Abstract
BackgroundMatrix metalloproteinase 14 (MMP14) is a member of the MMP family, which interacts with tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMPs), and is involved in normal physiological functions such as cell migration, invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis, and proliferation, as well as tumor genesis and progression. However, there has been a lack of relevant reports on the effect of MMP14 across cancers. This study aims to explore the correlation between MMP14 and pan-cancer prognosis, immune infiltration, and the effects of pan-cancer gene mismatch repair (MMR), microsatellite instability (MSI), tumor mutational burden (TMB), DNA methylation, and immune checkpoint genes.MethodsIn this study, we used bioinformatics to analyze data from multiple databases, including The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), ONCOMINE, and Kaplan–Meier plotter. We investigated the relationship between the expression of MMP14 in tumors and tumor prognosis, the relationship between MMP14 expression and tumor cell immune infiltration, and the relationship between MMR gene MMR, MSI, TMB, DNA methylation, and immune checkpoint genes.ResultsMMP14 expression is highly associated with the prognosis of a variety of cancers and tumor immune invasion and has important effects on pan oncologic MMR, MSI, TMB, DNA methylation, and immune checkpoint genes.ConclusionMMP14 is highly correlated with tumor prognosis and immune invasion and affects the occurrence and progression of many tumors. All of these results fully indicate that MMP14 may be a biomarker for the prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment of many tumors and provide new ideas and direction for subsequent tumor immune research and treatment strategies.
Highlights
Matrix metalloproteinase 14 (MMP14), called membrane type 1 metalloproteinase (MT1MMP), is a member of the MT-MMP subfamily
In the ONCOMINE database, compared to normal tissue, the results showed that the expression of MMP14 was higher in the brain and central nervous system (CNS) cancer, breast cancer (BRCA), colorectal carcinoma, esophageal cancer, head and neck cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, and sarcoma (SARC) (Figure 1A)
The results showed that bladder cancer (BLCA), BRCA, cholangiocarcinoma (CHOL), colon adenocarcinoma (COAD), esophageal carcinoma (ESCA), kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC), kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma (KIRP), liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC), lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC), rectum adenocarcinoma (READ), stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD), and thyroid carcinoma (THCA) tissues were significantly increased compared to normal tissues
Summary
Matrix metalloproteinase 14 (MMP14), called membrane type 1 metalloproteinase (MT1MMP), is a member of the MT-MMP subfamily. As a member of the first MMP family to be identified, MMP14 is involved in many biological processes in cells, Pan Cancer Analysis of MMP14 including proliferation, invasion, vascular production, and basement membrane remodeling [2, 3]. Studies have shown that MMP14 is involved in the progression of cervical cancer (CC) by promoting angiogenesis, invasion, and lymph node metastasis, and it has been reported that MMP14 overexpression is associated with poor prognosis of cervical cancer [7,8,9]. Matrix metalloproteinase 14 (MMP14) is a member of the MMP family, which interacts with tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMPs), and is involved in normal physiological functions such as cell migration, invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis, and proliferation, as well as tumor genesis and progression. This study aims to explore the correlation between MMP14 and pan-cancer prognosis, immune infiltration, and the effects of pan-cancer gene mismatch repair (MMR), microsatellite instability (MSI), tumor mutational burden (TMB), DNA methylation, and immune checkpoint genes
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