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Comparative Lesions Analysis Through a Targeted Sequencing Approach
Published on: November 5, 2019
Comprehensive pan‑cancer analysis of potassium voltage-gated channel Q4 (KCNQ4) gene across multiple human malignant
Qing Zhao1,2, Meizeng Li1,2, Yunxiang Zhang3
1Pathology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University (Weifang People's Hospital), Weifang, China.
Abstract:
A large number of studies indicate that Potassium Voltage-Gated Channel Q4 (KCNQ4) gene is the cause of non-syndromic hearing loss, but there are few studies investigating the role of KCNQ4 in cancers and scarcity of comprehensive analysis of its involvement in the diagnosis, methylation, mutation, prognosis of various cancer types. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the anticancerous and immune effects of KCNQ4 in various cancers and its potential value in breast cancer. In this study, we explored the potential role of KCNQ4 in cancers using public databases and the R software for bioinformatics analysis. The results showed that the low expression of KCNQ4 across specific cancer types was positively associated with low mutation frequency and methylation, and the improved survival. Eight small molecule compounds were identified that could potentially target KCNQ4. In addition, immunohistochemistry confirmed that the KCNQ4 expression was low in breast cancer. In vitro experiments confirmed that overexpression of KCNQ4 inhibited cell migration and invasion and promoted apoptosis. In summary, our comprehensive pan-cancer analysis highlights the potential of KCNQ4 as a cancer marker, and can be used as an auxiliary prognostic indicator and an indicator for immunotherapy in certain tumor types.
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