[Role of Eukaryotic Translation Elongation Factor 1 Family Members in the Tumorigenesis and Progression of Lung Adenocarcinoma].

Objective To investigate the role and mechanism of eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1(EEF1) family members (EEF1D,EEF1A1,and EEF1A2) in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) based on public databases.Methods We examined EEF1 member expression levels in human LUAD samples via The Cancer Genome Atlas in the UCSC Xena browser and the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.We analyzed the mRNA and protein levels of EEF1D,EEF1A1,and EEF1A2 and their correlations with pathological variables via the Mann-Whitney U test.The Kaplan-Meier curves were established to assess the prognostic values of EEF1D,EEF1A1,and EEF1A2.The single-sample gene set enrichment analysis algorithm was employed to explore the relationship between the expression levels of EEF1 members and tumor immune cell infiltration.Spearman and Pearson correlation analyses were performed to examine the relationship between the expression levels of EEF1 members and those of the genes in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signaling pathway.The immunohistochemical assay was employed to determine the expression levels of EEF1D,EEF1A1,and EEF1A2 in the LUAD tissue (n=75) and paracancer tissue (n=75) samples.Results The mRNA and protein levels of EEF1D,EEF1A1,and EEF1A2 showed significant differences between tumor and paracancer tissues (all P<0.001).The patients with high protein levels of EEF1A1 showed bad prognosis in terms of overall survival (P=0.039),and those with high protein levels of EEF1A2 showed good prognosis in terms of overall survival (P=0.012).The influence of the mRNA level of EEF1D on prognosis was associated with pathological characteristics.The expression levels of EEF1 members were significantly associated with the infiltration of various immune cells and the expression of key molecules in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signaling pathway.Conclusion EEF1D,EEF1A1,and EEF1A2 are associated with the progression of LUAD,serving as the candidate prognostic markers for LUAD.目的 基于公共数据库,分析真核翻译延伸因子1(EEF1)家族成员在肺腺癌中的作用和机制。方法 利用UCSC Xena下载癌症基因组图谱项目的人类肺腺癌转录组表达数据,并通过临床蛋白质组肿瘤分析联盟数据库下载人类肺腺癌蛋白质表达数据,通过Mann-Whitney U检验分析EEF1D、EEF1A1和EEF1A2基因和蛋白表达水平及其与临床变量间的相关性,应用Kaplan-Meier生存分析检测EEF1D、EEF1A1、EEF1A2对肺腺癌总生存期的影响。利用单样本基因集富集分析算法探讨EEF1D、EEF1A1、EEF1A2的表达水平与肿瘤免疫细胞浸润的关系,采用Spearman和Pearson相关分析评估EEF1D、EEF1A1、EEF1A2的表达与磷脂酰肌醇3激酶/蛋白激酶B信号通路的相关性。采用免疫组织化学方法分析肺腺癌(n=75)和癌旁组织(n=75)中EEF1D、EEF1A1、EEF1A2的表达水平。结果 EEF1D、EEF1A1、EEF1A2基因和蛋白的表达水平在肺腺癌和非癌组织间的差异均有统计学意义(P均<0.001)。EEF1A1蛋白高表达患者的总生存期预后较差(P=0.039),EEF1A2蛋白高表达患者的总生存期预后较好(P=0.012),在一些临床病理特征上,患者的EEF1D基因表达水平与总生存期的预后有关。EEF1D、EEF1A1、EEF1A2表达水平与多种免疫细胞浸润和磷脂酰肌醇3激酶/蛋白激酶B信号通路中的关键基因表达显著相关。结论 EEF1D、EEF1A1、EEF1A2与肺腺癌进展相关,为肺腺癌候选的预后相关标志分子。.