The Role of RAB GTPases and Its Potential in Predicting Immunotherapy Response and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer

被引:21
作者
Jiang, Xuefei [1 ]
Yang, Lanlan [1 ]
Gao, Qianling [1 ]
Liu, Yiting [1 ]
Feng, Xingzhi [1 ]
Ye, Shubiao [1 ]
Yang, Zihuan [1 ]
机构
[1] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Affiliated Hosp 6, Guangdong Inst Gastroenterol, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Colorectal & Pelv Floor Di, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
RABs; RAB17; RAB34; colorectal cancer; immune; cell cycle; CONSENSUS MOLECULAR SUBTYPES; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; KRAS MUTATION; CELLS;
D O I
10.3389/fgene.2022.828373
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide, in which aberrant activation of the RAS signaling pathway appears frequently. RAB proteins (RABs) are the largest Ras small GTPases superfamily that regulates intracellular membrane trafficking pathways. The dysregulation of RABs have been found in various diseases including cancers. Compared with other members of Ras families, the roles of RABs in colorectal cancer are less well understood.Methods: We analyzed the differential expression and clinicopathological association of RABs in CRC using RNA sequencing and genotyping datasets from TCGA samples. Moreover, the biological function of RAB17 and RAB34 were investigated in CRC cell lines and patient samples.Results: Of the 62 RABs we analyzed in CRC, seven (RAB10, RAB11A, RAB15, RAB17, RAB19, RAB20, and RAB25) were significantly upregulated, while six (RAB6B, RAB9B, RAB12, RAB23, RAB31, and RAB34) were significantly downregulated in tumor tissues as compared to normal. We found that the upregulated-RABs, which were highly expressed in metabolic activated CRC subtype (CMS3), are associated with cell cycle related pathways enrichment and positively correlated with the mismatch repair (MMR) genes in CRC, implying their role in regulating cell metabolism and tumor growth. While, high expression of the downregulated-RABs were significantly associated with poor prognostic CRC mesenchymal subtypes (CMS4), immune checkpoint genes, and tumor infiltrating immune cells, indicating their role in predicting prognosis and immunotherapy efficacy. Interestingly, though RAB34 mRNA is downregulated in CRC, its high expression is significantly associated with poor prognosis. In vitro experiments showed that RAB17 overexpression can promote cell proliferation via cell cycle regulation. While, RAB34 overexpression can promote cell migration and invasion and is associated with PD-L1/PD-L2 expression increase in CRC cells.Conclusions: Our study showed that RABs may play important roles in regulating cell cycle and immune-related pathways, therefore might be potential biomarkers in predicting prognosis and immunotherapy response in CRC.
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