IMR Press / FBL / Volume 28 / Issue 6 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2806107
Open Access Original Research
Expression Pattern and Prognostic Analysis of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Catabolism-Related Genes in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Public Health Clinical Center of Chengdu, 610061 Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041 Chengdu, Sichuan, China
*Correspondence: xiaojunyao_work@163.com (Xiaojun Yao)
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(6), 107; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2806107
Submitted: 21 October 2022 | Revised: 6 February 2023 | Accepted: 10 February 2023 | Published: 8 June 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: The purpose of our study is to analyze the expression pattern and prognostic value of catabolism-related enzymes of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: Differential expression analysis, mutation, copy number variation (CNV), methylation analysis, and survival analysis of BCAAs catabolism-related enzymes in NSCLC were performed using the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Results: Six and seven differentially expressed genes were obtained in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC), respectively. IL4I1 was located at the core regulatory nodes in the gene co-expression networks of both LUAD and LUSC. The AOX1 mutation rate was the highest in both LUAD and LUSC. For CNV, IL4I1 was up-regulated in both LUAD and LUSC with an increase in copy number, whereas AOX1 and ALDH2 were differentially regulated in the two subtypes of lung cancer. In patients with NSCLC, high expression of IL4I1 was associated with lower overall survival (OS), and low expression of ALDH2 predicted shorter disease-free survival (DFS). ALDH2 expression was related with LUSC survival. Conclusions: This study explored the biomarkers of BCAAs catabolism related to the prognosis of NSCLC, which provided a theoretical foundation to guide the clinical diagnosis and treatment of NSCLC.

Keywords
catabolsm-related enzyme of BCAAs
NSCLC
expression pattern
survival analysis
TCGA
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