A Novel lncRNA Panel Related to Ferroptosis, Tumor Progression, and Microenvironment is a Robust Prognostic Indicator for Glioma Patients
To establish a lncRNA panel related to ferroptosis, tumor progression, and microenvironment for prognostic estimation in patients with glioma. LncRNAs associated with tumor progression and microenvironment were screened via the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). Overlapped lncRNAs...
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Published in | Frontiers in cell and developmental biology Vol. 9; p. 788451 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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07.12.2021
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Summary: | To establish a lncRNA panel related to ferroptosis, tumor progression, and microenvironment for prognostic estimation in patients with glioma.
LncRNAs associated with tumor progression and microenvironment were screened via the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). Overlapped lncRNAs highlighted in WGCNA, related to ferroptosis, and incorporated in Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA) were identified as hub lncRNAs. With expression profiles of the hub lncRNA, we conducted the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression and built a ferroptosis-related lncRNA signature to separate glioma patients with distinct survival outcomes. The lncRNA signature was validated in TCGA, the CGGA_693, and CGGA_325 cohorts using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and ROC curves. The ferroptosis-related lncRNA panel was validated with 15 glioma samples using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Multivariate Cox regression was performed, and a nomogram was mapped and validated. Immune infiltration correlated to the signature was explored using TIMER and CIBERSORT algorithms.
The present study identified 30 hub lncRNAs related to ferroptosis, tumor progression, and microenvironment. With the 30 hub lncRNAs, we developed a lncRNA signature with distinct stratification of survival chance in patients with glioma in two independent cohorts (HRs>1,
< 0.05). The lncRNA signature revealed a panel of 14 lncRNAs, i.e., APCDD1L-AS1, H19, LINC00205, LINC00346, LINC00475, LINC00484, LINC00601, LINC00664, LINC00886, LUCAT1, MIR155HG, NEAT1, PVT1, and SNHG18. These lncRNA expressions were validated in clinical specimens using qRT-PCR. Robust predictive accuracies of the signature were present across different datasets at multiple timepoints. With univariate and multivariate regressions, we demonstrated that the risk score based on the lncRNA signature is an independent prognostic indicator after clinical factors were adjusted. A nomogram was constructed with these prognostic factors, and it has demonstrated decent classification and accuracy. Additionally, the signature-based classification was observed to be correlated with multiple clinical characteristics and molecular subtypes. Further, extensive immune cells were upregulated in the high-risk group, such as CD8
T cell, neutrophil, macrophage, and myeloid dendritic cell, indicating increased immune infiltrations.
We established a novel ferroptosis-related lncRNA signature that could effectively stratify the prognosis of glioma patients with adequate predictive performance. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Ella L. Kim, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany Edited by: Maryam Mehrpour, Université Paris Descartes, France Reviewed by: Ian Kerr, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom This article was submitted to Molecular and Cellular Oncology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology |
ISSN: | 2296-634X 2296-634X |
DOI: | 10.3389/fcell.2021.788451 |