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C1q肿瘤坏死因子相关蛋白3(C1QTNF3)在肝癌中的表达及其对预后的预测价值

金丽莹,  王姝涵,  杨洋

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C1q肿瘤坏死因子相关蛋白3(C1QTNF3)在肝癌中的表达及其对预后的预测价值

DOI: 10.12449/JCH250520
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国家自然科学基金 (82160552)

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作者贡献声明:杨洋负责设计论文框架,起草和修改论文;王姝涵负责数据收集,统计学分析,绘制图表;金丽莹负责实验操作,研究过程的实施,拟定写作思路,指导撰写文章并最后定稿。
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    杨洋, yangyang@ybu.edu.cn (ORCID: 0000-0002-0754-935X)

The expression of C1QTNF3 in liver cancer and its prognostic value

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (82160552)

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  • 摘要:   目的  探究C1q肿瘤坏死因子相关蛋白3(C1QTNF3)在肝癌组织中的表达情况,分析其与患者临床病理特征的关系,并进一步评估其在肝癌预后中的潜在预测价值。  方法  分别于TIMER、UALCAN、TNMplot及GEO数据库收集资料,采用生物信息学分析C1QTNF3基因在泛癌、正常组织与肝癌组织,以及癌组织及其癌旁组织中的表达水平。选取90例肝癌患者的肝癌组织及其癌旁组织标本,收集患者年龄、性别、肿瘤直径、肿瘤数目等临床资料。计量资料组间比较采用成组t检验或配对t检验;计数资料组间比较采用χ2检验。Kaplan-Meier法绘制生存曲线,Log-rank检验分析C1QTNF3表达水平与肝癌患者生存期的关系。Cox回归模型分析影响肝癌患者预后的危险因素,受试者操作特征曲线(ROC曲线)分析不同时间点C1QTNF3表达对肝癌患者预后的预测能力。  结果  生物信息学分析结果显示,C1QTNF3基因在多种恶性肿瘤组织中表达上调,尤其在肝癌组织中(P<0.001);C1QTNF3基因在肝癌组织中的表达量高于正常组织及其癌旁组织(P值均<0.01)。90例肝癌患者免疫组化染色结果显示,C1QTNF3主要表达于细胞质,少量表达于细胞核,且在癌旁组织中主要呈阴性表达,在肝癌组织中呈阳性表达。C1QTNF3蛋白在肝癌组织中的阳性表达率(76.67% vs 33.33%)和强阳性表达率(54.44% vs 5.56%)均显著高于癌旁组织(χ2值分别为34.141、51.217,P值均<0.01)。肿瘤直径≥5 cm、晚期、肝硬化、HBsAg阴性和GGT≥50 U/L肝癌患者的C1QTNF3蛋白强阳性表达率均显著高于肿瘤直径<5 cm、早期、无肝硬化、HBsAg阳性和GGT<50 U/L的肝癌患者(P值均<0.05)。单因素Cox回归分析结果显示,肿瘤直径、复发情况和C1QTNF3表达是肝癌患者预后的影响因素(P值均<0.05);多因素Cox回归分析结果显示,C1QTNF3表达水平和复发情况是影响肝癌患者生存期的独立危险因素(P值均<0.05)。生存曲线结果显示,所有肝癌患者中,C1QTNF3高表达(强阳性)者相较于低表达者,总生存率和无瘤生存率均更短(χ2值分别为17.010、13.647,P值均<0.001);在肿瘤直径≥5 cm、早/晚期、复发、肝硬化、HBsAg阳性、ALT<40 U/L、ALT≥40 U/L和GGT≥50 U/L的肝癌患者中,C1QTNF3高表达者的总生存率均显著降低(χ2值分别11.086、5.578、5.295、19.159、16.391、13.774、10.119、8.152、12.035,P值均<0.05)。ROC曲线结果显示,C1QTNF3表达在5年时的预测潜力最强,ROC曲线下面积为0.77。  结论  C1QTNF3在肝癌组织中呈高表达,其表达水平和复发情况与肝癌患者的生存期密切相关,C1QTNF3蛋白高表达患者生存率更低。

     

  • 注: a,TIMER数据库;*,P<0.05;**,P<0.01;***,P<0.001。b,UALCAN数据库。c~d,TNMplot数据库。e,GEO数据库。

    图  1  C1QTNF3 mRNA在泛癌和肝癌组织中的表达

    Figure  1.  Expression of C1QTNF3 mRNA in pan-cancer and liver cancer tissues

    注: a,癌旁组织;b,肝癌组织弱阳性表达;c,肝癌组织阳性表达;d,肝癌组织强阳性表达。

    图  2  C1QTNF3在肝组织中的表达情况(免疫组化染色,×200)

    Figure  2.  Expression of C1QTNF3 in liver tissue(immunohistochemical staining,×200)

    图  3  C1QTNF3蛋白高、低表达的生存曲线

    Figure  3.  Survival curves of high and low expression of C1QTNF3 protein

    图  4  C1QTNF3蛋白表达水平预测肝癌预后的ROC曲线

    Figure  4.  ROC curves of the predictive value of C1QTNF3 protein expression level for the prognosis of liver cancer

    表  1  C1QTNF3在肝癌组织及癌旁组织中阳性表达率和强阳性表达率的比较

    Table  1.   Comparison of the positive expression rate and the strong positive expression rate of C1QTNF3 in liver cancer tissues and adjacent tissues

    C1QTNF3蛋白 肝癌组织 (n=90) 癌旁组织 (n=90) χ2值 P值
    阳性率[例(%)] 69(76.67) 30(33.33) 34.141 <0.01
    强阳性率[例(%)] 49(54.44) 5(5.56) 51.217 <0.01
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    表  2  C1QTNF3蛋白高表达与肝癌临床病理特征之间的关系

    Table  2.   The relationship between high expression of C1QTNF3 protein and clinicopathological features of liver cancer

    临床病理特征 例数 强阳性[例(%)] χ2值 P值
    性别 0.155 0.694
    男 74 41(55.4)
    女 16 8(50.0)
    年龄 0.278 0.598
    ≥50岁 39 20(51.3)
    <50岁 51 29(56.9)
    肿瘤直径 8.674 0.003
    <5 cm 44 17(38.6)
    ≥5 cm 46 32(69.6)
    肿瘤数目 0.026 0.873
    ≤1个 74 40(54.1)
    >1个 16 9(56.3)
    包膜 0.453 0.501
    有 47 24(51.1)
    无 43 25(58.1)
    组织学分级 0.487 0.485
    Ⅰ~Ⅱ级 58 30(51.7)
    Ⅲ级 32 19(59.4)
    临床分期 5.570 0.018
    早期 61 28(45.9)
    晚期 29 21(72.4)
    复发情况 3.178 0.075
    有 53 33(62.3)
    无 37 16(43.2)
    肝硬化 4.840 0.028
    有 78 46(59.0)
    无 12 3(25.0)
    HBsAg 5.979 0.014
    阳性 77 38(49.4)
    阴性 13 11(84.6)
    抗-HBc 2.962 0.085
    阳性 80 41(51.3)
    阴性 10 8(80.0)
    抗-HCV 0.016 0.898
    阳性 2 1(50.0)
    阴性 88 48(54.5)
    TBil 3.789 0.052
    <17.1 μmol/L 66 40(60.6)
    ≥17.1 μmol/L 24 9(37.5)
    ALT 0.083 0.773
    <40 U/L 41 23(56.1)
    ≥40 U/L 49 26(53.1)
    AFP 0.000 0.988
    <400 μg/L 57 31(54.4)
    ≥400 μg/L 33 18(54.5)
    GGT 6.912 0.009
    <50 U/L 35 13(37.1)
    ≥50 U/L 55 36(65.5)
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    表  3  肝癌患者预后Cox风险回归模型单因素分析

    Table  3.   Univariate analysis of Cox risk regression model for prognosis of liver cancer patients

    参数 B值 SE Wald HR(95%CI) P值
    性别 0.384 0.584 1.828 1.468(0.841~2.561) 0.176
    年龄 0.042 0.215 0.038 1.043(0.684~1.589) 0.846
    肿瘤直径 0.548 0.214 6.541 1.730(1.137~2.634) 0.011
    分化程度 0.023 0.222 0.011 0.977(0.633~1.510) 0.918
    临床分期 0.223 0.229 0.949 0.800(0.511~1.253) 0.330
    肿瘤数目 0.110 0.278 0.156 0.896(0.520~1.544) 0.692
    包膜 0.002 0.213 0.000 0.998(0.658~1.515) 0.993
    复发情况 0.740 0.221 11.206 2.095(1.359~3.230) 0.001
    肝硬化 0.378 0.316 1.431 0.686(0.369~1.273) 0.232
    抗-HBc 0.142 0.339 0.177 0.867(0.447~1.684) 0.674
    抗-HCV 0.603 0.724 0.695 0.547(0.132~2.260) 0.404
    TBil 0.036 0.240 0.022 0.965(0.603~1.543) 0.881
    ALT 0.021 0.215 0.010 1.022(0.670~1.558) 0.921
    AFP 0.378 0.221 2.911 1.459(0.945~2.252) 0.088
    GGT 0.313 0.219 2.038 1.367(0.890~2.101) 0.153
    HBsAg 0.252 0.303 0.691 0.777(0.430~1.407) 0.406
    C1QTNF3表达 0.788 0.218 13.038 2.198(1.434~3.371) <0.001
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    表  4  肝癌患者预后Cox风险回归模型多因素分析

    Table  4.   Multivariate analysis of Cox risk regression model for prognosis of liver cancer patients

    参数 B值 SE Wald HR(95%CI) P值
    ALT 0.292 0.240 1.482 0.747(0.467~1.195) 0.223
    肿瘤直径 0.274 0.232 1.399 1.315(0.835~2.072) 0.237
    复发情况 0.835 0.249 11.249 2.305(1.415~3.756) 0.001
    C1QTNF3表达 0.701 0.233 9.060 2.016(1.277~3.182) 0.003
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