 2C, structural maintenance of chromosomes 3, ATM
serine/threonine kinase, BRCA1 DNA repair associated,
protein kinase DNA-activated catalytic
polypeptide,
heat shock protein 90 alpha family class A member 1,
ras homolog family member A, and
phosphatase and
tensin homolog. Collectively, the bioinformatics analysis of the present study indicated that SRSF1 may have key functions in the progression and development of
colorectal cancer.