Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 24 pp 25828—25844

A glycolysis-related gene signature predicts prognosis of patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma

Huafeng Kang1, *, , Nan Wang1, *, , Xuan Wang2, , Yu Zhang1, , Shuai Lin1, , Guochao Mao1, , Di Liu1, , Chengxue Dang2, , Zhangjian Zhou1, ,

  • 1 Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
  • 2 Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
* Equal contribution

Received: August 8, 2020       Accepted: September 29, 2020       Published: November 25, 2020      

https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.104206
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Copyright: © 2020 Kang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Background: Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is a growing problem with a rapidly rising incidence and carries a poor prognosis. We aimed to develop a glycolysis-related gene signature to predict the prognostic outcome of patients with EAC.

Results: Five genes (CLDN9, GFPT1, HMMR, RARS and STMN1) were correlated with prognosis of EAC patients. Patients were classified into high-risk and low-risk groups calculated by Cox regression analysis, based on the five gene signature risk score. The five-gene signature was an independent biomarker for prognosis and patients with low risk scores showed better prognosis. Nomogram incorporating the gene signature and clinical prognostic factors was effective in predicting the overall survival.

Conclusion: An innovative identified glycolysis-related gene signature and an effective nomogram reliably predicted the prognosis of EAC patients.

Methods: The Cancer Genome Atlas database was investigated for the gene expression profile of EAC patients. Glycolytic gene sets difference between EAC and normal tissues were identified via Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA). Univariate and multivariate Cox analysis were utilized to construct a prognostic gene signature. The signature was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curves and Kaplan–Meier curves. A prognosis model integrating clinical parameters with the gene signature was established with nomogram.

Abbreviations

TCGA: The Cancer Genome Atlas; GSEA: Gene set enrichment analysis; GO: Gene ontology; KEGG: Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes; AUC: areas under the curve; ROC: Receiver operating characteristic; FDR: False discovery rate; NES: Normalized enrichment score; HR: Hazard ratio; C-index: concordance index.