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PEX13 is a potential immunotherapeutic indicator and prognostic biomarker for various tumors including PAAD

  • Authors:
    • Penggang Dong
    • Xuezhi Du
    • Ting Yang
    • Dandan Li
    • Yunyi Du
    • Yaqing Wei
    • Jinjin Sun
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  • Published online on: October 12, 2023     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.14099
  • Article Number: 512
  • Copyright: © Dong et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The peroxisome serves a significant role in the occurrence and development of cancers. Specifically, the peroxisomal biogenesis factor 13 (PEX13) is crucial to the occurrence of peroxisomes. However, the biological function of PEX13 in cancers remains unclear. To address this, various portals and databases such as The Cancer Genome Atlas Program, The Genotype‑Tissue Expression project, the Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis 2, cBioPortal, the Genomic Identification of Significant Targets In Cancer 2.0, Tumor Immune Estimation Resource 2, SangerBox, LinkedOmics, DAVID and STRING were applied to extract and analyze PEX13 data in tumors. The correlations between PEX13 and prognosis, genetic alterations, PEX13‑related gene enrichment analysis, weighted gene co‑expression network analysis (WGCNA), protein interaction, long non‑coding (lnc)RNA/circular (circ)RNA‑micro (mi)RNA network and tumor immunity were explored in various tumors. The lncRNA‑miRNA‑PEX13 and circRNA‑miRNA‑PEX13 regulatory networks were identified via miRabel, miRDB, TargetScan and ENCORI portals and Cytoscape tool. In vitro assays were applied to verify the biological functions of PEX13 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) cells. The findings revealed that PEX13 is upregulated in various tumors and high PEX13 mRNA expression is associated with poor prognosis in patients with multiple cancers. Genetic alterations in PEX13 such as amplification, mutation and deep deletion have been found in multiple cancers. PEX13‑related genes were associated with T cell receptor, signaling pathway and hippo signaling pathway through ‘biological process’ subontology of Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analyses. Through WGCNA analysis, it was discovered that PEX13 hub genes were mainly enriched in the Rap1, ErbB and AMPK signaling pathways in PAAD. Immune analysis showed that PEX13 was significantly related to tumor infiltration immune cells, immune checkpoint genes, microsatellite instability, TMB and tumor purity in a variety of tumors. Cell Counting Kit‑8, wound healing, Transwell and colony formation assays displayed that PEX13 knockdown could suppress PAAD cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and colony formation in vitro, respectively. Overall, PEX13 is a potential predictor of immunotherapeutic and prognostic biomarkers in various malignant tumors, including ACC, KICH, LGG, LIHC and PAAD.
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Dong P, Du X, Yang T, Li D, Du Y, Wei Y and Sun J: PEX13 is a potential immunotherapeutic indicator and prognostic biomarker for various tumors including PAAD. Oncol Lett 26: 512, 2023
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Dong, P., Du, X., Yang, T., Li, D., Du, Y., Wei, Y., & Sun, J. (2023). PEX13 is a potential immunotherapeutic indicator and prognostic biomarker for various tumors including PAAD. Oncology Letters, 26, 512. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.14099
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Dong, P., Du, X., Yang, T., Li, D., Du, Y., Wei, Y., Sun, J."PEX13 is a potential immunotherapeutic indicator and prognostic biomarker for various tumors including PAAD". Oncology Letters 26.6 (2023): 512.
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Dong, P., Du, X., Yang, T., Li, D., Du, Y., Wei, Y., Sun, J."PEX13 is a potential immunotherapeutic indicator and prognostic biomarker for various tumors including PAAD". Oncology Letters 26, no. 6 (2023): 512. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.14099