Liang Guan-Zhan, Wen Xiao-Feng, Song Yi-Wen, Zhang Zong-Jin, Chen Jing, Chen Yong-Le, Pan Wei-Dong, He Xiao-Wen, Hu Tuo, Xian Zhen-Yu
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510655, China.
Department of Radiotherapy, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510655, China.
J Clin Med. 2023 Feb 15;12(4):1528. doi: 10.3390/jcm12041528.
Colon cancer (CC) is one of the most common (6%) malignancies and leading cause of cancer-associated death (more than 0.5 million) worldwide, which demands reliable prognostic biomarkers. Cuproptosis is a novel modality of regulated cell death triggered by the accumulation of intracellular copper. LncRNAs have been reported as prognostic signatures in different types of tumors. However, the correlation between cuproptosis-related lncRNAs (CRLs) and CC remains unclear. Data of CC patients were downloaded from public databases. The prognosis-associated CRLs were identified by co-expression analysis and univariate Cox. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator were utilized to construct the CRLs-based prognostic signature in silico for CC patients. CRLs level was validated in human CC cell lines and patient tissues. ROC curve and Kaplan-Meier curve results revealed that high CRLs-risk score was associated with poor prognosis in CC patients. Moreover, the nomogram revealed that this model possessed a steady prognostic prediction capability with C-index as 0.68. More importantly, CC patients with high CRLs-risk score were more sensitive to eight targeted therapy drugs. The prognostic prediction power of the CRLs-risk score was further confirmed by cell lines, tissues and two independent CC cohorts. This study constructed a novel ten-CRLs-based prognosis model for CC patients. The CRLs-risk score is expected to serve as a promising prognostic biomarker and predict targeted therapy response in CC patients.
结肠癌(CC)是全球最常见的恶性肿瘤之一(占6%),也是癌症相关死亡的主要原因(超过50万例),这需要可靠的预后生物标志物。铜死亡是一种由细胞内铜积累引发的新型程序性细胞死亡方式。长链非编码RNA(lncRNAs)已被报道为不同类型肿瘤的预后标志物。然而,铜死亡相关lncRNAs(CRLs)与CC之间的相关性仍不清楚。从公共数据库下载CC患者的数据。通过共表达分析和单变量Cox分析确定与预后相关的CRLs。利用最小绝对收缩和选择算子在计算机上为CC患者构建基于CRLs的预后特征。在人CC细胞系和患者组织中验证CRLs水平。ROC曲线和Kaplan-Meier曲线结果显示,高CRLs风险评分与CC患者预后不良相关。此外,列线图显示该模型具有稳定的预后预测能力,C指数为0.68。更重要的是,高CRLs风险评分的CC患者对八种靶向治疗药物更敏感。细胞系、组织和两个独立的CC队列进一步证实了CRLs风险评分的预后预测能力。本研究为CC患者构建了一种基于十个CRLs的新型预后模型。CRLs风险评分有望成为一种有前景的预后生物标志物,并预测CC患者的靶向治疗反应。