Environmental explanation of prostate cancer progression based on the comprehensive analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have caused great environmental concerns. The study aims to investigate underlying molecular mechanisms between PCBs exposure and prostate cancer (PCa). To investigate the association between PCBs exposure and prostate cancer by using CTD, TCGA, and GEO datasets. Gen...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Science of the total environment 2024-10, Vol.948, p.174870, Article 174870
Hauptverfasser: Zheng, Wen-Cai, Lin, Fei, Qiu, Qian-Ren-Shun, Wu, Yu-Peng, Ke, Zhi-Bin, Chen, Shao-Hao, Chen, Dong-Ning, Zheng, Qing-Shui, Wei, Yong, Xue, Xue-Yi, Xu, Ning
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Zusammenfassung:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have caused great environmental concerns. The study aims to investigate underlying molecular mechanisms between PCBs exposure and prostate cancer (PCa). To investigate the association between PCBs exposure and prostate cancer by using CTD, TCGA, and GEO datasets. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analyses were conducted to explore pathways associated with PCBs-related genes (PRGs). Using Lasso regression analysis, a novel PCBs-related prognostic model was developed. Both internal and external validations were conducted to assess the model's validity. Molecular docking was utilized to assess the binding capacity of PCBs to crucial genes. At last, preliminary experimental validations were conducted to confirm the biological roles of Aroclor 1254 in PCa cells. The GO enrichment analysis of PRGs revealed that the biological processes were most enriched in the regulation of transcription from the RNA polymerase II promoter and signal transduction. The KEGG enrichment analysis showed that of the pathways in cancer is the most significantly enriched. Next, a PCBs-related model was constructed. In the training, test, GSE70770, and GSE116918 cohorts, the biochemical recurrences free survival of the patients with high-risk scores was considerably lower. The AUCs at 5 years were 0.691, 0.718, 0.714, and 0.672 in the four cohorts, demonstrating the modest predictive ability. A nomogram that incorporated clinical characteristics was constructed. The results of the anti-cancer drug sensitivity analysis show chemotherapy might be more beneficial for patients at low risk. The molecular docking analysis demonstrated PCBs' ability to bind to crucial genes. PCa cells exposed to Aroclor 1254 at a concentration of 1 μM showed increased proliferation and invasion capabilities. This study provides new insights into the function of PCBs in PCa and accentuates the need for deeper exploration into the mechanistic links between PCBs exposure and PCa progression. [Display omitted] •Applied online datasets and molecular docking to analyze the connections between PCBs and PCa.•Constructed a PCBs-based prognostic prediction model on the PCa cohort, suggesting a new path for prognostic assessment.•Performed preliminary experiment revealed that PCB exposure increased the proliferative and invasive abilities of PCa cells.
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174870