Journal of Practical Oncology ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 391-397.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2020.05.002

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Expression of NOX4 in colon cancer and its relationship with prognosis

LIU Hengchang1, WEI Ran1, LI Chunxiang2, LIU Zheng1, CHEN Haipeng1, GUAN Xu1, ZHAO Zhixun1, ZOU Shuangmei3, WANG Xishan1, JIANG Zheng1   

  1. 1. Department of Colorectal Surgery,National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,Beijing 100021,China;
    2. Department of Thoracic Surgery,National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College;
    3. Department of Pathology,National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
  • Received:2020-06-08 Online:2020-10-28 Published:2020-11-02

Abstract: Objective The Objective of this study was to investigate the expression of NADPH oxidase-4(NOX4)in colon cancer and to explore its relationship with the prognosis of colon cancer.Methods Eighty paraffin specimens of colon cancer patients treated in our hospital from January to December 2015 were selected for immunohistochemical staining.The COAD data set of colon cancer was obtained from the Cancer and Tumor Gene Atlas(TCGA)database to observe the expression of NOX4 in colon cancer and its prognostic value.Bioinformatics methods were used to analyze the genes and signal pathways related to NOX4.A nomogram was constructed to predict the prognosis of colon cancer patients,and the C index was used to evaluate the prediction effect of nomogram.According to the prognosis risk score,patients were divided into the high-risk group and the low-risk group,and the Kaplan-Meier method was used to compare the prognosis of the two groups.Results The expression of NOX4 in colon cancer tissues was significantly higher than that in normal intestinal mucosa tissues,and its expression level increased with the increase of cancer stage.The prognosis of patients with high expression of NOX4 was worse than those with low expression(P<0.05).The results of gene enrichment analysis showed that NOX4 might be involved in the regulation of tumor-related signal pathways such as JAK-STAT,MAPK,TGF-β and WNT,and the production and secretion of interleukin-1 and interleukin-6.The results of Cox multivariate regression analysis showed that age,N stage,M stage,postoperative chemotherapy and the expression of NOX4 were independent risk factors affecting OS in colon cancer patients.These factors were used to establish a nomogram for predicting OS in patients with colon cancer,the C index was 0.735(internal validation)and 0.727(external validation).The calibration curve showed that the nomogram had better predictive performance.Conclusion The expression of NOX4 in colon cancer tissues is significantly increased,and it is an independent risk factor affecting the prognosis of colon cancer patients.The constructed prognosis model based on NOX4 has a good predictive power.

Key words: Colon neoplasm, NOX4, TCGA, Nomogram, Prognosis

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