• Medicine · Oct 2024

    Comprehensive analysis of the expression level, prognostic value, and immune infiltration of cuproptosis-related genes in human breast cancer.

    • Jian Chen, Wei Cao, Yingliang Li, and Jia Zhu.
    • Breast Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Oct 18; 103 (42): e40132e40132.

    BackgroundAs a novel cell death form, cuproptosis results from copper combining with lipidated proteins in the tricarboxylic acid cycle. To the best of our knowledge no study has yet comprehensively analyzed the relationship between cuproptosis-related genes and breast cancer.MethodsThe expression, prognostic value, mutations, chemosensitivity, and immune infiltration of cuproptosis-related genes in breast carcinoma patients were analyzed, PPI networks were constructed, and enrichment analyses were performed based on these genes. TIMER, UALCAN, Kaplan-Meier plotter, Human Protein Atlas, cBioPortal, STRING, GeneMANIA, DAVID, and R program v4.0.3 were used to accomplish the analyses above.ResultsCompared to normal breast tissues, FDX1, LIAS, LIPT1, DLD, DLAT, PDHA1, MTF1, and GLS were down-regulated in breast cancer tissues, while CDKN2A was up-regulated. High expression of FDX1, LIAS, DLD, DLAT, MTF1, GLS, and CDKN2A were associated with favorable overall survival. Cuproptosis-related genes showed a high alteration rate (51.3%) in breast cancer, contributing to worse clinical outcomes. The expression levels of FDX1, LIPT1, DLD, DLAT, PDHA1, PDHB, MTF1, GLS, and CDKN2A were associated positively with 1 or more immune cell infiltrations in breast cancer. Patients with high levels of B cell, CD4+ T cell, CD8+ T cell, and dendritic cell infiltration had a higher survival rate at 10 years.ConclusionThis study comprehensively investigated relationships between cuproptosis and breast cancer by bioinformatic analyses. We found that cuproptosis-related genes were generally lowly expressed in breast carcinoma tissue. As the critical gene of cuproptosis, high expression of FDX1 was related to favorable prognoses in breast cancer patients; thus, it might be a potential prognostic marker. Moreover, genes associated with cuproptosis were linked to immune infiltration in breast cancer and this relationship affected the prognosis of breast cancer.Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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