Bone metastases is prevalent from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with poor quality of life and prognosis. Our previous proteomics analysis identified dysregulated proteins in the bone -tropism RCC cells. In this study, we further examined the clinical implications of these proteins using multiple clinical cohorts. We identified 6 proteins with significant upregulation in RCC tumor tissue in comparing to tumor adjacent normal tissue (p<0.05). High expression of these 6 protein -encoding genes significantly correlates with a poor survival in the TCGA-KIRC (Kidney renal clear cell carcinoma) cohort (log -rank test p=2.7e-05), and they all individually had a reverse -correlation with the gene expression of VHL and PBRM1 (p<0.001), and positive -correlation with the expression of VEGFA (p<0.001). Further gene set variation analysis (GSVA) revealed positive correlation with Th17 cells enrichment and negative CD8 T cell infiltration in the RCC tumor microenvironment. High expression of these 6 genes in pretreatment tumors favors longer overall survival (OS)(p=0.027) in anti-PDL1 treated patients (n=428). We treated one humeral metastases RCC patient with the anti-PDL1 antibody drug atezolizumab after examined the elevated expression of the 6 proteins in his nephrectomy tumor tissue, the tumor at the fracture site shrunk remarkably after four courses of treatment. These results altogether suggest a clinical implication of the 6 -protein signature in RCC bone metastasis prognosis and response to immune -checkpoint inhibitor treatment.
基金:
Science and Technology Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region [2022D01F66]; Science and Technology Department of Hubei Province [2021CFB521]
第一作者单位:[1]Peoples Hosp Dongxihu Dist, Dept Oncol, Wuhan 430040, Hubei, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[2]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Hosp, Tongji Med Coll, Dept Orthoped, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, Peoples R China[*1]Department of Orthopedics, Tongji hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China.
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Liu Zheng,Mao Hanwen,Chu Dinggai,et al.Clinical Implications of a Six-Protein Signature in Bone Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma[J].JOURNAL OF CANCER.2024,15(10):3034-3044.doi:10.7150/jca.88612.
APA:
Liu, Zheng,Mao, Hanwen,Chu, Dinggai,Qin, Liang&Wang, Jiang.(2024).Clinical Implications of a Six-Protein Signature in Bone Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma.JOURNAL OF CANCER,15,(10)
MLA:
Liu, Zheng,et al."Clinical Implications of a Six-Protein Signature in Bone Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma".JOURNAL OF CANCER 15..10(2024):3034-3044