SOX2 and SOX12 are predictive of prognosis in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma

  • Authors:
    • Weijie Gu
    • Beihe Wang
    • Fangning Wan
    • Junlong Wu
    • Xiaolin Lu
    • Hongkai Wang
    • Yao Zhu
    • Hailiang Zhang
    • Guohai Shi
    • Bo Dai
    • Dingwei Ye
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  • Published online on: January 19, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7828
  • Pages: 4564-4570
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Abstract

Sex-determining region Y‑box protein (SOX) genes serve an important role in cancer growth and metastasis. The present study aimed to determine the predictive ability of SOX and associated genes identified through molecular network in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC). A total of 505 patients with clear cell RCC from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohorts were collected in this study. The expression profile of SOX and associated genes were obtained from the TCGA RNAseq database. Clinicopathological characteristics, including age, gender, tumor grade, stage, laterality disease-free-survival and overall survival (OS) were collected. Cox's proportional hazards regression model, as well as Kaplan‑Meier curves were used to assess the relative factors. Selected genes of SOXs that demonstrated significant associations with OS were further validated in 192 patients from the validation cohort. In the univariate Cox regression model, SOX1, SOX2, SOX6, SOX11, SOX12, SOX13, SOX15, SOX17 and SOX30 expression were predictive in the prognosis of clear cell RCC. Following adjustment for clinical factors, SOX2 [hazard ratio (HR), 1.130; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.002‑1.275), SOX12 (HR, 1.379; 95% CI, 1.060‑1.793) and SOX15 (HR, 1.245; 95% CI, 1.063‑1.459) remained statistically significant. Furthermore, POU class 5 homeobox 1 (POU5F1), POU2F1 and nuclear receptor subfamily 5 group A member 1 in the gene cluster network analysis associated with SOX2 did not reduce the statistical significance when added to the multivariate analysis. The findings were extended to the Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center cohort. The results revealed that high SOX2 and SOX12 expression were associated with poor prognosis for OS (log‑rank test, all P<0.05). SOX2 and SOX12 were identified as independent prognostic factors of OS in clear cell RCC.

Introduction

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for ~2-3% of all malignancies worldwide (1). Despite an increasing proportion of patients with early stage tumors at diagnosis and the development of novel treatment strategies, a quarter still present with locally advanced or metastatic disease, and eventually, one third of patients submitted to surgical nephrectomy develop recurrence, or metastasis (2). The clinical outcomes of RCC vary widely, emphasizing the need for prompt and accurate prognostic stratification. To date, the best prognostic system for overall survival (OS) is the tumor node metastasis (TNM) staging system in RCC, although it is insufficient to significantly improve the management of patients (3,4). Important prognostic factors of RCC include tumor size, histological subtype, nuclear grade, local extent of the tumor and evidence of metastatic disease at presentation (5). Therefore, identification of novel reliable predictive and independent prognostic factors is critical for improving therapeutic modalities and for prolonging the survival of patients with RCC.

Sex-determining region Y (SRY)-box protein (SOX) genes arise from the founding member Sry, the mammalian testis-determining factor. Currently, 20 SOX proteins are known in mammals and characterized by a conserved high mobility group DNA-binding domain (6,7). Members of the SOX family are developmental regulators with functions in sex determination, chondrogenesis, hematopoiesis, neural crest development and neurogenesis (8). Numerous findings support the involvement of different SOX genes in cancer development. The expression of SOX genes is reported to be associated with prognosis in various cancer types, including lung (9,10), brain (11), hepatocellular (12), gastric (13), prostate (14) and cervical squamous cell carcinoma (15). However, the potential role of SOX family members in RCC, and its biological functions on the initiation, progression and outcome of the disease remain unclear. Therefore, the present study aimed to analyze the prognostic value of SOX genes in patients with RCC using public database and validate these findings in a patient cohort.

Materials and methods

Patients and samples

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database makes available gene expression level and clinical data on RCC from the website of Cancer Genomics Browser of University of California Santa Cruz (https://genome-cancer.ucsc.edu/). Only patients with fully characterized tumors, intact OS, disease-free survival (DFS), and RNAseq information were included as described previously (16). Patients receiving pretreatment were excluded. Clinicopathological characteristics, including age, gender, tumor size, TNM stage, tumor grade, stage, laterality, OS and DFS were collected. A total of 16 patients whose samples were confirmed with non-clear cell RCC were excluded (17). Finally, 505 patients confirmed with primary clear cell RCC with detailed SOX expression data were included in the current study.

Network analysis of genes that were associated with OS was performed using the tools from cBioPortal (http://www.cbioportal.org/public-portal/cgds_r.jsp). Genes were considered in the same network if they were in the same complex or interacted with each other with >12% of changes. Information from 20 members of the SOX family and the associated genes obtained from the TCGA RNAseq database are listed in Table IV.

Table IV.

Gene IDs of SOXs family members and related genes.

Table IV.

Gene IDs of SOXs family members and related genes.

Official gene symbolFull nameUniGene
SOX1SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 1Hs.202526
SOX2SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 2Hs.518438
SOX3SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 3Hs.157429
SOX4SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 4Hs.643910
SOX5SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 5Hs.657542
SOX6SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 6Hs.368226
SOX7SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 7Hs.709543
SOX8SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 8Hs.243678
SOX9SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 9Hs.647409
SOX10SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 10Hs.376984
SOX11SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 11Hs.432638
SOX12SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 12Hs.43627
SOX13SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 13Hs.201671
SOX14SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 14Hs.248184
SOX15SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 15Hs.95582
SOX17SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 17Hs.98367
SOX18SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 18Hs.8619
SOX21SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 21Hs.187577
SOX30SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 30Hs.529462
POU5F1POU class 5 homeobox 1Hs.249184
POU2F1POU class 2 homeobox 1Hs.283402
NR5A1Nuclear receptor subfamily 5 group A member 1Hs.495108

In order to validate the prognostic value of these genes, a validation cohort from Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC; Shanghai, China) was established, including 192 patients with histologically confirmed clear cell RCC between February 2009 and June 2012 who underwent radical nephrectomy or nephron sparing nephrectomy. Patient characteristics parallel to TCGA data, including age, gender, tumor size, TNM stage, tumor grade, stage and tumor position were obtained from clinical records. Patients with missing data on the aforementioned variables were excluded.

Trained research nurses followed up the cohort by telephone once every 3–6 months, and recorded the events of clinical interest, including tumor recurrence, progression and metastasis. All tissue samples were collected during surgeries and stored at −70°C in the tissue bank of FUSCC.

The present study was approved by the institutional review board of FUSCC and written informed consent was obtained from all patients.

RNA extraction and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis

For the validation cohort, 192 frozen tissue samples (100 mg) were harvested and ground into a fine powder. Total RNA was isolated using TRIzol® reagent (cat. no. 15596-026; Invitrogen, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). A PrimeScript RT reagent kit (cat. no. K1622, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) was used to synthesize first strand cDNA from total RNA according to the manufacturer's protocol. Next, SYBR-Green RT-qPCR assays were performed using an ABI 7900HT system (Applied Biosystems; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). The thermocycling conditions were as follows: 50°C for 5 min, 95°C for 2 min followed by 40 cycles of 95°C for 3 sec and 60°C for 30 sec. The expression level of RNA was normalized to the level of β-actin with 2−∆∆Cq method (18). The primers for RT-qPCR analysis were synthesized by Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) and the sequences were as follows: SOX2 forward, 5′-TGGACAGTTACGCGCACAT-3′ and reverse, 5′-CGAGTAGGACATGCTGTAGGT-3′; SOX12 forward, 5′-AAGAGGCCGATGAACGCATT-3′ and reverse, 5′-TAGTCCGGGTAATCCGCCAT-3′; SOX15 forward, 5′-GCGACTACCCCGACTACAAG-3′ and reverse, 5′-TTGCAGTGGGAAGAGCCATA-3′; β-actin forward, 5′-AGCGAGCATCCCCCAAAGTT-3′ and reverse, 5′-GGGCACGAAGGCTCATCATT-3′.

Statistical analysis

Survival endpoints were mortality due to any cause for OS and recurrence at any site for DFS. DFS and OS rates were calculated based on the Kaplan-Meier method, and the curves were compared with log-rank tests. Variables of SOX gene expression with P<0.10 in univariate and multivariate Cox's proportional hazard models in the TCGA cohort were selected for further study. The final Cox's Proportional Hazards model, including clinical data and genes in the network associated with OS was performed in TCGA, and validation cohorts. Categorical data were analyzed using Fisher's exact χ2 test. Continuous data were analyzed using a Student's t-test. All the statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software version 20.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Two-tailed P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Clinical characteristics in TCGA and validation cohorts

In the TCGA cohort, the median age of the 505 patients with clear cell RCC was 60.6 years old, ranging between 26 and 90 years old. A total of 325 (64.4%) were male patients and 180 (35.6%) were female patients. Tumor size, TNM stage, tumor grade, stage and laterality are presented in Table I. The median OS of this cohort was 79.5 months and 163 patients succumbed during the follow up. In the validation cohort, the median age of the 192 patients with clear cell RCC was 55.5 years old, ranging between 25 and 86 years old. A total of 135 (70.3%) were male patients and 57 (29.7%) were female patients. Tumor size, TNM stage, tumor grade, stage and tumor position are presented in Table I. The median OS of this cohort was 50.2 months and 42 patients succumbed during follow up.

Table I.

Clinical characteristics of patients with clear cell RCC.

Table I.

Clinical characteristics of patients with clear cell RCC.

TCGA cohortN=505Validation cohortN=192


VariableN%N%P-value
Age, median (range)60.6c(26–90)55.5d(25–86)<0.01a
Sex 0.16b
  Male32564.413570.3
  Female18035.65729.7
Grade 0.80b
  1&223246.08745.3
  3&426953.310554.7
  Gx10.200
pT <0.01b
  T125750.913771.4
  T26312.52613.5
  T317534.72412.5
  T4102.052.6
N <0.01b
  N022644.818395.3
  N1173.421
  Nx26251.973.6
M <0.01b
  M040279.618495.8
  M17815.473.6
  Mx234.610.5
AJCC 7th edition stage <0.01b
  I25249.913670.8
  II5110.12412.5
  III12224.22412.5
  IV8015.884.2
Position <0.01b
  Left23746.98745.4
  Right26652.79851
  Bilateral20.473.6

a t-test

b χ2 test

c The median age of TCGA cohort was 60.6 yr

d The median age of validation cohort was 55.5 yr. pT, tumor stage; N, node; M, metastasis; TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas; RCC, renal cell carcinoma.

SOX gene expression and the clinical outcomes in the TCGA, and validation cohorts

In the univariate Cox's proportion hazard ratio analysis, age, T stage, metastasis, tumor stage, tumor grade, hemoglobin level, white blood cell count and platelet count, expression of SOX1, SOX2, SOX6, SOX7, SOX11, SOX12, SOX13, SOX15, SOX17, and SOX30 were significantly associated with prognosis regarding OS in patients with clear cell RCC in the TCGA cohorts (Table II). Subsequently, the variables with significance in the univariate analysis were used for further multivariate analysis. After adjustment for all the potential prognostic factors, analysis indicated that age [hazard ratio (HR), 1.032; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.018–1.047; P<0.001], tumor stage (HR, 1.995; 95% CI, 1.411–2.820; P<0.001), tumor grade (HR, 1.300; 95% CI, 1.020–1.657; P=0.034), SOX2 (HR, 1.130; 95% CI, 1.002–1.275, P=0.046), SOX12 (HR, 1.379; 95% CI, 1.060–1.793; P=0.017) and SOX15 (HR, 1.245; 95% CI, 1.063–1.459; P=0.007) were independent predictors of OS (Table II). Finally, the expression levels of SOX2, SOX12 and SOX15 were selected for further study.

Table II.

Univariate and multivariate survival analysis of SOXs family and related genes for patients with clear cell RCC in the TCGA cohort.

Table II.

Univariate and multivariate survival analysis of SOXs family and related genes for patients with clear cell RCC in the TCGA cohort.

UnivariateMultivariateMultivariate



VariableHR (95% CI)P-valueHR (95% CI)P-valueHR (95% CI)P-value
Age1.028 (1.015–1.041)<0.0011.032 (1.018–1.047)<0.0011.033 (1.018–1.049)<0.001
Gendera0.950 (0.693–1.302)0.7520.947 (0.666–1.346)0.7600.968 (0.676–1.386)0.859
T1.992 (1.685–2.355)<0.0010.764 (0.531–1.097)0.1450.716 (0.489–1.049)0.087
Na0.992 (0.562–1.752)0.9780.845 (0.714–1.002)0.0520.860 (0.723–1.023)0.089
Ma2.459 (1.921–3.149)<0.0011.237 (0.780–1.962)0.3671.178 (0.721–1.924)0.513
Stage1.954 (1.707–2.236)<0.0011.995 (1.411–2.820)<0.0012.083 (1.432–3.031)<0.001
Grade2.398 (1.941–2.965)<0.0011.300 (1.020–1.657)0.0341.349 (1.031–1.765)0.029
Positiona0.695 (0.512–0.944)0.0190.740 (0.532–1.028)0.0730.732 (0.521–1.030)0.073
SOX11.207 (1.106–1.317)<0.0010.950 (0.861–1.049)0.3110.961 (0.867–1.065)0.450
SOX21.221 (1.119–1.334)<0.0011.130 (1.002–1.275)0.0461.123 (1.001–1.272)0.047
SOX31.087 (0.909–1.300)0.361
SOX41.065 (0.864–1.312)0.557
SOX50.969 (0.840–1.117)0.665
SOX60.773 (0.698–0.855)<0.0010.987 (0.872–1.118)0.8410.986 (0.864–1.126)0.837
SOX70.875 (0.753–1.017)0.082
SOX81.041 (0.914–1.186)0.553
SOX90.942 (0.836–1.062)0.330
SOX101.030 (0.909–1.168)0.642
SOX111.126 (1.032–1.228)0.0081.094 (0.981–1.219)0.1071.089 (0.974–1.218)0.134
SOX122.041 (1.626–2.563)<0.0011.379 (1.060–1.793)0.0171.360 (1.026–1.803)0.033
SOX130.636 (0.530–0.762)<0.0010.860 (0.676–1.094)0.2190.867 (0.666–1.128)0.289
SOX140.866 (0.226–3.313)0.833
SOX151.290 (1.131–1.470)<0.0011.245 (1.063–1.459)0.0071.269 (1.072–1.501)0.006
SOX170.790 (0.675–0.924)0.0030.945 (0.765–1.168)0.6020.962 (0.773–1.197)0.729
SOX180.847 (0.859–1.133)0.986
SOX210.946 (0.803–1.114)0.506
SOX301.216 (1.0371.425)0.0161.132 (0.950–1.348)0.1671.116 (0.930–1.338)0.237
POU5F1 0.983 (0.883–1.095)0.754
POU2F1 0.947 (0.727–1.233)0.685
NR5A1 1.026 (0.894–1.178)0.716

a Categorical variables: male patients vs. female patients; pathological lymph node positive or otherwise; M0 vs. M1; left vs. right. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas; SOX, SRY (sex determining region Y)-box; POU5F1, POU class 5 homeobox 1; NR5A1, Nuclear receptor subfamily 5 group A member 1; RCC, renal cell carcinoma.

To further evaluate the prognostic value of SOX2, SOX12 and SOX15, the continuous variables were dichotomized by the median cut-off value (0.47 for SOX2; 9.22 for SOX12; 3.14 for SOX15). Kaplan-Meier curves demonstrated that high expression of SOX2, SOX12 and SOX15 was associated with poor prognosis for OS, and DFS (Fig. 1).

The interaction network was established based on three situations, stated as ‘react with’, ‘in same component’ and ‘state change’. The cut-point of state change was set as 12% (16). As a result, POU class 5 homeobox 1 (POU5F1), POU2F1 and nuclear receptor subfamily 5 group A member 1 (NR5A1) were identified to be associated with SOX2, and added to the multivariate Cox's proportional hazard model. Multivariate analysis revealed that the expression of SOX2 (HR, 1.123; 95% CI, 1.001–1.272; P=0.047), SOX12 (HR, 1.360; 95% CI, 1.026–1.803; P=0.033) and SOX15 (HR, 1.269; 95% CI, 1.072–1.501; P=0.006) remained significantly associated with the OS of patients with clear cell RCC in the cohort (Table II). However, when the results were validated in the FUSCC cohort, only SOX2 and SOX 12 were significant predictors of OS (Fig. 1).

Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine clinical factors that may affect the expression of SOX2 and SOX12. Tumor stage [odds ratio (OR), 1.257; 95% CI, 1.053–1.501; P=0.011] and tumor grade (OR, 1.436, 95% CI, 1.086–1.898; P=0.011) were significantly associated with SOX12 expression, while only tumor stage (OR, 1.954; 95% CI, 1.069–1.518; P=0.007) was significantly associated with SOX2 expression (Table III).

Table III.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors that might affect the expression of SOX2 and SOX12 in the TCGA Cohort with clear cell RCC.

Table III.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors that might affect the expression of SOX2 and SOX12 in the TCGA Cohort with clear cell RCC.

SOX2SOX12


VariableOR (95% CI)P-valueOR (95% CI)P-value
Age1.000 (0.985–1.015)0.9671.013 (0.998–1.029)0.085
Gendera1.165 (0.779–1.770)0.4270.968 (0.499–1.080)0.117
Stage1.954 (1.069–1.518)0.0071.257 (1.053–1.501)0.011
Grade2.398 (0.849–1.464)0.4351.436 (1.086–1.898)0.011
Positiona0.749 (0.745–1.506)0.7490.732 (0.521–1.030)0.835

a Categorical variables: male patients vs. female patients; left vs. right. SOX, SRY (sex determining region Y)-box; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas.

Discussion

To the best of our knowledge, for the first time, the present study has demonstrated that expression of SOX family genes was associated with OS in patients with clear cell RCC. Multivariate analysis revealed that SOX2, SOX12 and SOX15 may serve an important role in the prognosis of patients with clear cell RCC. When validated in the cohort from FUSCC, SOX2 and SOX12 remained independent prognostic factors.

SOX family members participate in numerous important biological processes, particularly in cell differentiation during embryonic development. It has been considered that the origins of cancer may be associated with the aberrant reactivation of embryonic development or stem cell programs within normal tissues. Conversely, numerous oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes were also identified to be essential in embryogenesis (19). SOX2, known as a major stemness marker, is high expressed in cancer stem cells, which have the ability to renew itself and generate the diversity of cell types. It is considered that SOX2 confers a less differentiated phenotype and its high level of expression may promote a potential for metastasis (20). SOX12 may act as oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes or both depending on the cancer types. In squamous esophageal, colorectal and small cell lung cancer, SOX2 is associated with poor prognosis, and is activated through DNA amplification (2124). However, SOX2 acts as tumor suppressor gene in gastric cancer and non-small cell lung cancers (2527), which further emphasizes the context-specific nature of SOX involvement in carcinogenesis.

SOX12 is a member of group C of SOX transcription factors. Another two members named SOX4 and SOX11 were reported to serve key roles in cardiac, neuronal, and other major developmental processes, as well as be involved in cancer development, but the roles of SOX12 remain unknown (7,28). A recent study revealed that SOX12 had significant prognostic value in human hepatic cell carcinoma. Overexpression of SOX12 was significantly correlated with loss of tumor encapsulation, microvascular invasion and a higher tumor-nodule-metastasis stage. Furthermore, SOX12 expression was an independent and significant risk factor for recurrence, and reduced survival time following curative resection (29). The underlying mechanism may be that SOX12 expression was positively associated with Twist1, fibroblast growth factor binding protein 1 and forkhead box Q1 expression levels, which serve a central role in tumor invasion, and metastasis (29). However, in colon cancer, a genome-wide screen identified SOX12 as a metastatic suppressor affecting Wnt/Tcf signaling (30). Although evidence has suggested that the SOX family serves an important role in human cancer, little is known regarding its involvement in RCC. The results of the present study indicated an association between the outcome of patients with clear cell RCC, and the expression of SOX2 and SOX12, but the underlying mechanism remains unknown.

The role of SOX15 in human cancer is also relatively understudied compared with other SOX family members. Overexpression of SOX15 was associated with worse clinical outcome in the TCGA cohort, but the result could not be validated in the FUSCC cohort. Furthermore, a previous study demonstrated that SOX15 overexpression inhibited the proliferation of human testicular embryonic carcinoma cells (31). Another study indicated SOX15 remarkably suppressed tumor formation via suppression of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (32).

The strength of the current study is that the clinical information was obtained from two large populations with a long-time follow-up. However, the limitation is the heterogeneous patient characteristics between the two cohorts. Secondly, the prognosis of clear cell RCC is affected by numerous factors in addition to tumor stage and tumor grade, including surgical performance, and response to adjuvant therapy. Thus, expression of SOX genes as prognostic markers in clinical routine should be further validated in a multicenter prospective study.

Taken together, SOX2 and SOX12 were identified as independent prognostic factors for OS, and DFS of clear cell RCC. This study indicated that SOX family genes may serve an important role in clear cell RCC. This novel method of identifying prognosis-associated genes may by applied in different types of cancer.

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Gu W, Wang B, Wan F, Wu J, Lu X, Wang H, Zhu Y, Zhang H, Shi G, Dai B, Dai B, et al: SOX2 and SOX12 are predictive of prognosis in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Oncol Lett 15: 4564-4570, 2018
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Gu, W., Wang, B., Wan, F., Wu, J., Lu, X., Wang, H. ... Ye, D. (2018). SOX2 and SOX12 are predictive of prognosis in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Oncology Letters, 15, 4564-4570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7828
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Gu, W., Wang, B., Wan, F., Wu, J., Lu, X., Wang, H., Zhu, Y., Zhang, H., Shi, G., Dai, B., Ye, D."SOX2 and SOX12 are predictive of prognosis in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma". Oncology Letters 15.4 (2018): 4564-4570.
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Gu, W., Wang, B., Wan, F., Wu, J., Lu, X., Wang, H., Zhu, Y., Zhang, H., Shi, G., Dai, B., Ye, D."SOX2 and SOX12 are predictive of prognosis in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma". Oncology Letters 15, no. 4 (2018): 4564-4570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7828