Calumenin contributes to epithelial-mesenchymal transition and predicts poor survival in glioma

Background: Calumenin (CALU) has been reported to be associated with invasiveness and metastasis in some malignancies. However, in glioma, the role of CALU remains unclear. Methods: Clinical and transcriptome data of 998 glioma patients, including 301 from CGGA and 697 from TCGA dataset, were included. R language was used to perform statistical analyses. Results: CALU expression was significantly upregulated in more malignant gliomas, including higher grade, IDH wildtype, mesenchymal, and classical subtype. Gene Ontology analysis revealed that CALU-correlated genes were mainly enriched in cell/biological adhesion, response to wounding, and extracellular matrix/structure organization, all of which were strongly correlated with the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) phenotype. GSEA further validated the profound involvement of CALU in EMT. Subsequent GSVA suggested that CALU was particularly correlated with three EMT signaling pathways, including TGFβ, PI3K/AKT, and hypoxia pathway. Furthermore, CALU played synergistically with EMT key markers, including N-cadherin, vimentin, snail, slug, and TWIST1. Survival and Cox regression analysis showed that higher CALU predicted worse survival, and the prognostic value was independent of WHO grade and age. Conclusions: CALU was correlated with more malignant phenotypes in glioma. Moreover, CALU seemed to serve as a pro-EMT molecular target and could contribute to predict prognosis independently in glioma.

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Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Calumenin contributes to epithelial-mesenchymal transition and predicts poor survival in glioma ; volume:12 ; number:1 ; year:2021 ; pages:67-75 ; extent:9
Translational Neuroscience ; 12, Heft 1 (2021), 67-75 (gesamt 9)

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Yang, Ying
Wang, Jin
Xu, Shihai
Shi, Fei
Shan, Aijun

DOI
10.1515/tnsci-2021-0004
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022082914412676320442
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  • Yang, Ying
  • Wang, Jin
  • Xu, Shihai
  • Shi, Fei
  • Shan, Aijun

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