RESUMO
Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) plays a complex role in modulating tumor microenvironment during lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) development. In order to define the role of IFN-γ response genes in LUAD progression, we characterized the gene expression, mutation profile, protein-protein interaction of 24 IFN-γ response genes, which exhibited significant hazard ratio in overall survival. Two subgroups of LUAD from the TCGA cohort, which showed significant difference in the survival rate, were identified based on the expression of these genes. Furthermore, LASSO penalized cox regression model was used to derive a risk signature comprising seven IFN-γ response genes, including CD74, CSF2RB, PTPN6, MT2A, NMI, LATS2, and PFKP, which can serve as an independent prognostic predictor of LUAD. The risk signature was validated in an independent LUAD cohort. The high risk group is enriched with genes regulating cell cycle and DNA replication, as well as a high level of pro-tumor immune cells. In addition, the risk score is negatively correlated with the expression of immune metagenes, but positively correlated with DNA damage repair genes. Our findings reveal that seven-gene risk signature can be a valuable prognostic predictor for LUAD, and they are crucial participants in tumor microenvironment of LUAD.
Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão/mortalidade , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidade , Microambiente Tumoral/imunologia , Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão/genética , Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão/imunologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos de Coortes , Biologia Computacional , Reparo do DNA/imunologia , Conjuntos de Dados como Assunto , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/imunologia , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Pulmão/imunologia , Pulmão/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/imunologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Medição de Risco/métodos , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Transdução de Sinais/imunologia , Taxa de Sobrevida , Transcriptoma/imunologiaRESUMO
Carboxypeptidase A4 (CPA4) is a member of the metallocarboxypeptidase family. A previous study indicated that CPA4 may participate in the modulation of peptide hormone activity and hormone-regulated tissue growth and differentiation. However, the role of CPA4 in lung tumorigenesis remains unclear. Our study revealed that CPA4 expression was higher in both lung cancer cells and tumor tissues. We performed 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assays, colony-formation assays, and Cellomics ArrayScan Infinity analysis to demonstrate that CPA4 knockdown inhibited non small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell proliferation. Conversely, ectopic expression of CPA4 enhanced lung cancer cell proliferation. Consistent with these observations, we generated xenograft tumor models to confirm that CPA4 downregulation suppressed NSCLC cell growth. Mechanistically, we revealed that CPA4 downregulation may induce apoptosis and G1-S arrest by suppressing the protein kinase B/c-MYC pathway. These results suggest that CPA4 has an oncogenic effect on lung cancer growth. Taken together, we identified a novel gene in lung cancer that might provide a basis for new therapeutic targets.