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ABCC8 is correlated with immune cell infiltration and overall survival in lower grade glioma
LIPING GONG1, MING JIA2,*
1 Department of Academic Research, The Secondary Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250033, China
2 Department of Cancer Center, The Secondary Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250033, China
* Corresponding Authors: Ming Jia, ;
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Bioinformatics Study of Diseases)
BIOCELL 2023, 47(1), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2023.024620
Received 02 June 2022; Accepted 14 July 2022; Issue published 26 September 2022
Abstract
ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 8 (ABCC8) encodes a protein regulating the ATP-sensitive
potassium channel. Whether the level of ABCC8 mRNA in lower grade glioma (LGG) correlates with immune cell
infiltration and patient outcomes has not been evaluated until now. Comparisons of ABCC8 expression between
different tumors and normal tissues were evaluated by exploring publicly available datasets. The association between
ABCC8 and tumor immune cell infiltration, diverse gene mutation characteristics, tumor mutation burden (TMB),
and survival in LGG was also investigated in several independent datasets. Pathway enrichment analysis was
conducted to search for ABCC8-associated signaling pathways. Through an online database, we found that ABCC8
expression in LGG was lower than in normal tissues. Then, the association of ABCC8 expression and immune cell
infiltration in LGG was discussed. As we expected, the ABCC8 mRNA levels were negatively associated with non-T
immune cell infiltration levels in all datasets. Consistently, TCGA_LGG RNA-seq data revealed that ABCC8
downregulated several non-T immune cell-associated signaling pathways in gene set enrichment analysis. Different
ABCC8 expression groups showed diverse gene mutation characteristics and TMB. The high expression of ABCC8
was linked to improved survival of LGG patients. A pathway enrichment analysis of ABCC8-associated genes
indicated that the GABAergic synapse signaling pathway might be involved in regulating immunity in LGG. Our
findings show that ABCC8 reflects LGG tumor immunity and is an ideal prognostic biomarker for LGG.
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GONG, L., JIA, M. (2023). ABCC8 is correlated with immune cell infiltration and overall survival in lower grade glioma.
BIOCELL, 47(1), 109–123. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2023.024620