Identification of CRKL as an oncogenic biomarker for prognosis and immunotherapy in melanoma,and its potential molecular mechanism |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Plastic Surgery, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China;2. School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;3. Department of Rehabilitation, Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China;4. Department of Nursing, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China;5. Department of Rehabilitation, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China |
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| Abstract: | CRKL (CRK Like Proto-Oncogene) belongs to the Crk family and is a 39-kDa adapter protein that encodes SH2 and SH3 (src homologs) domains. To identify its oncogenic role in malignant melanoma, we investigated the association between CRKL and mutation, prognosis, tumor mutation burden, immune cell infiltration of melanoma, and explored the associations between CRKL and immunotherapy response. Our results showed that abnormal CRKL expression is associated with poor prognosis in melanoma and is significantly correlated with immune-activated pathways and processes, immune cell infiltrations, and expression of immunoregulators. Importantly, we found that CRKL expression is a predictive biomarker for anti-PD1 therapy response in melanoma patients. Furthermore, inhibiting CRKL expression in melanoma cell lines suppressed their proliferation and metastasis, as well as activated the pyroptosis-related pathway. Our study provides potential mechanisms of melanoma pathogenesis, which may suggest new avenues for targeted therapy in this disease. |
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