Research Paper Volume 13, Issue 24 pp 25960—25979

A novel pyroptosis-related gene signature to predict outcomes in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Chongchang Zhou1,2, , Guowen Zhan3, , Yangli Jin4, , Jianneng Chen5, , Zhisen Shen1,2, , Yi Shen1,2, , Hongxia Deng1,2, ,

  • 1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
  • 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Lihuili Hospital Affiliated to Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
  • 3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
  • 4 Department of Ultrasonography, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
  • 5 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ningbo Zhenhai Longsai Hospital, Ningbo 315200, Zhejiang, China

Received: August 28, 2021       Accepted: December 2, 2021       Published: December 15, 2021      

https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.203783
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Abstract

Pyroptosis, a pro-inflammatory form of programmed cell death, is associated with carcinogenesis and progression. However, there is little information concerning pyroptosis-related genes (PRGs) in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Herein, we aim to explore the prognostic value of PRGs in LSCC. The expression and clinical data of 47 PRGs in LSCC patients were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas. A novel prognostic PRG signature was constructed using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator analysis. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were drawn, and Kaplan-Meier survival Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were performed to measure the predictive capacity of the PRG signature. Furthermore, we constructed a six-PRG signature to divide LSCC patients into high- and low-risk groups. Patients in the high-risk group had worse overall survival than the low-risk group. The area under the time-dependent ROC curve was 0.696 for 1 year, 0.784 for 3 years, and 0.738 for 5 years. We proved that the PRGs signature was an independent predictor for LSCC. Functional enrichment analysis indicated that several immune-related pathways were significantly enriched in the low-risk group. Consistent with this, patients with low-risk scores had higher immune scores and better immunotherapeutic responses than the high-risk group. In conclusion, we established a novel PRGs signature that can predict outcome and response to immunotherapy of LSCC, pyroptosis may be a potential target for LSCC.

Abbreviations

PRGs: Pyroptosis-related genes; LSCC: Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma; TCGA: The Cancer Genome Atlas; LASSO: Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator; ROC: Receiver Operating Characteristic.