Background: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the main pathological type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Chromobox (CBX) family proteins are classical components of polycomb group (PcG) complexes in many cancer types, resulting in accelerated carcinogenesis. Nevertheless, the prognostic, functional and expression significance of these CBX family members in DLBCL remain unclear and elusive.
Methods: CBX transcriptional levels were confirmed using Oncomine, Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA) and Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) databases. The protein levels of CBX family members were analysed using The Human Protein Atlas (HPA) database. Information on the PPI network, functional enrichment, drug sensitivity, prognostic value, miRNA network, protein structure, genetic alteration and immune cell infiltration were generated using the GeneMANIA, Metascape, GSCALite, GEPIA, PDB, cBioPortal, and TIMER databases, and the correlation of these factors with CBX expression levels in DLBCL was assessed.
Results: CBX1/2/3/5/6/8 mRNA levels were significantly enhanced in DLBCL tissues compared to corresponding normal tissues. CBX1/3/4/5/8 protein expression levels were obviously increased, whereas CBX7 was obviously decreased. This difference might be attributed to miRNA regulation based on the miRNA network. Overall survival (OS) analysis showed that CBX levels were not correlated with prognosis in DLBCL patients, indicating that CBXs are not good biomarkers for DLBCL patients. Furthermore, functional enrichment analyses indicated that CBXs were closely related to DNA duplex unwinding, covalent chromatin modification, and histone lysine methylation. The levels of CBXs were also significantly associated with diverse immune cell infiltration in DLBCL.
Conclusions: This study reveals that dysregulated CBXs are involved in DLBCL development and might represent potential therapeutic targets for DLBCL.
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