Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Jan 20;102(3):e32686. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000032686.
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is at present the most prevalent subtype of lung cancer worldwide. Non-SMC condensin I complex subunit D2 (NCAPD2) is one of the 3 non-SMC subunits in condensin I. Previous studies have confirmed that NCAPD2 plays a critical role in chromosome cohesion and segregation. NCAPD2 may be involved in tumorigenesis and progression by participating in abnormal cell cycle division, but the prognostic value of NCAPD2 in LUAD remains unclear. We investigated differences in the expression levels of NCAPD2 and determined their association with clinical features, as well as their diagnostic and prognostic value using the cancer genome atlas database. The function of NCAPD2 was analyzed using gene ontology, Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes, and gene set enrichment analysis. CIBERSORT, single-sample gene set enrichment analysis, and ESTIMATE were used to analyze the immune microenvironment of tumor patients. Tumor mutational burden (TMB) and immune checkpoints were analyzed, while hub genes were identified using weighted gene coexpression network analysis and were used to construct prognostic models. Subsequently, the competing endogenous RNAs network of NCAPD2 in LUAD was explored. Finally, we performed qPCR to verify differences in NCAPD2 expression between the tumor and normal tissues. The expression of NCAPD2 in LUAD was significantly upregulated compared with normal lung tissues. NCAPD2 has been linked to the T stage, N stage, and tumor stage. The elevated expression of NCAPD2 in LUAD can predict a poor prognosis. Functional enrichment analysis indicated that the main function of NCAPD2 was in cell cycle regulation. Moreover, NCAPD2 was also associated with immune cell infiltration and TMB. NCAPD2 is a novel prognostic marker in LUAD and is associated with immune infiltration and TMB.
肺腺癌 (LUAD) 是目前全球最常见的肺癌亚型。非肌球蛋白浓缩物 I 复合物亚基 D2 (NCAPD2) 是浓缩物 I 中的 3 个非肌球蛋白亚基之一。先前的研究证实,NCAPD2 在染色体凝聚和分离中发挥关键作用。NCAPD2 可能通过参与异常细胞周期分裂而参与肿瘤发生和进展,但 NCAPD2 在 LUAD 中的预后价值尚不清楚。我们使用癌症基因组图谱数据库研究了 NCAPD2 表达水平的差异,并确定了它们与临床特征的关联及其诊断和预后价值。使用基因本体论、京都基因与基因组百科全书和基因集富集分析对 NCAPD2 的功能进行了分析。使用 CIBERSORT、单样本基因集富集分析和 ESTIMATE 分析肿瘤患者的免疫微环境。分析了肿瘤突变负担 (TMB) 和免疫检查点,同时使用加权基因共表达网络分析确定了枢纽基因,并用于构建预后模型。随后,探索了 LUAD 中 NCAPD2 的竞争内源性 RNA 网络。最后,我们进行了 qPCR 以验证肿瘤组织和正常组织中 NCAPD2 表达的差异。与正常肺组织相比,LUAD 中 NCAPD2 的表达明显上调。NCAPD2 与 T 分期、N 分期和肿瘤分期有关。LUAD 中 NCAPD2 的高表达可预测预后不良。功能富集分析表明,NCAPD2 的主要功能是在细胞周期调控。此外,NCAPD2 还与免疫细胞浸润和 TMB 有关。NCAPD2 是 LUAD 的一种新的预后标志物,与免疫浸润和 TMB 有关。