IMR Press / FBL / Volume 28 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2803054
Open Access Original Research
Increased Neuromedin B is Associated with a Favorable Prognosis in Glioblastoma
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1 Hubei Key Laboratory of Diabetes and Angiopathy, Medicine Research Institute, Xianning Medical College, Hubei University of Science and Technology, 437100 Xianning, Hubei, China
2 School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xianning Medical College, Hubei University of Science and Technology, 437100 Xianning, Hubei, China
3 School of Pharmacy, Xianning Medical College, Hubei University of Science and Technology, 437100 Xianning, Hubei, China
4 The Central Hospital of Xianning, Hubei University of Science and Technology, 437100 Xianning, Hubei, China
*Correspondence: liu_chao@hbust.edu.cn (Chao Liu); mincaili@163.com (Mincai Li)
These authors contributed equally.
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(3), 54; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2803054
Submitted: 21 September 2022 | Revised: 14 November 2022 | Accepted: 21 November 2022 | Published: 16 March 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Neuromedin B (NMB) is a neuropeptide that plays a key role in many physiological processes and is involved in the pathology of various diseases. Increased levels of NMB have been reported in solid tumors. Therefore, we investigated the prognostic value of NMB in glioblastoma (GBM). Methods: Expression profiles of NMB mRNA were investigated in GBM and normal tissues using data from the cancer genome atlas (TCGA). NMB protein expression was obtained using data from the Human Protein Atlas. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were evaluated in GBM and normal tissues. The survival effect of NMB in GBM patients was evaluated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Protein-protein interaction networks were constructed using STRING, and the functional enrichment analyses were performed. The relationship between NMB expression and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes was analyzed using the Tumor Immune Estimation Resource (TIMER) and the Tumor-Immune System Interaction database (TISIDB). Results: NMB was overexpressed in GBM relative to normal biopsy specimens. The ROC analysis showed that the sensitivity and specificity of NMB in GBM were 96.4% and 96.2%, respectively. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that GBM patients with high NMB expression had a better prognosis than those with low NMB expression (16.3 vs. 12.7 months, p = 0.002). Correlation analysis showed that NMB expression was associated with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and tumor purity. Conclusions: High expression of NMB was associated with increased GBM patient survival. Our study indicated that the NMB expression may be a biomarker for prognosis and that NMB may be an immunotherapy target in GBM.

Keywords
glioblastoma
neuromedin B
prognosis
tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
ROC
survival analysis
Funding
82073852/National Natural Science Foundation of China
ZX2021F007/Science and Technology Department of Hubei Province
2018xzy02/Hubei University of Science and Technology
2019xz01/Hubei University of Science and Technology
2019-21GP12/Hubei University of Science and Technology
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