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Analysis of a pan‑cancer panel reveals the amino acid metabolism‑related gene MTHFD1 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker

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    Affiliations: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yangxin People's Hospital, Huangshi, Hubei 435200, P.R. China, Third Clinical Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Yangxin People's Hospital, Huangshi, Hubei 435200, P.R. China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hubei No. 3 People's Hospital of Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430033, P.R. China, Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Yangxin People's Hospital, Huangshi, Hubei 435200, P.R. China
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1 (MTHFD1) serves a role in amino acid metabolism and may influence tumor progression. However, to the best of our knowledge, a comprehensive analysis of MTHFD1 in various types of cancer has not been previously performed. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the expression profile and prognostic implication of MTHFD1 across various types of cancer, whilst assessing its potential as a novel biomarker and therapeutic target. The expression of MTHFD1 in tissues from various types of cancer was analyzed using online tools based on data from the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia and Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium, as well as in‑house differential expression analysis using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). The association between MTHFD1 and prognosis was investigated using Kaplan‑Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis based on TCGA datasets. Furthermore, the association between MTHFD1 and the tumor microenvironment (TME) was investigated using the ‘estimation of stromal and immune cells in malignant tumor tissues using expression data’ and ‘cell‑type identification by estimating relative subsets of RNA transcripts’ algorithms. The correlation between MTHFD1 expression and tumor mutational burden (TMB), microsatellite instability (MSI) or 48 immune checkpoint blockade‑related gene expression levels was investigated using Pearson correlation analyses. The predictive potential of MTHFD1 for immunotherapy efficacy was evaluated using the tumor immune dysfunction and exclusion (TIDE) algorithm with the IMvigor210 dataset. Subsequently, the effects of MTHFD1 on the proliferation and invasion of A549 and 786‑O cell lines were assessed using colony formation and Transwell assays. Analysis across 33 tumor types revealed that MTHFD1 expression was significantly upregulated in 12 cancers (e.g., bladder urothelial carcinoma) and downregulated in 6 cancers (e.g., breast invasive carcinoma). Moreover, high MTHFD1 expression was associated with a poorer prognosis in kidney chromophobe and lung adenocarcinoma, but with better prognosis in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma. Additionally, the activity of MTHFD1, evaluated using the single‑sample Gene Set Enrichment Analysis algorithm, was significantly upregulated in 21 cancer types, including bladder urothelial carcinoma and breast invasive carcinoma, compared with corresponding normal tissues. MTHFD1expression levels were negatively correlated with immune cell infiltration in 16 tumor types [e.g., adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC)] and positively correlated only in uveal melanoma (UVM). Additionally, MTHFD1 expression levels showed significant correlations with TMB in 17 tumors (e.g., ACC), were negatively correlated with TIDE scores in most tumors except mesothelioma, liver hepatocellular carcinoma, diffuse large B‑cell lymphoma and cholangiocarcinoma, and were associated with MSI in 9 tumor types (e.g., UVM). Multivariant Cox regression analysis revealed that MTHFD1 expression was an independent risk factor for prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma, whilst it was an independent protective factor in clear cell renal cell carcinoma, highlighting its distinct prognostic roles in these two tumor types. In vitro experiments found that knocking down or overexpressing MTHFD1 in A549 and 786‑O cells, respectively, reduced the corresponding malignant phenotypes. Overall, to the best of our knowledge, results of the present study provided the first comprehensive analysis of MTHFD1 as a potential cancer biomarker and highlighted its role in immune suppression within the TME. These findings suggested that targeting MTHFD1 may be a novel therapeutic strategy, which may enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy and improve the outcomes of patients with various types of cancer.
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Gong S, Yang J, Pan C, Peng F and Pan C: Analysis of a pan‑cancer panel reveals the amino acid metabolism‑related gene MTHFD1 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker. Exp Ther Med 30: 142, 2025.
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Gong, S., Yang, J., Pan, C., Peng, F., & Pan, C. (2025). Analysis of a pan‑cancer panel reveals the amino acid metabolism‑related gene MTHFD1 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 30, 142. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2025.12892
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Gong, S., Yang, J., Pan, C., Peng, F., Pan, C."Analysis of a pan‑cancer panel reveals the amino acid metabolism‑related gene MTHFD1 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 30.1 (2025): 142.
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Gong, S., Yang, J., Pan, C., Peng, F., Pan, C."Analysis of a pan‑cancer panel reveals the amino acid metabolism‑related gene MTHFD1 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 30, no. 1 (2025): 142. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2025.12892
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Gong S, Yang J, Pan C, Peng F and Pan C: Analysis of a pan‑cancer panel reveals the amino acid metabolism‑related gene MTHFD1 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker. Exp Ther Med 30: 142, 2025.
APA
Gong, S., Yang, J., Pan, C., Peng, F., & Pan, C. (2025). Analysis of a pan‑cancer panel reveals the amino acid metabolism‑related gene MTHFD1 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 30, 142. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2025.12892
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Gong, S., Yang, J., Pan, C., Peng, F., Pan, C."Analysis of a pan‑cancer panel reveals the amino acid metabolism‑related gene MTHFD1 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 30.1 (2025): 142.
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Gong, S., Yang, J., Pan, C., Peng, F., Pan, C."Analysis of a pan‑cancer panel reveals the amino acid metabolism‑related gene MTHFD1 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 30, no. 1 (2025): 142. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2025.12892
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