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CCDC103 as a Prognostic Biomarker Correlated with Tumor Progression and Immune Infiltration in Glioma
Zhixing Xu1,2, Haitao Xu1, Xi Chen1
1Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650223, People's Republic of China.
Background:
The Coiled-coil domain-containing proteins (CCDCs) are expressed in many cancers, but the role of Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 103 (CCDC103) in cancers remains unclear. Further investigations are necessary to ascertain its diagnostic significance and understand its biological function in cancers. This study aims to elucidate the biological functionalities of CCDC103 in glioma and evaluate the correlation between CCDC103 expression with glioma progression.
Methods:
Clinical data on glioma patients were acquired from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), the Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA), and the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). The evaluation encompassed the examination of correlations between CCDC103 expression, pathological characteristics, and clinical outcomes. Furthermore, the analysis included the assessment of the correlations between CCDC103 expression and immune cell infiltration as well as glioma progression.
Results:
Gliomas have higher levels of CCDC103 expression than the para-carcinoma tissues. Poorer prognosis, unfavorable histological characteristics, the absence of IDH gene mutations, and the absence of chromosome 1p and 19q deletions were all associated with higher expression of CCDC103 in gliomas. In addition to patient age, tumor grade, the absence of IDH mutations, and the absence of chromosome 1p and 19q deletions, univariate and multivariate Cox analyses showed that CCDC103 expression was independently prognostic of overall survival, disease-free survival, and progression-free survival in patients with glioma. Furthermore, tumor infiltration of B cells, neutrophils, macrophages, and dendritic cells were all linked with elevated expression of CCDC103. High CCDC103 expression was linked to immune response-related signaling pathways and cell proliferation, according to gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA). Notably, the knockdown of CCDC103 in glioma cell lines resulted in a significant reduction in cell proliferation and migration.
Conclusion:
The correlation between CCDC103 expression and both glioma progression and immune cell infiltration implies that CCDC103 expression holds promise as a valuable prognostic biomarker for glioma.
