实用肝脏病杂志 ›› 2021, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 556-560.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2021.04.026

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外周血单个核细胞GPSM2水平可能是肝细胞癌预后判断的新型标志物*

于哲, 罗婧, 杨永平   

  1. 100039 北京市 北京大学三○二临床医学院(于哲,罗婧);解放军总医院肝病医学部(杨永平)
  • 收稿日期:2020-11-25 发布日期:2021-07-13
  • 通讯作者: 杨永平,E-mail:yongpingyang@hotmail.com
  • 作者简介:于哲,男,30岁,硕士研究生。主要从事肝癌的基础与临床研究。E-mail:1811210775@pku.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    *国家“十三五”科技重大专项(编号:2018ZX10725506)

Peripheral blood mononuclear cell GPSM2 levels might be a new marker for prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma stage III

Yu Zhe, Luo Jing, Yang Yongping   

  1. 302nd Clinical Medical School, Peking University, Beijing 100039, China
  • Received:2020-11-25 Published:2021-07-13

摘要: 目的 通过生物信息学方法,挖掘影响肝细胞癌(HCC)患者生存预后的关键基因,对比在外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)和肿瘤组织中关键基因水平,探索关键基因作为新型标志物判断HCC患者生存预后的价值。方法 检索GEO和TCGA数据库中HCC数据,通过STRING构建蛋白质相互作用(PPI)网络和GEPIA生存验证,在Cytoscape筛选关键基因模块,对差异表达基因(DEGs)进行分析,应用Cox比例风险回归模型进行生存预后分析。结果 在PBMC中分析得到DEGs 225个,其中上调基因105个,下调基因120个;通过关键模块筛选和验证,得到6个关键基因,即GPSM2、PPIL1、POLR2H、CRNKL1、U2SURP和TRA2B,这些基因在肿瘤组织中的高水平与总体生存率显著相关;应用TCGA数据库临床数据行预后分析,结果表明GPSM2高水平与III期HCC总体生存期缩短独立相关(HR=1.556,95%CI:1.153~2.100);最后,通过比对PBMC与肿瘤组织中这6个关键基因的表达水平,发现其中GPSM2、TRA2B和U2SURP在两者中的表达水平趋势相同。结论 GPSM2在HCC肿瘤组织和PBMC中的高水平与III期HCC患者预后独立相关,可能是HCC筛查和判断预后的新型标志物,甚至可成为治疗HCC的靶基因。

关键词: 肝细胞癌, 数据检索, 关键基因, 预后

Abstract: Objective The aim of this paper was to discover key genes that affect the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by bioinformatics. Methods We searched the key genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and tumor tissues in GEO and TCGA databases by using STRING to construct a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, by using GEPIA to obtain the survival information, and by using Cytoscape to filter key gene modules for the analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The Cox proportional hazards regression model was applied for prognostic analysis. Results We obtained 225 DEGs in PBMC, of which 105 were up-regulated and 120 were down-regulated genes; out of which, six key genes were screened and verified by through key modules, e.g. GPSM2, PPIL1, POLR2H, CRNKL1, U2SURP and TRA2B; the high levels of these genes in tumor tissues was significantly related to the overall survival rate of patients; the clinical data of TCGA database were analyzed for prognosis, which showed that the GPSM2 level (HR=1.556,95%CI:1.153-2.100) was independently related to overall survival in patients with HCC stage III, and the trends of GPSM2, TRA2B and U2SURP in PBMCs were the same as in tumor tissues. Conclusion The high level of GPSM2 in HCC tumor tissues and PBMCs is independently associated with the poor prognosis of patients with HCC stage III, and it is expected this gene might become a new marker for screening and prognostic judgment of patients with HCC.

Key words: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Data retrieval, Key genes, Prognosis