CLCF1 Is a Novel Potential Immune-Related Target With Predictive Value for Prognosis and Immunotherapy Response in Glioma

Cardiotrophin-like cytokine factor 1 (CLCF1) has been described as an oncogene and a potential therapeutic target in a variety of cancers, but its role in glioma remains unknown. Based on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), we conducted a bioinformatics analysis to investigate the clinical significance...

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Published in:	Frontiers in immunology 2022-02, Vol.13, p.810832-810832
Main Authors:	Jiang, Yuan, Ji, Qiankun, Long, Xiaoyan, Wang, Peng, Tu, Zewei, Zhang, Xian, Zhu, Xingen, Huang, Kai, Li, Jingying
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Brain Neoplasms - genetics Brain Neoplasms - therapy CLCF1 Cytokines Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic glioma Glioma - genetics Glioma - metabolism Glioma - therapy Humans Immunology immunotherapy Immunotherapy - methods Interleukin-6 - metabolism Prognosis Tumor Microenvironment
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Summary:	Cardiotrophin-like cytokine factor 1 (CLCF1) has been described as an oncogene and a potential therapeutic target in a variety of cancers, but its role in glioma remains unknown. Based on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), we conducted a bioinformatics analysis to investigate the clinical significance and biological functions of CLCF1 in glioma at the transcriptional level and predicted the response to immunotherapy of glioma patients with different CLCF1 expression levels. All the results were further verified in Chinese Glioma Genome Altas(CGGA) Data processing and figure generating were performed with R language. Elevated CLCF1 expression was common in cancers and usually predicted poor prognosis, which was also consistent with gliomas. In Univariate Cox Regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, tumor patients with higher CLCF1 expression tended to experience a worse prognosis. In the multivariate Cox proportional hazard model, the expression of CLCF1 was an independent prognostic factor in gliomas. The biological function analysis of CLCF1 in glioma showed that CLCF1 was closely associated with immune signatures, including immune-related pathways, immune cell infiltration, and immune checkpoints. Moreover, glioma patients with low CLCF1 expression showed a greater tendency to respond to anti-PD1/PD-L1 immunotherapy, indicating CLCF1 also had potential clinical significance in guiding immunotherapy. And CLCF1 as a member of the IL6 family had a better predictive value for prognosis and immunotherapy response in glioma than that of IL6 and other IL6 family members. CLCF1 expression is an independent prognosticator and a promising therapeutic target correlated with immunotherapy in glioma.
ISSN:	1664-3224 1664-3224