Expression and clinical significance of ZNF580 mRNA in hepatocellular carcinoma: An analysis based on The Cancer Genome Atlas database / 临床肝胆病杂志

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ObjectiveTo investigate the expression and clinical value of ZNF580 mRNA in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as well as the role of ZNF580 mRNA in the development and progression of HCC. MethodsHCC dataset was downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to obtain the gene expression profile and clinical information of ZNF580 mRNA. The bioinformatics method was used to analyze the association between the expression of ZNF580 mRNA in HCC and clinicopathological indices and the influence of ZNF580 mRNA on prognosis. A gene enrichment analysis was used to predict the possible pathways of ZNF580 mRNA involved in the regulation of HCC. The t-test was used for comparison of continuous data between two groups, the chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between two groups. The Cox proportional-hazards regression model was used to investigate the risk factors for prognosis, and hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated. ResultsIn the TCGA dataset, the expression of ZNF580 mRNA in tumor tissue was significantly higher than that in adjacent tissue (8.440±0.705 vs 7.736±0.387, P＜0.05), and there was a significant difference in the expression of ZNF580 mRNA between the patients with different tumor grades (t=-2.068, P＜0.05). The patients with high expression of ZNF580 mRNA had a significantly shorter overall survival time than those with low expression (χ2=5.456, P＜0.05). The multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that ZNF580 mRNA expression ［HR(95%CI)=1.600(1.079~2.372)］ and TNM stage ［HR(95%CI)=2.006(1.394~2.888)］ were independent risk factors for overall survival time of HCC patients (both P＜0.05). The samples with high expression of ZNF580 mRNA showed enrichment of genes in the pathways of ribosome and Huntington’s disease (all P＜0.05, FDR=0.198,0.243). ConclusionZNF580 mRNA may act as an oncogene in HCC and is expected to become an indicator for prognostic evaluation of HCC and a potential therapeutic target for HCC.