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Cancers (Basel). 2021 Dec 21;14(1). doi: 10.3390/cancers14010003.

Shared Gene Expression and Immune Pathway Changes Associated with Progression from Nevi to Melanoma.

Cancers

Elizabeth S Borden, Anngela C Adams, Kenneth H Buetow, Melissa A Wilson, Julie E Bauman, Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, H-H Sherry Chow, Bonnie J LaFleur, Karen Taraszka Hastings

Affiliations

  1. Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
  2. Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA.
  3. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.
  4. Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.
  5. Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
  6. University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
  7. BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.

PMID: 35008167 PMCID: PMC8749980 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14010003

Abstract

There is a need to identify molecular biomarkers of melanoma progression to assist the development of chemoprevention strategies to lower melanoma incidence. Using datasets containing gene expression for dysplastic nevi and melanoma or melanoma arising in a nevus, we performed differential gene expression analysis and regularized regression models to identify genes and pathways that were associated with progression from nevi to melanoma. A small number of genes distinguished nevi from melanoma. Differential expression of seven genes was identified between nevi and melanoma in three independent datasets. C1QB, CXCL9, CXCL10, DFNA5 (GSDME), FCGR1B, and PRAME were increased in melanoma, and SCGB1D2 was decreased in melanoma, compared to dysplastic nevi or nevi that progressed to melanoma. Further supporting an association with melanomagenesis, these genes demonstrated a linear change in expression from benign nevi to dysplastic nevi to radial growth phase melanoma to vertical growth phase melanoma. The genes associated with melanoma progression showed significant enrichment of multiple pathways related to the immune system. This study demonstrates (1) a novel application of bioinformatic approaches to aid clinical trials of melanoma chemoprevention and (2) the feasibility of determining a gene signature biomarker of melanomagenesis.

Keywords: dysplastic nevi; melanoma; molecular biomarkers

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