PMID- 35873566 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220726 IS - 1663-9812 (Print) IS - 1663-9812 (Electronic) IS - 1663-9812 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Characterization of Lactate Metabolism Score in Breast and Thyroid Cancers to Assist Immunotherapy via Large-Scale Transcriptomic Data Analysis. PG - 928419 LID - 10.3389/fphar.2022.928419 [doi] LID - 928419 AB - Breast cancer (BC) and thyroid cancer (TC) have the highest rate of incidence, especially in women. Previous studies have revealed that lactate provides energetic and anabolic support to cancer cells, thus serving as an important oncometabolite with both extracellular and intracellular signaling functions. However, the correlation of lactate metabolism scores with thyroid and breast cancer immune characteristics remains to be systematically analyzed. To investigate the role of lactate at the transcriptome level and its correlation with the clinical outcome of BC and TC, transcriptome data of 1,217 patients with breast cancer (BC) and 568 patients with thyroid cancer (TC) were collected from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) datasets with their corresponding clinical and somatic mutation data. The lactate metabolism score was calculated based on a single-sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA). The results showed that lactate metabolism-related genes and lactate metabolism scores was significantly associated with the survival of patients with BRCA and THCA. Notably, the lactate metabolism scores were strongly correlated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) expression, tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) infiltration, and interferon (IFN) response in BC and TC. Furthermore, the lactate metabolism score was an independent prognostic factor and could serve as a reliable predictor of overall survival, clinical characteristics, and immune cell infiltration, with the potential to be applied in immunotherapy or precise chemotherapy of BC and TC. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Wang, Qu, Chen, Pan, Tang, Hu, Gao, Niu, Liu, Gao and Fang. FAU - Wang, Cheng AU - Wang C AD - Department of Breast Surgery, Huangpu Branch, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Qu, Zheng AU - Qu Z AD - Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. FAU - Chen, Li AU - Chen L AD - Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. FAU - Pan, Yunhao AU - Pan Y AD - Department of Breast Surgery, Huangpu Branch, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Tang, Yiqing AU - Tang Y AD - Department of Breast Surgery, Huangpu Branch, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Hu, Guangfu AU - Hu G AD - Department of Breast Surgery, Huangpu Branch, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Gao, Ran AU - Gao R AD - Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. FAU - Niu, Ruijie AU - Niu R AD - Department of Breast Surgery, Huangpu Branch, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Liu, Qiang AU - Liu Q AD - Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. FAU - Gao, Xingyan AU - Gao X AD - Department of Breast Surgery, Huangpu Branch, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Fang, Yi AU - Fang Y AD - Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220707 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pharmacol JT - Frontiers in pharmacology JID - 101548923 PMC - PMC9301074 OTO - NOTNLM OT - breast cancer OT - cancer immunotherapy OT - immune infiltrates OT - lactate metabolism score OT - prognostic factor OT - thyroid cancer COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/07/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/26 06:01 PMCR- 2022/07/07 CRDT- 2022/07/25 03:37 PHST- 2022/04/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/06/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/07/25 03:37 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/07/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 928419 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fphar.2022.928419 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pharmacol. 2022 Jul 7;13:928419. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.928419. eCollection 2022.