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Loss of BLK expression as a potential predictor of poor prognosis and immune checkpoint blockade response in NSCLC and contribute to tumor progression

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العنوان: Loss of BLK expression as a potential predictor of poor prognosis and immune checkpoint blockade response in NSCLC and contribute to tumor progression
المؤلفون: Yingqi Xu, Jianlin Xu, Rong Qiao, Hua Zhong, Jinjing Xia, Runbo Zhong
المصدر: Translational Oncology, Vol 33, Iss , Pp 101671- (2023)
بيانات النشر: Elsevier, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
مصطلحات موضوعية: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), BLK, prognosis, Tumor growth, RNA sequencing, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
الوصف: Background: Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has been proved to have significant anti-tumor effect in the clinical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Therefore, biomarkers predicting ICB response can provide better treatment for patients with NSCLC. Methods: Differential expression genes (DEGs) were identified by ImmuCellAI database. Copy number alteration (CNA) was analyzed by cBioPortal. The predicted efficiency of 4 genes on cancer immunotherapy was assessed by ROC analysis. The survival value of BLK was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier plotter and Prognoscan analysis. Clinical significance of BLK IHC-TMA score in NSCLC was also explored. The CCK-8 assay, wound healing assay, western blot assay in vitro and subcutaneous xenograft experiments in vivo were used for investigating the functions of BLK. The RNA-sequencing were performed to screen BLK regulated genes and conducted for GO/KEGG enrichment analysis. The transcriptional regulatory factor of BLK promoter region was predicted by ChIP-seq analysis. Results: 39 common DEGs between ICB Response (R) group and No Response (NR) group with NSCLC were identified, in which the CNA frequency of BLK deletion (> 6%) was found. The predicted efficiency of BLK on immunotherapy was performed best in NSCLC (AUC>0.7). Low expression of BLK was related to NSCLC with significantly poor prognosis. BLK overexpression can inhibit growth of NSCLC via activating apoptosis pathway, inhibiting the G2M checkpoint and Glycolysis pathway. The enrichment analysis indicated that BLK regulated genes related to oncogenic potential in NSCLC. Besides, BLK expression was inhibited via H3K27me3 modification in A549 and H1299 cells. BLK mRNA level was negatively correlated with methylation and positively correlated with the tumor purity in NSCLC. Conclusion: Our study provides strong evidence that low expression of BLK may serve as a biomarker for poor prognosis in NSCLC, while response to ICB therapy and contributes to NSCLC tumor progression.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1936-5233
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936523323000578; https://doaj.org/toc/1936-5233
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101671
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/4f6db1b1dd4046709b7a35b0b9192177
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.4f6db1b1dd4046709b7a35b0b9192177
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
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تدمد:19365233
DOI:10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101671