Cathepsin V is correlated with the prognosis and tumor microenvironment in liver cancer

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Recent studies have shown that high cell cycle activity negatively correlates with antitumor immunity in certain cancer types. However, a similar correlation has not been proven in liver cancer. We downloaded transcriptomic profiles of the cancer genome atlas-liver hepatocellular carcinoma (TCGA-LIHC) and assessed the cell cycle distribution of samples using single sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA), termed the cell cycle score (CCS). We obtained cell cycle-related differentially expressed prognostic genes and identified CENPA, CDC20, and CTSV using LASSO regression. We studied the effect of CTSV on clinical features and immune alterations in liver cancer based on TCGA-LIHC data. In vitro and in vivo experiments were performed to validate the role of CTSV in liver cancer using liver cancer cell lines and tissues. We found that the CCS closely correlated with the clinical features and prognosis of patients in TCGA-LIHC. Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs), univariate Cox regression, and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression identified cathepsin V (CTSV) with prognostic significance in LIHC. Importantly, single-gene survival analysis of CTSV using microarray and sequencing data indicated that high levels of CTSV expression correlated with an unfavorable prognosis in various cancers. Gene set enrichment analysis revealed that high CTSV expression closely correlated with decreased expression of metabolic genes and increased expression of cell cycle genes. Furthermore, difference and correlation analyses of the relationship between CTSV expression and immune infiltrates, determined using CIBERSORT and TIMER algorithms, revealed that CTSV expression correlated with macrophages and CD4+ T cells. In vitro and in vivo experiments revealed that knockdown of CTSV inhibited liver cancer cells proliferation. Immunohistochemical staining showed that high CTSV expression correlated with macrophage infiltration in liver cancer tissues, predicted a poor prognosis, and is associated with the effectiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma treatment. In couclusion, CTSV is a novel cell cycle-associated gene with clinical significance in HCC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Molecular carcinogenesis - 63(2024), 3 vom: 07. Feb., Seite 400-416

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Junyu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhijie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yichuan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Tianxing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yaping [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Ning, Beifang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CTSV
CTSV protein, human
Cathepsins
Cell Cycle Proteins
Cell cycle
EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.22.43
Journal Article
Liver cancer
Prognosis
Tumor microenvironment

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Date Completed 09.02.2024

Date Revised 09.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/mc.23660

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365422320