Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship between long non-coding ribonucleic acid (lncRNA) and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in cisplatin resistant epithelial ovarian cancer (CREOC).
Methods The clinical data was collected from 139 patients diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer by pathology in Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital between January 2014 and December 2017. The lncRNA plasma cytoma variant translocation 1 (PVT1) and PD-L1 were detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and immunohistochemistry of ovarian cancer tissues to explore their clinical and prognostic significance.
Results The expressions of LncRNA PVT1 and PD-L1 in CREOC tissues were significantly higher than those in normal ovarian tissues (P < 0.05). LncRNA PVT1 and PD-L1 levels in CREOC tissues was positively correlated (r=0.629, P < 0.001). The high expression of LncRNA PVT1 and PD-L1 was correlated with histological grade, FIGO stage and lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05). High expression of LncRNA PVT1 was correlated with residual lesion size and serum CA125 level (P < 0.05). In the Logistic survival analysis, CREOC patients with high PVT1 and PD-L1 expression displayed shorter progression- free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) than patients with low PVT1 and PD-L1 expression.
Conclusions The expression of LncRNA PVT1 and PD-L1 in CREOC patients was significantly higher than in controls. The expression of LncRNA PVT1 was positively correlated with PD-L1 expression. Over expression of LncRNA PVT1 and PD-L1 is associated with more aggressive clinicopathological characteristics and poor prognosis in CREOC patients.