BACKGROUND: Colon cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors, with high rates of incidence and death. The tumor mutational burden (TMB), which is characterized by microsatellite instability, has been becoming a powerful predictor which can show tumor behavior and response to immunotherapy. METHODS: In this study, we analyzed 437 mutation data of colon cancer samples obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and divided patients into low- and high-TMB groups according to the TMB value. Then we identified differentially-expressed genes (DEGs), conducted immune cell infiltration and survival analyses between groups. RESULTS: The higher TMB of the patients with colon cancer predicts a poorer prognosis. Functional analysis was performed to assess the prognostic value of the top 30 core genes. The CIBER-SORT algorithm was used to investigate the correlation between the immune cells and TMB subtypes. An immune prognosis model was constructed to screen out immune genes related to prognosis, and the tumor immunity assessment resource (TIMER) was then used to determine the correlation between gene expression and the abundance of tumor-infiltrating immune cell subsets in colon cancer. We observed that APC, TP53, TTN, KRAS, MUC16, SYNE1, PIK3CA have higher somatic mutations. DEGs enrichment analysis showed that they are involved in the regulation of neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction, the Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling pathway, the calcium signaling pathway, and pantothenate and Coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis. The difference in the abundance of various white blood cell subtypes showed that Cluster of Differentiation 8 (CD8) T cells (P=0.008), activated CD4 memory T cells (P=0.019), M1 macrophages (P=0.002), follicular helper T cells (P=0.034), activated Natural killer (NK cell) cells (P=0.017) increased remarkably, while M0 macrophages significantly reduced (P=0.025). The two immune model genes showed that secretin (SCT) was negatively correlated with survival, while Guanylate cyclase activator 2A (GUCA2A) was positively correlated. CONCLUSIONS: This study conducted a systematically comprehensive analysis of the prediction and clinical significance of TMB in colon cancer in identification, monitoring, and prognosis of colon cancer, and providing reference information for immunotherapy. 2021 Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Colon cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors, with high rates of incidence and death. The tumor mutational burden (TMB), which is characterized by microsatellite instability, has been becoming a powerful predictor which can show tumor behavior and response to immunotherapy. METHODS: In this study, we analyzed 437 mutation data of colon cancer samples obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and divided patients into low- and high-TMB groups according to the TMB value. Then we identified differentially-expressed genes (DEGs), conducted immune cell infiltration and survival analyses between groups. RESULTS: The higher TMB of the patients with colon cancer predicts a poorer prognosis. Functional analysis was performed to assess the prognostic value of the top 30 core genes. The CIBER-SORT algorithm was used to investigate the correlation between the immune cells and TMB subtypes. An immune prognosis model was constructed to screen out immune genes related to prognosis, and the tumor immunity assessment resource (TIMER) was then used to determine the correlation between gene expression and the abundance of tumor-infiltrating immune cell subsets in colon cancer. We observed that APC, TP53, TTN, KRAS, MUC16, SYNE1, PIK3CA have higher somatic mutations. DEGs enrichment analysis showed that they are involved in the regulation of neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction, the Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling pathway, the calcium signaling pathway, and pantothenate and Coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis. The difference in the abundance of various white blood cell subtypes showed that Cluster of Differentiation 8 (CD8) T cells (P=0.008), activated CD4 memory T cells (P=0.019), M1 macrophages (P=0.002), follicular helper T cells (P=0.034), activated Natural killer (NK cell) cells (P=0.017) increased remarkably, while M0 macrophages significantly reduced (P=0.025). The two immune model genes showed that secretin (SCT) was negatively correlated with survival, while Guanylate cyclase activator 2A (GUCA2A) was positively correlated. CONCLUSIONS: This study conducted a systematically comprehensive analysis of the prediction and clinical significance of TMB in colon cancer in identification, monitoring, and prognosis of colon cancer, and providing reference information for immunotherapy. 2021 Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. All rights reserved.
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