• Medicine · Aug 2021

    Integrated bioinformatics analysis reveals CDK1 and PLK1 as potential therapeutic targets of lung adenocarcinoma.

    • Shuzhen Li, Hua Li, Yajie Cao, Haiying Geng, Fu Ren, Keyan Li, Chunmei Dai, and Ning Li.
    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medicine, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, PR China.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Aug 13; 100 (32): e26474e26474.

    AbstractThis study is to identify potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).GSE6044 and GSE118370 raw data from the Gene Expression Omnibus database were normalized with Robust Multichip Average. After merging these two datasets, the combat function of sva packages was used to eliminate batch effects. Then, limma packages were used to filtrate differentially expressed genes. We constructed protein-protein interaction relationships using STRING database and hub genes were identified based on connectivity degrees. The cBioportal database was used to explore the alterations of the hub genes. The promoter methylation of cyclin dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) and polo-like Kinase 1 (PLK1) and their association with tumor immune infiltration in patients with LUAD were investigated using DiseaseMeth version 2.0 and TIMER databases. The Cancer Genome Atlas-LUAD dataset was used to perform gene set enrichment analysis.We identified 10 hub genes, which were upregulated in LUAD, among which 8 were successfully verified in the Cancer Genome Atlas and Oncomine databases. Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that the expressions of CDK1 and PLK1 in LUAD patients were associated with overall survival and disease-free survival. The methylation levels in the promoter regions of these 2 genes in LUAD patients were lower than those in normal lung tissues. Their expressions in LUAD were associated with tumor stages and relative abundance of tumor infiltrating immune cells, such as B cells, CD4+ T cells, and macrophages. Moreover, cell cycle, DNA replication, homologous recombination, mismatch repair, P53 signaling pathway, and small cell lung cancer signaling were significantly enriched in CDK1 and PLK1 high expression phenotype.CDK1 and PLK1 may be used as potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for LUAD.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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