RNA-seq-Based Screening in Coal Dust-Treated Cells Identified PHLDB2 as a Novel Lung Cancer-Related Molecular Marker.

Abstract

Lung cancer is one of the most serious leading cancers with high incidence globally. Identifying molecular markers is key for disease diagnosis and treatment. Coal dust might be important triggering factors in disease development. Here, we first performed RNA-seq-based screening in coal dust treated and nontreated RAW264.7 cell lines. PHLDB2 was found to be the top differentially expressed gene. By retrieving TCGA lung cancer dataset, we observed that PHLDB2 showed upregulations in males and smoker patients. Patients with lower PHLDB2 expression survived longer than those with higher expressions. Furthermore, PHLDB2 was negatively correlated with EMT makers, and a total of 2.74% mutation rate were observed in 1,059 patients. This finding highlights the critical role of PHLDB2 in lung cancer development. PHLDB2 might be a molecular maker for disease diagnosis or treatment.

• Authors: Deyong Ge, Yuhan Shao, Mengjie Wang, Huihui Tao, Min Mu, Xinrong Tao
• Journal: BioMed research international (Biomed Res Int) Vol. 2021 Pg. 1978434 ( 2021) ISSN: 2314-6141 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 34337001 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2021 Deyong Ge et al.

Chemical References

• Biomarkers, Tumor
• Carrier Proteins
• Coal
• Dust
• PHLDB2 protein, human

Topics

• Animals
• Biomarkers, Tumor (genetics, metabolism)
• Carrier Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Cell Death (genetics)
• Cell Survival (genetics)
• Coal
• Dust
• Early Detection of Cancer
• Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (genetics)
• Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
• Humans
• Lung Neoplasms (diagnosis, genetics, pathology)
• Mice
• RAW 264.7 Cells
• RNA-Seq
• Survival Analysis