SCG2: A Prognostic Marker That Pinpoints Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer.

Siyuan Weng, Zaoqu Liu, Xiaofeng Ren, Hui Xu, Xiaoyong Ge, Yuqing Ren, Yuyuan Zhang, Qin Dang, Long Liu, Chunguang Guo, Richard Beatson, Jinhai Deng, Xinwei Han

Frontiers in immunology 2022

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Fluorouracil (FU)-based chemotherapy regimens are indispensable in the comprehensive treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the heterogeneity of treated individuals and the severe adverse effects of chemotherapy results in limited overall benefit. Firstly, Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) identified modules tightly associated with chemotherapy response. Then, the in-house cohort and prognostic cohorts from TCGA and GEO were subjected to Cox proportional hazards model and survival analysis to ascertain the predictable function of SCG2 on the prognosis of CRC patients. Finally, we performed In vitro experiments, functional analysis, somatic mutation, and copy number variation research to explore the biological characteristics of SCG2. We identified red and green as the modules most associated with chemotherapy response, in which SCG2 was considered a risky factor with higher expression predicting poorer prognosis. SCG2 expression in the APC non-mutation group was remarkably higher than in the mutation group. The mutation frequencies of amplified genes differed significantly between different SCG2 expression subgroups. Besides, CRC cell lines with SCG2 knockdown have reduced invasive, proliferative, and proliferative capacity. We discovered that the SCG2 high expression subgroup was the immune hot type and considered more suitable for immunotherapy. This study demonstrates the clinical significance and biological characteristics of SCG2, which could serve as a promising biomarker to identify patients who may benefit from chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Copyright © 2022 Weng, Liu, Ren, Xu, Ge, Ren, Zhang, Dang, Liu, Guo, Beatson, Deng and Han.

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Siyuan Weng, Zaoqu Liu, Xiaofeng Ren, Hui Xu, Xiaoyong Ge, Yuqing Ren, Yuyuan Zhang, Qin Dang, Long Liu, Chunguang Guo, Richard Beatson, Jinhai Deng, Xinwei Han. SCG2: A Prognostic Marker That Pinpoints Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer. Frontiers in immunology. 2022;13:873871