A novel cuproptosis-related genes nomogram on the prognosis and immune microenvironment of breast invasive carcinoma

Abstract Explore the relationship between breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA) and cuproptosis-related genes (CRGs). CRGs related to prognosis were calculated using Lasso analysis and multivariate Cox analysis based on BRCA data from the TCGA, CRG signatures were then generated to categorize patients ba...

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Main Authors: Guanmin Shang, Zhiwen Xu, Dengfu Peng, Xinghe Liao, Jiangang Zhao
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-14621-9
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Zhiwen Xu
Dengfu Peng
Xinghe Liao
Jiangang Zhao
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Zhiwen Xu
Dengfu Peng
Xinghe Liao
Jiangang Zhao
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description Abstract Explore the relationship between breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA) and cuproptosis-related genes (CRGs). CRGs related to prognosis were calculated using Lasso analysis and multivariate Cox analysis based on BRCA data from the TCGA, CRG signatures were then generated to categorize patients based on their risk scores into high-risk and low-risk categories. The GEO dataset was used as external validation. A nomogram was constructed in order to further predict the survival of patients. We also examined differences in the infiltrative status of immune cell subsets present between the high-risk and low-risk categories. The prognostic gene expression were validated utilizing real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). We identified nine CRGs associated with survival and built a risk model to separate patients into high - and low-risk groups with distinct differences in survival time. Risk model performance was confirmed by the ROC curve and nomogram. Additionally, we found a significant difference between the two patient groups in the extent of immune cell infiltration. qRT-PCR analysis revealed differential expression of seven CRGs (AK7, CEL, GRIA3, KCNE2, NT5C1A, PGK1, NOS1) across various breast cancer cell lines compared to MCF-10 A cells, showing both positive and negative regulation in different cell lines. These results may help illuminate the functions that CRGs perform in BRCA, which might improve our knowledge of cuproptosis and facilitate the implementation of more successful immunotherapy techniques.
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spelling doaj-art-e5b02e401af349e3858058405a8d7fee2025-08-20T04:03:03ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-08-0115111510.1038/s41598-025-14621-9A novel cuproptosis-related genes nomogram on the prognosis and immune microenvironment of breast invasive carcinomaGuanmin Shang0Zhiwen Xu1Dengfu Peng2Xinghe Liao3Jiangang Zhao4Department of Oncology, Shaoxing Central HospitalDepartment of Oncology, Dexing People’s HospitalDepartment of Oncology, Shaoxing Central HospitalDepartment of Integrated Therapy, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterDepartment of Oncology, Shaoxing Central HospitalAbstract Explore the relationship between breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA) and cuproptosis-related genes (CRGs). CRGs related to prognosis were calculated using Lasso analysis and multivariate Cox analysis based on BRCA data from the TCGA, CRG signatures were then generated to categorize patients based on their risk scores into high-risk and low-risk categories. The GEO dataset was used as external validation. A nomogram was constructed in order to further predict the survival of patients. We also examined differences in the infiltrative status of immune cell subsets present between the high-risk and low-risk categories. The prognostic gene expression were validated utilizing real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). We identified nine CRGs associated with survival and built a risk model to separate patients into high - and low-risk groups with distinct differences in survival time. Risk model performance was confirmed by the ROC curve and nomogram. Additionally, we found a significant difference between the two patient groups in the extent of immune cell infiltration. qRT-PCR analysis revealed differential expression of seven CRGs (AK7, CEL, GRIA3, KCNE2, NT5C1A, PGK1, NOS1) across various breast cancer cell lines compared to MCF-10 A cells, showing both positive and negative regulation in different cell lines. These results may help illuminate the functions that CRGs perform in BRCA, which might improve our knowledge of cuproptosis and facilitate the implementation of more successful immunotherapy techniques.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-14621-9CuproptosisBreast invasive carcinomaGene signaturePrognosisTumor immune microenvironment
spellingShingle Guanmin Shang
Zhiwen Xu
Dengfu Peng
Xinghe Liao
Jiangang Zhao
A novel cuproptosis-related genes nomogram on the prognosis and immune microenvironment of breast invasive carcinoma
Scientific Reports
Cuproptosis
Breast invasive carcinoma
Gene signature
Prognosis
Tumor immune microenvironment
title A novel cuproptosis-related genes nomogram on the prognosis and immune microenvironment of breast invasive carcinoma
title_full A novel cuproptosis-related genes nomogram on the prognosis and immune microenvironment of breast invasive carcinoma
title_fullStr A novel cuproptosis-related genes nomogram on the prognosis and immune microenvironment of breast invasive carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed A novel cuproptosis-related genes nomogram on the prognosis and immune microenvironment of breast invasive carcinoma
title_short A novel cuproptosis-related genes nomogram on the prognosis and immune microenvironment of breast invasive carcinoma
title_sort novel cuproptosis related genes nomogram on the prognosis and immune microenvironment of breast invasive carcinoma
topic Cuproptosis
Breast invasive carcinoma
Gene signature
Prognosis
Tumor immune microenvironment
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-14621-9
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