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Identification of A Risk Signature Based on Lactic Acid Metabolism-Related LncRNAs in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Lactic acid, formerly thought of as a byproduct of glycolysis or a metabolic waste produced, has now been identified as a key regulator of cancer growth, maintenance, and progression. However, the results of investigations on lactic acid metabolism-related long non-coding RNAs (LRLs) in esophageal s...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Fangchao, Li, Yishuai, Dong, Zefang, Zhang, Dengfeng, Guo, Pengfei, Li, Zhirong, Li, Shujun
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9134121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35646892
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.845293
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author Zhao, Fangchao
Li, Yishuai
Dong, Zefang
Zhang, Dengfeng
Guo, Pengfei
Li, Zhirong
Li, Shujun
author_facet Zhao, Fangchao
Li, Yishuai
Dong, Zefang
Zhang, Dengfeng
Guo, Pengfei
Li, Zhirong
Li, Shujun
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description Lactic acid, formerly thought of as a byproduct of glycolysis or a metabolic waste produced, has now been identified as a key regulator of cancer growth, maintenance, and progression. However, the results of investigations on lactic acid metabolism-related long non-coding RNAs (LRLs) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remain inconclusive. In this study, univariate Cox regression analysis was carried out in the TCGA cohort, and 9 lncRNAs were shown to be significantly associated with prognosis. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis were then used in the GEO cohort. 6 LRLs were identified as independent prognostic factors for ESCC patients used to construct a prognostic risk-related signature subsequently. Two groups were formed based on the middle value of risk scores: a low-risk group and a high-risk group. Following that, we conducted Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, which revealed that the high-risk group had a lower survival probability than the low-risk group in both GEO and TCGA cohorts. On multivariate Cox regression analysis, the prognostic signature was shown to be independent prognostic factor, and it was found to be a better predictor of the prognosis of ESCC patients than the currently widely used grading and staging approaches. The established nomogram can be conveniently applied in the clinic to predict the 1-, 3-, and 5- year survival rates of patients. There was a significant link found between the 6 LRLs-based prognostic signature and immune-cell infiltration, tumor microenvironment (TME), tumor somatic mutational status, and chemotherapeutic treatment sensitivity in the study population. Finally, we used GTEx RNA-seq data and qRT-PCR experiments to verify the expression levels of 6 LRLs. In conclusion, we constructed a prognostic signature which could predict the prognosis and immunotherapy response of ESCC patients.
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spelling pubmed-91341212022-05-27 Identification of A Risk Signature Based on Lactic Acid Metabolism-Related LncRNAs in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Zhao, Fangchao Li, Yishuai Dong, Zefang Zhang, Dengfeng Guo, Pengfei Li, Zhirong Li, Shujun Front Cell Dev Biol Cell and Developmental Biology Lactic acid, formerly thought of as a byproduct of glycolysis or a metabolic waste produced, has now been identified as a key regulator of cancer growth, maintenance, and progression. However, the results of investigations on lactic acid metabolism-related long non-coding RNAs (LRLs) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remain inconclusive. In this study, univariate Cox regression analysis was carried out in the TCGA cohort, and 9 lncRNAs were shown to be significantly associated with prognosis. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis were then used in the GEO cohort. 6 LRLs were identified as independent prognostic factors for ESCC patients used to construct a prognostic risk-related signature subsequently. Two groups were formed based on the middle value of risk scores: a low-risk group and a high-risk group. Following that, we conducted Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, which revealed that the high-risk group had a lower survival probability than the low-risk group in both GEO and TCGA cohorts. On multivariate Cox regression analysis, the prognostic signature was shown to be independent prognostic factor, and it was found to be a better predictor of the prognosis of ESCC patients than the currently widely used grading and staging approaches. The established nomogram can be conveniently applied in the clinic to predict the 1-, 3-, and 5- year survival rates of patients. There was a significant link found between the 6 LRLs-based prognostic signature and immune-cell infiltration, tumor microenvironment (TME), tumor somatic mutational status, and chemotherapeutic treatment sensitivity in the study population. Finally, we used GTEx RNA-seq data and qRT-PCR experiments to verify the expression levels of 6 LRLs. In conclusion, we constructed a prognostic signature which could predict the prognosis and immunotherapy response of ESCC patients. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9134121/ /pubmed/35646892 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.845293 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhao, Li, Dong, Zhang, Guo, Li and Li. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Cell and Developmental Biology
Zhao, Fangchao
Li, Yishuai
Dong, Zefang
Zhang, Dengfeng
Guo, Pengfei
Li, Zhirong
Li, Shujun
Identification of A Risk Signature Based on Lactic Acid Metabolism-Related LncRNAs in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title Identification of A Risk Signature Based on Lactic Acid Metabolism-Related LncRNAs in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_full Identification of A Risk Signature Based on Lactic Acid Metabolism-Related LncRNAs in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_fullStr Identification of A Risk Signature Based on Lactic Acid Metabolism-Related LncRNAs in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Identification of A Risk Signature Based on Lactic Acid Metabolism-Related LncRNAs in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_short Identification of A Risk Signature Based on Lactic Acid Metabolism-Related LncRNAs in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_sort identification of a risk signature based on lactic acid metabolism-related lncrnas in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
topic Cell and Developmental Biology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9134121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35646892
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.845293
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