scholarly journals A signature related to lung adenocarcinoma prognosis: A study based on TCGA database

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Wang ◽  
Xiaolu Zhang ◽  
Xiaoming Zhang ◽  
Yan Yao ◽  
Xiaoran Ma ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: The intrinsic molecular subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) impact clinical treatment decision-making, but the molecular mechanisms are still unclear. Therefore, we aimed to identify sensitive biomarkers to evaluate LUAD patient prognosis. Methods: Differentially expressed RNAs from LUAD patients were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database and they were used to construct a competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network. Based on the examination of clinical data, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and mRNAs in the network were selected by univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis. Finally, functional enrichment analysis was used to reveal prognostic signatures based on the classification into high and low-risk groups, survival analysis, and an independence test. Results: The ceRNA network consisted of 21 mRNAs, 53 lncRNAs, and 8 miRNAs that were selected from the differentially expressed RNAs identified. Next, based on univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis, a prognostic signature, including two mRNAs (HOXA10 and CBX2) and four lncRNAs (LINC00460, LINC00330, DGCR5, and C14orf132) was constructed. Eventually, survival analysis showed that significant differences in survival rates between high and low-risk groups and the area under the curve (AUC) for three‐year survival was 0.714. Compared with clinical risk factors, including age, pathological stage, and TNM stage, our risk score had a higher prognostic value. Conclusion: By screening from a ceRNA network, we constructed a signature, including two mRNAs (HOXA10 and CBX2) and four lncRNAs (LINC00460, LINC00330, DGCR5, and C14orf132), that can be utilized as a prognostic biomarker in LUAD. This signature may provide options for clinical treatment.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Yang Li ◽  
Rongrong Sun ◽  
Rui Li ◽  
Yonggang Chen ◽  
He Du

Evidence is increasingly indicating that circular RNAs (circRNAs) are closely involved in tumorigenesis and cancer progression. However, the function and application of circRNAs in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) are still unknown. In this study, we constructed a circRNA-associated competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network to investigate the regulatory mechanism of LUAD procession and further constructed a prognostic signature to predict overall survival for LUAD patients. Differentially expressed circRNAs (DEcircRNAs), differentially expressed miRNAs (DEmiRNAs), and differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRNAs) were selected to construct the ceRNA network. Based on the TargetScan prediction tool and Pearson correlation coefficient, we constructed a circRNA-associated ceRNA network including 11 DEcircRNAs, 8 DEmiRNAs, and 49 DEmRNAs. GO and KEGG enrichment indicated that the ceRNA network might be involved in the regulation of GTPase activity and endothelial cell differentiation. After removing the discrete points, a PPI network containing 12 DEmRNAs was constructed. Univariate Cox regression analysis showed that three DEmRNAs were significantly associated with overall survival. Therefore, we constructed a three-gene prognostic signature for LUAD patients using the LASSO method in the TCGA-LUAD training cohort. By applying the signature, patients could be categorized into the high-risk or low-risk subgroups with significant survival differences (HR: 1.62, 95% CI: 1.12-2.35, log-rank p = 0.009 ). The prognostic performance was confirmed in an independent GEO cohort (GSE42127, HR: 2.59, 95% CI: 1.32-5.10, log-rank p = 0.004 ). Multivariate Cox regression analysis proved that the three-gene signature was an independent prognostic factor. Combining the three-gene signature with clinical characters, a nomogram was constructed. The primary and external verification C -indexes were 0.717 and 0.716, respectively. The calibration curves for the probability of 3- and 5-year OS showed significant agreement between nomogram predictions and actual observations. Our findings provided a deeper understanding of the circRNA-associated ceRNA regulatory mechanism in LUAD pathogenesis and further constructed a useful prognostic signature to guide personalized treatment of LUAD patients.


Author(s):  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Jiameng Xu ◽  
Zirui Liao ◽  
Guangbin Li ◽  
Chengpeng Zhang ◽  
...  

ObjectiveTo screen lung adenocarcinoma (LUAC)-specific cell-cycle-related genes (CCRGs) and develop a prognostic signature for patients with LUAC.MethodsThe GSE68465, GSE42127, and GSE30219 data sets were downloaded from the GEO database. Single-sample gene set enrichment analysis was used to calculate the cell cycle enrichment of each sample in GSE68465 to identify CCRGs in LUAC. The differential CCRGs compared with LUAC data from The Cancer Genome Atlas were determined. The genetic data from GSE68465 were divided into an internal training group and a test group at a ratio of 1:1, and GSE42127 and GSE30219 were defined as external test groups. In addition, we combined LASSO (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator) and Cox regression analysis with the clinical information of the internal training group to construct a CCRG risk scoring model. Samples were divided into high- and low-risk groups according to the resulting risk values, and internal and external test sets were used to prove the validity of the signature. A nomogram evaluation model was used to predict prognosis. The CPTAC and HPA databases were chosen to verify the protein expression of CCRGs.ResultsWe identified 10 LUAC-specific CCRGs (PKMYT1, ETF1, ECT2, BUB1B, RECQL4, TFRC, COCH, TUBB2B, PITX1, and CDC6) and constructed a model using the internal training group. Based on this model, LUAC patients were divided into high- and low-risk groups for further validation. Time-dependent receiver operating characteristic and Cox regression analyses suggested that the signature could precisely predict the prognosis of LUAC patients. Results obtained with CPTAC, HPA, and IHC supported significant dysregulation of these CCRGs in LUAC tissues.ConclusionThis prognostic prediction signature based on CCRGs could help to evaluate the prognosis of LUAC patients. The 10 LUAC-specific CCRGs could be used as prognostic markers of LUAC.


2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Dan Chen ◽  
Xiaoting Li ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Kai Wang ◽  
Xianghua Tian

Background. As the most common hepatic malignancy, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a high incidence; therefore, in this paper, the immune-related genes were sought as biomarkers in liver cancer. Methods. In this study, a differential expression analysis of lncRNA and mRNA in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset between the HCC group and the normal control group was performed. Enrichment analysis was used to screen immune-related differentially expressed genes. Cox regression analysis and survival analysis were used to determine prognostic genes of HCC, whose expression was detected by molecular experiments. Finally, important immune cells were identified by immune cell infiltration and detected by flow cytometry. Results. Compared with the normal group, 1613 differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRs) and 1237 differentially expressed lncRNAs (DElncRs) were found in HCC. Among them, 143 immune-related DEmRs and 39 immune-related DElncRs were screened out. These genes were mainly related to MAPK cascade, PI3K-AKT signaling pathway, and TGF-beta. Through Cox regression analysis and survival analysis, MMP9, SPP1, HAGLR, LINC02202, and RP11-598F7.3 were finally determined as the potential diagnostic biomarkers for HCC. The gene expression was verified by RT-qPCR and western blot. In addition, CD4 + memory resting T cells and CD8 + T cells were identified as protective factors for overall survival of HCC, and they were found highly expressed in HCC through flow cytometry. Conclusion. The study explored the dysregulation mechanism and potential biomarkers of immune-related genes and further identified the influence of immune cells on the prognosis of HCC, providing a theoretical basis for the prognosis prediction and immunotherapy in HCC patients.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Li ◽  
Dongcen Ge ◽  
Shu-lan Sun

Abstract Background. Ferroptosis is a newly discovered form of cell death characterized by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between ferroptosis and the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).Methods. RNA-seq data was collected from the LUAD dataset of The Cancer Genome Altas (TCGA) database. We used ferroptosis-related genes as the basis, and identify the differential expression genes (DEGs) between cancer and paracancer. The univariate Cox regression analysis were used to screen the prognostic-related genes. We divided the patients into training and validation sets. Then, we screened out key genes and built a 5 genes prognostic prediction model by the applications of the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) 10-fold cross-validation and the multi-variate Cox regression analysis. We divided the cases by the median value of risk score and validated this model in the validation set. Meanwhile, we analyzed the somatic mutations, and estimated the score of immune infiltration in the high- and low-risk groups, as well as performed functional enrichment analysis of DEGs.Results. The result revealed that the high-risk score triggered the worse prognosis. The maximum area under curve (AUC) of the training set and the validation set of in this study was 0.7 and 0.69. Moreover, we integrated the age, gender, and tumor stage to construct the composite nomogram. The charts indicated that the AUC of cases with survival time of 1, 3 and 5 years are 0.698, 0.71 and 0.73. In addition, the mutation frequency of patients in the high-risk group was higher than that in the low-risk group. Simultaneously, DEGs were mainly enriched in ferroptosis-related pathways by analyzing the functional results.Conclusion. This study constructed a novel LUAD prognosis prediction model base on 5 ferroptosis-related genes, which can provide a prognostic evaluation tool for the clinical therapeutic decision.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaoqu Liu ◽  
Dechao Jiao ◽  
Xueliang Zhou ◽  
Yuan Yao ◽  
Zhaonan Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: A growing amount of evidence has suggested immune-related genes (IRGs) play a key role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, there have been no investigations proposing a reliable prognostic signature in terms of tumor immunology. This study aimed to develop a robust signature based on IRGs in HCC.Methods: A total of 597 HCC patients were enrolled. The TCGA database was utilized for discovery, and the ICGC database was utilized for validation. Multiple algorithms (including univariate Cox, LASSO, and multivariate Cox regression) were performed to identify key prognostic IRGs and establish an immune-related risk signature. Bioinformatics analysis and R soft tools were utilized to annotate underlying biological functions. Results: A total of 1416 differentially expressed mRNAs (DEMs) were screened in the TCGA cohort, of which 90 were differentially expressed IRGs (DEIRGs). Using univariate Cox regression analysis, we identified 33 prognostically relevant DEIRGs. Using LASSO regression and multivariate Cox regression analysis, we extracted 8 optimal DEIRGs (APLN, CDK4, CXCL2, ESR1, IL1RN, PSMD2, SEMA3F, and SPP1) to construct a risk signature with the ability to distinguish cases as having a high or low risk of unfavorable prognosis in the TCGA cohort, and the signature was verified in the ICGC cohort. The signature was prognostically significant in all stratified cohorts and was deemed an independent prognostic factor for HCC. We also built a nomogram with good performance by combining the signature with clinicopathological factors to increase the accuracy of predicting HCC prognosis. By investigating the relationship of the risk score and 8 risk genes from our signature with clinical traits, we found that the aberrant expression of the immune-related risk genes is correlated with the development of HCC. Moreover, the high-risk group was higher than the low-risk group in terms of tumor mutation burden (TMB), immune cell infiltration, and the expression of immune checkpoints (PD-1, PD-L1, and CTLA-4), and functional enrichment analysis indicated the signature enriched an intensive immune phenotype.Conclusions: This study developed a robust immune-related risk signature and built a predictive nomogram that reliably predict overall survival in HCC, which may be helpful for clinical management and personalized immunotherapy decisions.


Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 619
Author(s):  
Xiuhong Li ◽  
Zian Feng ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
Jie Hu ◽  
Xiaodong He ◽  
...  

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification is the most abundant modification method in mRNA, and it plays an important role in the occurrence and development of many cancers. This paper mainly discusses the role of m6A RNA methylation regulators in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) to identify novel prognostic biomarkers. The gene expression data of 19 m6A methylation regulators in LUAD patients and its relevant clinical parameters were extracted from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. We selected three significantly differentially expressed m6A regulators in LUAD to construct the risk signature, and evaluated its prognostic prediction efficiency using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox regression analysis were used to identify the independent prognostic significance of the risk signature. The ROC curve indicated that the area under the curve (AUC) was 0.659, which means that the risk signature had a good prediction efficiency. The results of the Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox regression analysis showed that the risk score can be used as an independent prognostic factor for LUAD. In addition, we explored the differential signaling pathways and cellular processes related to m6A methylation regulators in LUAD.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ze-bing Song ◽  
Guo-pei Zhang ◽  
shaoqiang li

Abstract Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumor in the world which prognosis is poor. Therefore, a precise biomarker is needed to guide treatment and improve prognosis. More and more studies have shown that lncRNAs and immune response are closely related to the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study was to establish a prognostic signature based on immune related lncRNAs for HCC.Methods: Univariate cox regression analysis was performed to identify immune related lncRNAs, which had negative correlation with overall survival (OS) of 370 HCC patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). A prognostic signature based on OS related lncRNAs was identified by using multivariate cox regression analysis. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) and a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network were performed to clarify the potential mechanism of lncRNAs included in prognostic signature. Results: A prognostic signature based on OS related lncRNAs (AC145207.5, AL365203.2, AC009779.2, ZFPM2-AS1, PCAT6, LINC00942) showed moderately in prognosis prediction, and related with pathologic stage (Stage I&II VS Stage III&IV), distant metastasis status (M0 VS M1) and tumor stage (T1-2 VS T3-4). CeRNA network constructed 15 aixs among differentially expressed immune related genes, lncRNAs included in prognostic signature and differentially expressed miRNA. GSEA indicated that these lncRNAs were involved in cancer-related pathways. Conclusion: We constructed a prognostic signature based on immune related lncRNAs which can predict prognosis and guide therapies for HCC.


PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e11733
Author(s):  
Xinliang Gao ◽  
Mingbo Tang ◽  
Suyan Tian ◽  
Jialin Li ◽  
Wei Liu

Background Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is one of the most common subtypes of lung cancer which is the leading cause of death in cancer patients. Circadian clock disruption has been listed as a likely carcinogen. However, whether the expression of circadian genes affects overall survival (OS) in LUAD patients remains unknown. In this article, we identified a circadian gene signature to predict overall survival in LUAD. Methods RNA sequencing (HTSeq-FPKM) data and clinical characteristics were obtained for a cohort of LUAD patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). A multigene signature based on differentially expressed circadian clock-related genes was generated for the prediction of OS using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO)-penalized Cox regression analysis, and externally validated using the GSE72094 dataset from the GEO database. Results Five differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified to be significantly associated with OS using univariate Cox proportional regression analysis (P < 0.05). Patients classified as high risk based on these five DEGs had significantly lower OS than those classified as low risk in both the TGCA cohort and GSE72094 dataset (P < 0.001). Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that the five-gene-signature based risk score was an independent predictor of OS (hazard ratio > 1, P < 0.001). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves confirmed its prognostic value. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) showed that Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways related to cell proliferation, gene damage repair, proteasomes, and immune and autoimmune diseases were significantly enriched. Conclusion A novel circadian gene signature for OS in LUAD was found to be predictive in both the derivation and validation cohorts. Targeting circadian genes is a potential therapeutic option in LUAD.


Author(s):  
Qianqian Wu ◽  
Sutian Jiang ◽  
Tong Cheng ◽  
Manyu Xu ◽  
Bing Lu

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second most lethal malignant tumor because of its significant heterogeneity and complicated molecular pathogenesis. Novel prognostic biomarkers are urgently needed because no effective and reliable prognostic biomarkers currently exist for HCC patients. Increasing evidence has revealed that pyroptosis plays a role in the occurrence and progression of malignant tumors. However, the relationship between pyroptosis-related genes (PRGs) and HCC patient prognosis remains unclear. In this study, 57 PRGs were obtained from previous studies and GeneCards. The gene expression profiles and clinical data of HCC patients were acquired from public data portals. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Cox regression analysis was performed to establish a risk model using TCGA data. Additionally, the risk model was further validated in an independent ICGC dataset. Our results showed that 39 PRGs were significantly differentially expressed between tumor and normal liver tissues in the TCGA cohort. Functional analysis confirmed that these PRGs were enriched in pyroptosis-related pathways. According to univariate Cox regression analysis, 14 differentially expressed PRGs were correlated with the prognosis of HCC patients in the TCGA cohort. A risk model integrating two PRGs was constructed to classify the patients into different risk groups. Poor overall survival was observed in the high-risk group of both TCGA (p &lt; 0.001) and ICGC (p &lt; 0.001) patients. Receiver operating characteristic curves demonstrated the accuracy of the model. Furthermore, the risk score was confirmed as an independent prognostic indicator via multivariate Cox regression analysis (TCGA cohort: HR = 3.346, p &lt; 0.001; ICGC cohort: HR = 3.699, p &lt; 0.001). Moreover, the single-sample gene set enrichment analysis revealed different immune statuses between high- and low-risk groups. In conclusion, our new pyroptosis-related risk model has potential application in predicting the prognosis of HCC patients.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiran Cai ◽  
Jin Cui ◽  
Huiqun Wu

Abstract Background Given that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) involved in the tumor initiation or progression of the endometrium and that competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) plays an important role in increasingly more biological processes, lncRNA-mediated ceRNA is likely to function in the pathogenesis of uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma (UCEC). Our present study aimed to explore the potential molecular mechanisms for the prognosis of UCEC through an lncRNA-mediated ceRNA network. Methods The transcriptome profiles and corresponding clinical profiles of UCEC dataset were retrieved from CPTAC and TCGA databases respectively. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in UCEC samples were identified via “Edge R” package. Then, an integrated bioinformatics analysis including functional enrichment analysis, tumor infiltrating immune cell(TIIC) analysis, Kaplan-Meier curve, Cox regression analysis were conducted to analyze the prognostic biomarkers. Results In the CPTAC dataset of UCEC, a ceRNA network comprised of 36 miRNAs, 123 lncRNAs and 124 targeted mRNAs was established, and 8 of 123 prognostic-related DElncRNAs(Differentially Expressed long noncoding RNA) were identified. While in the TCGA dataset, a ceRNA network comprised of 38 miRNAs, 83 lncRNAs and 110 targeted mRNAs was established, and 2 of 83 prognostic-related DElncRNAs were identified. After filtered by risk grouping and Cox regression analysis, 10 prognostic-related lncRNAs including LINC00443, LINC00483, C2orf48, TRBV11-2, MEG-8 were identified. In addition, 33 survival-related DEmRNAs(Differentially Expressed messager RNA) in two ceRNA networks were further validated in the HPA database. Finally, six lncRNA/miRNA/mRNA axes were established to elucidate prognostic regulatory roles in UCEC. Conclusion Several prognostic lncRNAs are identified and prognostic model of lncRNA-mediated ceRNA network is constructed, which promotes the understanding of UCEC development mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets.


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