scholarly journals The Prediction and Prognostic Significance of INPP5K Expression in Patients with Liver Cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ruobing Wang ◽  
Yan Jiao ◽  
Yanqing Li ◽  
Siyang Ye ◽  
Guoqiang Pan ◽  
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Liver cancer is a devastating disease for humans with poor prognosis. Although the survival rate of patients with liver cancer has improved in the past decades, the recurrence and metastasis of liver cancer are still obstacles for us. Inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase K (INPP5K) belongs to the family of phosphoinositide 5-phosphatases (PI 5-phosphatases), which have been reported to be associated with cell migration, polarity, adhesion, and cell invasion, especially in cancers. However, there have been few studies on the correlation of INPP5K and liver cancer. In this study, we explored the prognostic significance of INPP5K in liver cancer through bioinformatics analysis of data collected from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Chi-square and Fisher exact tests were used to evaluate the relationship between INPP5K expression and clinical characteristics. Our results showed that low INPP5K expression was correlated with poor outcomes in liver cancer patients. Univariate and multivariate Cox analyses demonstrated that low INPP5K mRNA expression played a significant role in shortening overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS), which might serve as the useful biomarker and prognostic factor for liver cancer. In conclusion, low INPP5K mRNA expression is an independent risk factor for poor prognosis in liver cancer.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruobing Wang ◽  
Yan Jiao ◽  
Yanqing Li ◽  
Yueyuan Wang ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Trophinin‑associated protein (TROAP) was known as the tastin, which originally recognized as a cytosolic protein involved in embryo implantation. Increasing studies have revealed that high expression of TROAP is related with poor outcomes in cancers. However, there have been few studies on the correlation of TROAP and pancreatic cancer. This study aimed to explore the prognostic significance of TROAP in pancreatic cancer by mining the data collected from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset. Methods: Clinical information and the RNA expression data were obtained from the TCGA dataset. The correlations between clinical information and TROAP mRNA expression were performed by chi-square and Fisher exact tests. Univariate Cox analyses were used to filter the potential prognostic factors. The correlations between TROAP expression and clinical characteristics of patients with pancreatic cancer were confirmed by multivariate Cox analyses.Results: Analysis of tumor data showed that high expression of TROAP was correlated with poor outcomes in pancreatic cancer patients. Univariate and multivariate Cox analyses demonstrated that TROAP mRNA expression played an important role in shorting overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS), which might serve as the useful biomarker and prognostic factor for pancreatic cancer. Conclusions: TROAP was an independent risk factor for pancreatic cancer. TROAP has the potential to be a biomarker, especially in predicting prognosis.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Du ◽  
Jinguo Wang

Abstract Background: The expression and molecular mechanism of cysteine rich transmembrane module containing 1 (CYSTM1) in human tumor cells remains unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether CYSTM1 could be used as a potential prognostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods: We first demonstrated the relationship between CYSTM1 expression and HCC in various public databases. Secondly, Kaplan–Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazard regression model were performed to evaluate the relationship between the expression of CYSTM1 and the survival of HCC patients which data was downloaded in the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) database. Finally, we used the expression data of CYSTM1 in TCGA database to predict CYSTM1-related signaling pathways through bioinformatics analysis.Results: The expression level of CYSTM1 in HCC tissues was significantly correlated with T stage (p = 0.039). In addition, Kaplan–Meier analysis showed that the expression of CYSTM1 was significantly associated with poor prognosis in patients with early-stage HCC (p = 0.003). Multivariate analysis indicated that CYSTM1 is a potential predictor of poor prognosis in HCC patients (p = 0.036). The results of biosynthesis analysis demonstrated that the data set of CYSTM1 high expression was mainly enriched in neurodegeneration and oxidative phosphorylation pathways.Conclusion: CYSTM1 is an effective biomarker for the prognosis of patients with early-stage HCC and may play a key role in the occurrence and progression of HCC.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanghui Wen ◽  
Hui Su ◽  
Wuke Wang ◽  
Feng Ren ◽  
Haitao Jiang ◽  
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Abstract Background: NBEAL2 is a member of the BEACH domain–containing protein (BDCP) family and little is known about the relationship between NBEAL2 and malignancy.Methods: We downloaded the Gene expression profiles and clinical data of Liver hepatocellular carcinoma(LIHC) form the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset. The expression difference of NBEAL2 in LIHC tissues and adjacent nontumor tissues was analyzed by R software. The relationship between NBEAL2 expression and clinicopathological parameters was evaluate by Chi-square test. The effect of NBEAL2 expression on survival were assessed by Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression model. GSEA was used to explore the potential molecular mechanism of NBEAL2 in LIHC.Results: Up-regulation of NBEAL2 expression was detected in the LIHC tissue compared with adjacent nontumor tissues(P < 0.001). The chi-square test showed that no significant correlation between the expression level of NBEAL2 and various clinicopathological parameters (including T, N and M classifications) were detected. The Kaplan–Meier curves suggested that lower NBEAL2 expression was related with poor prognosis. The results of Multivariate analysis revealed that a lower expression of NBEAL2 in LIHC was an independent risk of poor overall survival (HR, 8.873; 95% CI, 1.159-67.936; P = 0.035). GSEA suggested that multiple tumor-related metabolic pathways were evidently enriched in samples with the low-NBEAL2 expression phenotype. Conlusion: NBEAL2 might act as an tumor suppressor gene in the progression of LIHC but the precise role of NBELA2 in LIHC needs further vertification.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Du ◽  
Mengxiang Zhu ◽  
Wenwu Yan ◽  
Changsheng Yao ◽  
Qingyi Li ◽  
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Abstract Background The molecular role of carboxypeptidase X, M14 family member (CPXM1) in oncogenesis or tumor progression remains unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether CPXM1 can be used as a potential prognostic biomarker for gastric cancer (GC). Methods We first demonstrated the relationship between CPXM1 expression and GC in various public databases. Secondly, the expression of CPXM1 in GC tissues was further verified by immunohistochemical staining using tissue microarray containing 96 cases of GC patients. Kaplan–Meier analysis and a Cox proportional hazard regression model were performed to evaluate the relationship between the expression of CPXM1 and the survival of GC patients. Finally, we used the expression data of CPXM1 in The Cancer Genome Atlas database to predict CPXM1-related signaling pathways through bioinformatics analysis. Results The expression level of CPXM1 in GC tissues was significantly correlated with tumor size (p = 0.041) and lymph node metastasis (p = 0.014). In addition, Kaplan–Meier analysis showed that the expression of CPXM1 in GC tissues was significantly associated with poor prognosis (p = 0.011). Multivariate analysis indicated that CPXM1 is a potential predictor of poor prognosis in GC patients (p = 0.026). The results of biosynthesis analysis demonstrated that the data set of CPXM1 high expression was mainly enriched in cancer-related signal pathways. Conclusion CPXM1 is an effective biomarker for the prognosis of GC patients and may play a key role in the occurrence and progression of GC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anqi Xu ◽  
Huiping Yang ◽  
Kunjie Gao ◽  
Zhengming Zhan ◽  
Zibin Song ◽  
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Abstract Aims: The dysregulation and essential role of WNTs in glioma have been widely implicated. However, there is a paucity of literature on the expression status of all the 19 WNTs in glioma. Our study was aimed to evaluate the expression and prognostic values of the 19 WNTs in glioma. Methods: mRNA expression and clinical data were retrieved from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA), GTEx and ONCOMINE databases. The 50 frequent neighbor genes of WNT5A and WNT10B were shown with PPI network, Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses. Results: We found that the mRNA expression of WNT5A was significantly higher in glioma; however, the WNT10B expression was significantly lower in glioma. Furthermore, the expression of WNT5A and WNT10B was associated with the clinicopathology of glioma. The survival analysis revealed that the higher expressions of WNT5A and WNT16 were associated poor overall survival (OS) in patients with glioma. Conversely, overexpression of WNT3, WNT5B, and WNT10B was associated with better OS. Finally, Go and KEGG analysis revealed WNT5A was associated with multiple signal translations, and crucial oncogenes (EGFR and MDM2) and 2 important tumor suppressors (PTEN and IKN4a/ARF) were found closely correlated with WNT5A in glioma. Conclusion: Among 19WNTs, WNT5A can serve as a candidate to diagnose and therapy glioma, while WNT10B might be valuable for anti-glioma research. The presumed direction was provided to explore the relation of WNTs signal and multiple pathways in glioma.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Songwei Li ◽  
Jian Huang ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
Haiping Zeng ◽  
Yuyun Tong ◽  
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AbstractHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most commonly cancers with poor prognosis and drug response. Identifying accurate therapeutic targets would facilitate precision treatment and prolong survival for HCC. In this study, we analyzed liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and identified PARD3 as one of the most significantly differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Then, we investigated the relationship between PARD3 and outcomes of HCC, and assessed predictive capacity. Moreover, we performed functional enrichment and immune infiltration analysis to evaluate functional networks related to PARD3 in HCC and explore its role in tumor immunity. PARD3 expression levels in 371 HCC tissues were dramatically higher than those in 50 paired adjacent liver tissues (p < 0.001). High PARD3 expression was associated with poor clinicopathologic feathers, such as advanced pathologic stage (p = 0.002), vascular invasion (p = 0.012) and TP53 mutation (p = 0.009). Elevated PARD3 expression also correlated with lower overall survival (OS, HR = 2.08, 95% CI = 1.45–2.98, p < 0.001) and disease-specific survival (DSS, HR = 2.00, 95% CI = 1.27–3.16, p = 0.003). 242 up-regulated and 71 down-regulated genes showed significant association with PARD3 expression, which were involved in genomic instability, response to metal ions, and metabolisms. PARD3 is involved in diverse immune infiltration levels in HCC, especially negatively related to dendritic cells (DCs), cytotoxic cells, and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs). Altogether, PARD3 could be a potential prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target of HCC.


Genes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Longxiang Xie ◽  
Yifang Dang ◽  
Jinshuai Guo ◽  
Xiaoxiao Sun ◽  
Tiantian Xie ◽  
...  

Keratin 8 (KRT8), a type II basic intermediate filament (IF) protein, is essential for the development and metastasis of various cancers. In this study, by analyzing RNA-seq data from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)-lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC), we have determined the expression profile of KRT8, and assessed its prognostic significance and the possible mechanism underlying the dysregulation. Our results showed that KRT8 mRNA expression was significantly up-regulated in both LUAD and LUSC tissues compared with normal lung tissues. The high KRT8 expression group for LUAD patients significantly reduced overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS). Univariate and multivariate analysis revealed that KRT8 expression was an independent prognostic indicator for poor OS and RFS in LUAD patients. However, KRT8 expression had no prognostic value in terms of OS and RFS for LUSC. By exploring DNA copy number alterations (CNAs) of the KRT8 gene in LUAD, we found that DNA low copy gain (+1 and +2) was associated with elevated KRT8 mRNA expression. From the above findings, we have deduced that KRT8 is aberrantly expressed in LUAD tissues and that its expression might independently predict poor OS and RFS for LUAD patients, but not for LUSC patients.


Author(s):  
Senbang Yao ◽  
Wenjun Chen ◽  
He Zuo ◽  
Ziran Bi ◽  
Xiuqing Zhang ◽  
...  

AbstractOxidative DNA damage is closely related to the occurrence and progression of cancer. Oxidative stress plays an important role in alcohol-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) is a family of enzymes that plays an essential role in the reducing oxidative damage. However, how ALDHs family affects alcohol-related HCC remains obscure. We aimed to explore the correlation between the differential expression of ALDHs in patients with HCC and pathological features, as well as the relationship between ALDHs and prognosis, and finally analyze the possible mechanism of ALDHs in targeted therapy of HCC. The data of HCC were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. This research explored the expression and prognostic values of ALDHs in HCC using Oncomine, UALCAN, Human Protein Atlas, cBioPortal, Kaplan–Meier plotter, GeneMANIA, Tumor Immune Estimation Resource, GEPIA databases, and WebGestalt. Low mRNA and protein expressions of ALDHs were found to be significantly associated with tumor grade and clinical cancer stages in HCC patients. In particular, the loss of ALDH expression is more obvious in Asians, and its effect on prognosis is far more significant than that in the White race. Our findings play an important role in the study of prognostic markers and anti-liver cancer therapeutic targets for the members of the ALDHs family, especially in patients with liver cancer in Asia.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejun Wu ◽  
Zhenhua Yin ◽  
Yisheng Ji ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Yunxin Li ◽  
...  

AbstractLncRNAs play a pivotal role in tumorigenesis and development. However, the potential involvement of lncRNAs in colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) needs to be further explored. All the data used in this study were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas database, and all analyses were conducted using R software. Basing on the seven prognosis-related lncRNAs finally selected, we developed a prognosis-predicting model with powerful effectiveness (training cohort, 1 year: AUC = 0.70, 95% Cl = 0.57–0.78; 3 years: AUC = 0.71, 95% Cl = 0.6–0.8; 5 years: AUC = 0.76, 95% Cl = 0.66–0.87; validation cohort, 1 year: AUC = 0.70, 95% Cl = 0.58–0.8; 3 years: AUC = 0.73, 95% Cl = 0.63–0.82; 5 years: AUC = 0.68, 95% Cl = 0.5–0.85). The VEGF and Notch pathway were analyzed through GSEA analysis, and low immune and stromal scores were found in high-risk patients (immune score, cor =  − 0.15, P < 0.001; stromal score, cor =  − 0.18, P < 0.001) , which may partially explain the poor prognosis of patients in the high-risk group. We screened lncRNAs that are significantly associated with the survival of patients with COAD and possibly participate in autophagy regulation. This study may provide direction for future research.


Open Medicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
Xin Song ◽  
Shidong Zhang ◽  
Run Tian ◽  
Chuanjun Zheng ◽  
Yuge Xu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background CKLF Like Marvel Transmembrane Domain Containing 1 (CMTM1) plays a role in breast cancer and lung cancer, but studies on the occurrence and development of CMTM1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have not been reported. Methods The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database and immunohistochemistry (IHC) were used to detect CMTM1 expression in HCC tissues. The relationship between CMTM1 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of HCC patients was analyzed by chi-square test, and the relationship between CMTM1 expression and the prognosis of HCC patients was tested by the Kaplan–Meier model. Results Bioinformatics analysis showed that the mRNA expression of CMTM1 was upregulated in HCC tissues, and low expression of CMTM1 is associated with longer disease-free survival in patients with HCC. Similarly, the survival time of HCC patients in CMTM1 high expression group was significantly shorter than that in CMTM1 low expression group. IHC detection indicated that CMTM1 protein was highly expressed in both HCC and adjacent non-tumor tissues, with a positive expression in 84% (63/75) of HCC tissues and 89.3% (67/75) of adjacent non-tumor tissues. Moreover, CMTM1 expression was related to family history and TNM stage of HCC patients (P < 0.05), but had no relationship with other clinicopathological characteristics. The survival analysis based on IHC results showed that the prognosis of HCC patients in CMTM1 negative group was significantly poorer than that in CMTM1 positive group (P < 0.05). Conclusion CMTM1 has a high expression in HCC tissues and is related to the prognosis of HCC patients.


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