Department of Vascular and Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
BMC Cancer. 2020 Nov 25;20(1):1143. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07620-8.
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN) has been reported as a biomarker of many cancers. However, the biological function of IL1RN in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) remains undetermined.
We obtained IL1RN expression data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Enrichment analysis of coexpressed genes and IL1RN methylation analysis were performed via LinkedOmics. The correlations between IL1RN and immune infiltrates were investigated via ESTIMATE, TIMER and TISIDB. We analyzed the association of IL1RN expression with pancancer overall survival (OS) via Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA).
IL1RN showed higher expression levels and lower methylation levels in PTC tissues than in normal tissues. Higher IL1RN expression was significantly associated with shorter progression-free survival (PFS), advanced tumor stage, tumor metastasis, increased incidence of BRAF mutations, and decreased incidence of N-RAS and H-RAS mutations. Genes coexpressed with IL1RN participate primarily in immune-related pathways. IL1RN expression positively correlated with immune infiltration, tumor progression and poor OS for all cancers.
IL1RN is a good prognostic and diagnostic biomarker for PTC. IL1RN may promote thyroid cancer progression through immune-related pathways. Methylation may act as an upstream regulator of IL1RN expression and biological function. Additionally, IL1RN was shown to have broad prognostic value in a pancancer cohort.
白细胞介素-1 受体拮抗剂 (IL1RN) 已被报道为许多癌症的生物标志物。然而,IL1RN 在甲状腺乳头状癌 (PTC) 中的生物学功能仍未确定。
我们从癌症基因组图谱 (TCGA) 数据库中获取了 IL1RN 表达数据。通过 LinkedOmics 进行共表达基因的富集分析和 IL1RN 甲基化分析。通过 ESTIMATE、TIMER 和 TISIDB 研究了 IL1RN 与免疫浸润物的相关性。我们通过基因表达谱交互式分析 (GEPIA) 分析了 IL1RN 表达与泛癌总体生存 (OS) 的关联。
与正常组织相比,PTC 组织中 IL1RN 的表达水平更高,甲基化水平更低。较高的 IL1RN 表达与较短的无进展生存期 (PFS)、较高级别的肿瘤分期、肿瘤转移、BRAF 突变发生率增加以及 N-RAS 和 H-RAS 突变发生率降低显著相关。与 IL1RN 共表达的基因主要参与免疫相关途径。IL1RN 的表达与免疫浸润、肿瘤进展和所有癌症的不良 OS 呈正相关。
IL1RN 是 PTC 的良好预后和诊断生物标志物。IL1RN 可能通过免疫相关途径促进甲状腺癌的进展。甲基化可能作为 IL1RN 表达和生物学功能的上游调节剂。此外,IL1RN 在泛癌队列中表现出广泛的预后价值。