Abstract

The tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) play a crucial role in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), which can cause the proliferation, migration and invasion of tumor cells. In particular, TAMs mainly regulate changes in the tumor microenvironment thereby contributing to tumorigenesis and progression. Recently, an increasing number of studies are using single-cell RNA (Sc-RNA) sequencing to investigate changes in the composition and transcriptomics of the tumor microenvironment. We obtained Sc-RNA sequencing data of LUAD from GEO database and transcriptome data with clinical information of LUAD patients from TCGA database. A group of important genes in the state transition of TAMs was identified by analyzing TAMs at the single-cell level, while 5 TAM-related prognostic genes were obtained by omics data integration, and a prognostic model was constructed. GOBP analysis revealed that TAM-related genes were mainly enriched in tumor-promoting and immunosuppression-related pathways. After ROC analysis, it was found that the AUC of the prognosis model reached 0.751, with well predictive effectiveness. The 5 unique genes, HLA-DMB, HMGN3, ID3, PEBP1, and TUBA1B, was finally identified through synthesized analysis. The transcriptional characteristics of 5 genes were determined through GEPIA2 database and RT-qPCR. The increased expression of TUBA1B in advanced LUAD may serve as a prognostic indicator, while low expression of PEBP1 in LUAD may have the potential to become a therapeutic target.

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