Novel chemokine related LncRNA signature correlates with the prognosis, immune landscape, and therapeutic sensitivity of esophageal squamous cell cancer

BMC Gastroenterology

Research

Zhe Zhang¹  Li Zhao¹  Wei Han¹  Jian Wang² 

[1]Department of Gastroenterology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 1 Xinsi Road, Xi’an, China

[2]Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

关键词: Esophageal squamous cell cancer;    ESCC;    Chemokine related lncRNA;    Prognosis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12876-023-02688-5

 received in 2022-12-13, accepted in 2023-02-21,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundEsophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is closely correlated with malignant biological characteristics and poor survival. Recently, chemokines have been reported to be involved in the progression of tumors, and they can also regulate the tumor microenvironment. However, it is unclear whether chemokine-related long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) affect the prognosis of ESCC.MethodsWe downloaded RNA-seq and clinical data from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO database. Chemokine-related lncRNAs were screened by differential analysis and Pearson correlation analysis. Then, prognosis-related lncRNAs were screened by using univariate COX regression, and risk models were constructed after the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression and multivariate COX regression. The predictive value of the signature was assessed using Kaplan–Meier test, time-dependent receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, decision curve analysis (DCA) and calibration curve. Moreover, a nomogram to predict patients’ 1-year 3-year and 5-year prognosis was constructed. Gene set enrichment analyses (GSEA), Gene Ontology/Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (GO/KEGG), evaluation of immune cell infiltration, and estimation of drug sensitivity were also conducted.ResultsIn this study, 677 chemokine-related lncRNAs were first obtained by differential analysis and Pearson correlation. Then, six chemokine-related lncRNAs were obtained by using univariate COX, LASSO and multivariate COX to construct a novel chemokine-related lncRNAs risk model. The signature manifested favorable predictive validity and accuracy both in the testing and training cohorts. The chemokine-related signature could classify ESCC patients into two risk groups well, which indicated that high-risk group exhibited poor prognostic outcome. In addition, this risk model played an important role in predicting signaling pathways, immune cell infiltration, stromal score, and drug sensitivity in ESCC patients.ConclusionsThese findings elucidated the critical role of novel prognostic chemokine-related lncRNAs in prognosis, immune landscape, and drug therapy, thus throwing light on prognostic evaluation and therapeutic targets for ESCC patients.

【 授权许可】

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