High mRNA Expression of <i>CENPL</i> and Its Significance in Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients

Cui, Zhongyuan; Xiao, Lijia; Chen, Fengsui; Wang, Jielong; Lin, Haiyan; Li, Dongliang; Wu, Zhixian

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High mRNA Expression of CENPL and Its Significance in Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients

Zhongyuan Cui,¹Lijia Xiao,²Fengsui Chen,^1,3Jielong Wang,¹Haiyan Lin,³Dongliang Li,^1,3and Zhixian Wu^1,3

Academic Editor: Nashwa El-Khazragy

Received27 Mar 2021

Revised30 Jun 2021

Accepted31 Jul 2021

Published18 Aug 2021

Abstract

Centromere proteins (CENPs) are the main constituent proteins of kinetochore, which are essential for cell division. In recent years, several studies have revealed that several CENPs were aberrantly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, numerous centromere proteins have not been studied in HCC. In this study, we used databases of Oncomine, Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA), the Kaplan-Meier Plotter, cBioPortal, the Human Protein Atlas (HPA), and TIMER (Tumor Immune Estimation Resource) and immunohistochemical staining of clinical specimens to investigate the expression of 15 major centromere proteins in HCC to evaluate their potential prognostic value. We found that the mRNA levels of 4 out of 15 centromere proteins (CENPL, CENPQ, CENPR, and CENPU) were significantly higher in HCC than in normal tissues, and their mRNA levels were associated with the tumor stages ( values < 0.01). Patients with higher mRNA levels of CENPL had poorer overall survival, progression-free survival, relapse-free survival, and disease-specific survival ( values < 0.05). Furthermore, the higher levels of CENPL mRNA were associated with worse overall survival in males without hepatitis virus infection ( values < 0.05). The protein expression level of CENPL in human HCC tissue was higher than that in normal liver tissue. In addition, the expression of CENPL was positively correlated with the levels of the tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. The results suggest that the high mRNA expression of CENPL may be a potential predictor of prognosis in HCC patients.

1. Introduction

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fourth major cause of cancer-related death globally [1]. Patients with early-stage HCC are eligible to local ablation, surgical resection, or liver transplantation. Unfortunately, due to the lack of satisfactory biomarkers in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis, morbidity and mortality continue to increase [2]. Therefore, it is necessary to explore novel diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic biomarkers for HCC.

The centromere proteins (CENPs) are assembled in repetitive noncoding DNA regions (centromere DNA). They are named in alphabetical order, according to the date of identification [3]. To date, more than 100 centromere proteins have been identified. These proteins are attached to chromosomes and spindle microtubules and are involved in precise regulation and guidance of chromosome separation during mitosis or meiosis [3, 4] A growing number of studies have revealed that several CENPs were abnormally expressed in lung, breast, ovarian, bladder, esophageal, and colorectal cancers and were correlated with the prognosis of patients [5–14].

Several members of CENPs have been reported to be involved in HCC. These studies showed that CENPA, CENPE, CENPF, CENPH, CENPK, and CENPW were all abnormally expressed in HCC and were associated with patient prognosis [15–29]. Current studies have suggested that these CENPs might play an important role in HCC, and many others remained unknown. With the advancement in bioinformatics, a variety of high-quality databases are available for discovering novel neoplastic factors [30–32]. Based on the public databases, 15 major CENPs, including CENPB, CENPC, CENPI, CENPJ, CENPL, CENPN, CENPO, CENPP, CENPQ, CENPR, CENPS, CENPT, CENPU, CENPV, and CENPX were analyzed by using bioinformatics tools and immunohistochemical staining to further investigate the gene expression patterns and prognostic value in HCC.

2. Methods

2.1. Oncomine Database Analysis

We used Oncomine (http://www.oncomine.org), an online cancer microarray database [33], to analyze the transcription levels of 15 CENPs in tumors and normal tissues from HCC and other cancers. Datasets of clinical tumor and normal control specimens were compared using Student’s -test. For all cancers and genes, the threshold was set as the value of 0.0001 and the fold change of 2.

2.2. GEPIA Dataset Analysis

Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA) (http://gepia.cancer-pku.cn) is a newly developed interactive web server for analyzing the RNA sequencing expression data from the TCGA and the GTEx through a variety of customizable functions [34]. It was used to analyze mRNA differential expression in HCC and liver tissues, as well as the correlation between expression levels and pathological stages. Differential threshold of was 1 and the value cutoff of 0.01.

2.3. The Kaplan-Meier Plotter

The Kaplan-Meier Plotter (http://www.kmplot.com) database was used to explore the relationship between gene transcription and prognosis. The database contains the levels of CENP mRNAs and survival information including OS, progression-free survival (PFS), RFS, and disease-specific survival (DSS) under various clinical parameters of HCC patients (https://kmplot.com/analysis/index.php?P=service&cancer=liver_rnaseq) [35]. The patients were divided into two groups based on the median mRNA expression of CENPs. The value of <0.05 is considered significantly different.

2.4. cBioPortal Database

cBioPortal (https://www.cbioportal.org/) is a comprehensive gene database, including different datasets such as DNA mutation, gene amplification, and methylation. This database was used to analyze and visualize possible gene mutation and copy number alterations of CENPs.

2.5. TIMER

TIMER (Tumor Immune Estimation Resource) is a web server for comprehensive analysis of tumor-infiltrating immune cells (https://cistrome.shinyapps.io/timer/). The relationships between the expression levels of potential CENPs and 6 immune infiltrates (B cells, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, neutrophils, macrophages, and dendritic cells) were estimated by the TIMER algorithm in HCC. Moreover, the correlation of tumor purity and CENP gene expression was also analyzed. is considered as significant.

2.6. The Human Protein Atlas

The Human Protein Atlas (HPA) is a Swedish-based program initiated in 2003, which is aimed at mapping all the human proteins in cells, tissues, and organs using an integration of various omics technologies, including antibody-based imaging, mass spectrometry-based proteomics, transcriptomics, and systems biology (https://www.proteinatlas.org/). The Human Pathology Atlas is based on a systems-based analysis of the transcriptome of 17 main cancer types using data from 8000 patients [36]. In this database, we verified the protein expression of CENPs with potential prognostic value in normal liver and HCC tissues.

2.7. Immunohistochemical Staining

Five μm sections were obtained from paraffin-embedded tumor and nontumor specimens from 28 patients with clinically diagnosed HCC. All these sections were dewaxed in xylene and rehydrated in alcohol followed by wet autoclave pretreatment in citrate buffer for antigen retrieval (10 minutes at 120°C, ). Then, the sections were rinsed with phosphate buffer saline. Immunohistochemical staining for antibody to CENPL (rabbit: bs13836R, Beijing Biosynthesis Biotechnology, China) was performed using the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method. The primary antibody was applied to the sections and allowed to react for 1 hour at room temperature. The sections were then incubated with biotinylated anti-mouse/rabbit antibody (1 : 200 dilution for CENPL) for 30 min and avidin-biotin-peroxidase reagent for 25 min. After color development with diaminobenzidine, the sections were counterstained with hematoxylin.

3. Results

3.1. The Transcription Levels of 15 CENPs in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

We investigated the mRNA levels of 15 CENPs in the tumor and normal tissues of HCC and other major cancers by using Oncomine database. We found that 4 out of 15 CENPs (CENPL, CENPQ, CENPR, and CENPU) were significantly overexpressed in HCC (Figure 1). Fold change ranged from 2.035 to 4.861 (Table 1). CENPV was underexpressed in two dysplasia datasets with fold change of -2.075 and -2.392 (Table 1). However, no significant change in 10 CENPs (CENPB, CENPC, CENPI, CENPJ, CENPN, CENPO, CENPP, CENPS, CENPT, and CENPX) were observed (Figure 1). These datasets were reported by Wurmbach et al. [37], Roessler et al. [38], and Chen et al. [39], respectively. The results of GEPIA showed that the mRNA levels of 12 CENPs (CENPB, CENPI, CENPL, CENPN, CENPO, CENPP, CENPQ, CENPR, CENPS, CENPU, CENPV, and CENPX) were significantly higher in the tumor than in the normal tissue (Figures 2 and 3).

3.2. Relationship between the mRNA Levels of CENPs and Pathological Stages of HCC

Then, we selected 4 CENPs (CENPL, CENPQ, CENPR, and CENPU) with high expression in HCC as shown in both the Oncomine and GEPIA databases to further analyze the relationship between mRNA levels and tumor stages. The analysis showed that high mRNA levels of CENPL, CENPQ, CENPR, and CENPU were significantly correlated with tumor stages () (Figure 4).

3.3. Correlation between the Increased mRNA Levels and the Prognosis of CENPs in Patients with HCC

To evaluate the prognostic value of 4 CENPs (CENPL, CENPQ, CENPR, and CENPU) with high mRNA expression in HCC patients, we used the Kaplan-Meier Plotter to analyze their overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), relapse-free survival (RFS), and disease-specific survival (DSS). It was found that patients with higher mRNA levels of CENPL were associated with significantly poor OS, PFS, RFS, and DSS () (Figure 5, Table 2). Patients with higher CENPQ mRNA expression had poorer OS, PFS, and DSS (), and patients with higher CENPR mRNA levels had poorer PFS and RFS (). Patients with increased CENPU mRNA levels had lower PFS and RFS () (Figure 5, Table 2).

The level of CENPL mRNA showed a potential value in predicting the prognosis of patients with HCC. Therefore, we further explored the relationship between the mRNA expression of CENPL and the OS of patients in subgroups as divided by parameters including gender, race, alcohol consumption, and hepatitis virus infection. The results showed that males with high expression of CENPL mRNA had poorer OS (Figure 6(a), Table 3). Asians with higher mRNA levels of CENPL had worse OS (Figure 6(b), Table 3). Patients with higher CENPL expression had worse OS regardless of alcohol consumption (Figure 6(c), Table 3). Among patients without hepatitis virus infection, patients with higher expression of CENPL had poorer OS (Figure 6(d), Table 3). Furthermore, we found that higher levels of CENPL mRNA were associated with worse OS in white and Asian male patients without hepatitis virus infection (Figures 6(e) and 6(f), Table 3).

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Figure 6

Correlationship between increased CENPL mRNA levels and patients’ OS with various clinical parameters. Males with higher mRNA level of CENPL had significantly poorer OS (a). Asians with higher mRNA levels of CENPL had worse OS (b). Patients with higher CENPL mRNA level had poorer OS regardless of alcohol consumption (c). Patients without hepatitis virus infection had poorer OS with high expression of CENPL (d). Among male patients without hepatitis virus infection, white and Asian patients with higher CENPL mRNA level had poorer OS (e, f) (the Kaplan-Meier Plotter).

3.4. Mutations and Copy Number Alterations of CENPL in HCC

We used the cBioPortal database to investigate the mutations and copy number alterations of CENPL. Gene alterations occurred in 4% of the patients in the 5 datasets (Figure 7(a)). There was a significant correlation between the gene variation and patients’ OS and disease-free survival () (Figures 7(b) and 7(c)).

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3.5. Relationship between the Expression of CENPL and Immune Cells in HCC

To further understand the relationship between CENPL mRNA level and immune infiltration cells in an HCC microenvironment, we used TIMER to evaluate immune cell infiltration data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). The results illuminated that the expression of CENPL was positively correlated with infiltrating levels of B cell, CD4+ T cell, CD8+ T cell, neutrophil, macrophage, and dendritic cell in HCC, respectively () (Figure 8). Similarly, the expression of the CENPL gene was positively associated with the tumor purity () (Figure 8).

3.6. The Expression of CENPL Protein in Tumor and Normal Tissues of HCC Patients

In order to learn the expression of CENPL protein in HCC specimens, we firstly studied it in the HPA database. The immunohistochemical staining results indicated that the expression of CENPL protein was significantly higher in HCC tissues than in normal liver tissues, and the protein staining intensity score was modest in HCC tissues and low in normal liver tissues (Figure 9(a)). The CENPL protein was mainly localized in the cytoplasm and membrane (Figure 9). Our further clinical specimens confirmed similar results. In 28 clinical specimens, the expression level of CENPL protein was higher in HCC tissues (16/28) than in noncancer tissues (12/28) (Figure 9(b)).

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4. Discussion

In this study, the transcriptions of 15 CENPs in HCC were investigated by using the Oncomine and GEPIA databases. Results showed that the mRNA levels of CENPL, CENPQ, CENPR, and CENPU in HCC tissues were significantly higher compared with those in normal tissues. Their mRNA levels were significantly correlated with the pathological stages of HCC. Patients with higher mRNA levels of CENPL had poorer OS, PFS, RFS, and DSS. Then, the prognostic value of CENPL was further studied under different clinical parameters. We found that higher levels of CENPL mRNA were associated with poorer OS in white and Asian male patients without hepatitis virus infection. Mutation analysis showed that CENPL was rarely mutated, suggesting that the pathophysiological role of CENPL in HCC was not mediated by gene mutation. In addition, we found that the expression of CENPL was positively correlated with infiltrating levels of B cell, CD4+ T cell, CD8+ T cell, neutrophil, macrophage, and dendritic cell in HCC. Finally, HPA data and immunohistochemical staining of our clinical specimens showed that CENPL was overexpressed in HCC tissues.

CENPs play an important physiological role in the cell cycle, and their expression levels are strictly regulated; therefore, no pathological effect was shown. However, many CENPs with an abnormal expression were found in tumor cells. To date, it is not clear whether this result is an initiating factor or a result of tumor development. On the one hand, the abnormal expression of CENPs may interact with other genes and contribute to tumorigenisis. For example, Xiao et al. found that CENPM may be involved in the P53 pathway in HCC [40]. On the other hand, chromosomal and genetic instability are now recognized as the important cause of cancer, and the abnormal expression of CENPs is likely to play important roles through this mechanism [5, 41–43]. These results illustrate the complex mechanism between CENPs and HCC. Furthermore, the expression of CENPs in patients with cirrhosis has not been reported, which may help to reveal the mechanism of CENPs and HCC. CENPL is a subunit of the CENPH-CENPI-associated centromeric complex that targets CENPA to centromeres and is required for proper kinetochore function and mitotic progression [44]. Diseases associated with CENPL include the chromosome 22Q11.2 deletion syndrome and chromosome 17p13.3 duplication syndrome (GeneCards: https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=CENPL&keywords=cenpl). To date, no studies of CENPL in tumors have been reported. In this study, we found that CENPL was overexpressed in HCC, and the mRNA level was closely related to various clinicopathological parameters of patients. These results suggest that CENPL may play an important role in HCC and that CENPL is a potential target for future immunotherapy and a prognostic predictor. However, there are several limitations to this study. We have not yet verified the association between CENPL and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in human or mouse specimens. The effects of CENPL on the proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis of HCC cells have not been further studied. Therefore, in-depth studies are needed in the future.

In conclusion, the present study suggests that CENPL mRNA may be a potential prognostic biomarker of HCC patients.

Data Availability

The datasets analyzed during the current study are available from Oncomine (http://www.oncomine.org), GEPIA (http://gepia.cancer-pku.cn), the Kaplan-Meier Plotter (http://www.kmplot.com), cBioPortal (https://www.cbioportal.org), TIMER (https://cistrome.shinyapps.io/timer/), and HPA (https://www.proteinatlas.org/).

Conflicts of Interest

All authors have declared that they have no competing interests and have confirmed its accuracy.

Authors’ Contributions

Zhongyuan Cui and Lijia Xiao contributed equally to this work.

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the many generous data contributors and the many public database providers. This study was supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Joint Fund Project of Fujian Province (2019Y9044), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (grant number 2020J011131), and the Outstanding Youth Training Project (2018Q07).

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