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ArticleHeliyon2024

A cuproptosis-related gene DLAT as a novel prognostic marker and its relevance to immune infiltration in low-grade gliomas.

Peng Gao, Huaixu Li, Yang Qiao, Jianyu Nie, Sheng Cheng, Guozhang Tang, Xingliang Dai, Hongwei Cheng

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Peng GaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, PR China.
Huaixu LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, PR China.
Yang QiaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, PR China.
Jianyu NieDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, PR China.
Sheng ChengDepartment of Clinical Medicine, The First Clinical College of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, PR China.
Guozhang TangDepartment of Clinical Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, PR China.
Xingliang DaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, PR China.
Hongwei ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, PR China.

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Abstract

DLAT has been recognized as a cuproptosis-related gene that is crucial for cuproptosis in earlier research. The study is to look at how DLAT affects individuals with low-grade glioma's prognosis and immune infiltration. The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) database and the TCGA database were used in this work to download RNAseq data in TPM format. DLAT was found to be overexpressed in LGG by comparing DLAT expression levels between LGG and normal brain tissue, and the expression of DLAT was verified by immunohistochemistry and semi-quantitative analysis. Then, the functional enrichment analysis revealed that the biological functional pathways and possible signal transduction pathways involved were primarily focused on extracellular matrix organization, transmembrane transporter complex, ion channel complex, channel activity, neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction, complement and coagulation cascades, and channel activity. The level of immune cell infiltration by plasmacytoid dendritic cells and CD8 T cells was subsequently evaluated using single-sample gene set enrichment analysis, which showed that high DLAT expression was inversely connected with that level of infiltration. The link between the methylation and mRNA transcription of DLAT was then further investigated via the MethSurv database, and the results showed that DLAT's hypomethylation status was linked to a poor outcome. Finally, by evaluating the prognostic value of DLAT using the Cox regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier technique, a column line graph was created to forecast the overall survival (OS) rate at 1, 3, and 5 years after LGG identification. The aforementioned results demonstrated that high DLAT expression significantly decreased OS and DSS, and that overexpression of DLAT in LGG was significantly linked with WHO grade, IDH status, primary therapy outcome, overall survival (OS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and progression-free interval (PFI) events. DLAT was discovered as a separate predictive sign of OS in the end. DLAT might thus represent a brand-new predictive biomarker.

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BiomarkerCuproptosisDLATImmune infiltrationLGG

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PMID38961981
PMCPMC11219321

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