Department of Neurosurgery, The First People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling, 317500, China.
Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300052, China.
BMC Cancer. 2020 Sep 29;20(1):931. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07436-6.
Glioma is a deadly and immunosuppressive brain tumour. Complement C1r subcomponent like (C1RL), a prognostic biomarker in several kinds of tumours, has attracted increasing attention from oncologists. However, the role of C1RL in glioma remains unclear.
Through analysis of 2120 glioma patients from 5 public datasets, the relationships between C1RL expression and clinicopathological characteristics were evaluated. Furthermore, the C1RL-associated genes were screened, and Gene Ontology (GO) analysis was conducted to investigate biological process enrichment. In addition, tumour purity, leukocyte infiltration and overall survival were evaluated based on C1RL expression.
We found that C1RL expression was upregulated in glioblastoma (GBM), especially mesenchymal GBM and primary GBM. Increased C1RL expression accompanied the IDH1-wt phenotype in both lower grade glioma (LGG) and GBM. C1RL- associated genes were mainly enriched in biological processes related to the immune response. C1RL expression was also correlated with reduced tumour purity and increased M2 macrophage infiltration. Higher C1RL expression predicted unfavourable survival in patients with glioma and therapeutic resistance in GBM.
Our results imply that C1RL is involved in immunological activities and is an independent unfavourable prognostic biomarker in patients with glioma. C1RL is a potential clinical immunotherapeutic target for glioma treatment in the future.
神经胶质瘤是一种致命且免疫抑制的脑肿瘤。补体 C1r 亚基样(C1RL)是几种肿瘤的预后生物标志物,已引起肿瘤学家的越来越多关注。然而,C1RL 在神经胶质瘤中的作用仍不清楚。
通过对 5 个公共数据集的 2120 名神经胶质瘤患者进行分析,评估了 C1RL 表达与临床病理特征之间的关系。此外,筛选了与 C1RL 相关的基因,并进行了基因本体论(GO)分析,以研究生物学过程的富集。此外,还根据 C1RL 表达评估了肿瘤纯度、白细胞浸润和总生存期。
我们发现 C1RL 在胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)中表达上调,尤其是间充质 GBM 和原发性 GBM。在低级别神经胶质瘤(LGG)和 GBM 中,IDH1-wt 表型伴随 C1RL 表达增加。C1RL 相关基因主要富集在与免疫反应相关的生物学过程中。C1RL 表达还与肿瘤纯度降低和 M2 巨噬细胞浸润增加有关。C1RL 高表达预示着神经胶质瘤患者的生存预后不良和 GBM 治疗耐药。
我们的研究结果表明,C1RL 参与免疫活性,是神经胶质瘤患者独立的不良预后生物标志物。C1RL 可能成为未来神经胶质瘤治疗的潜在临床免疫治疗靶点。