Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) produced by sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) and exported via ABCC1 is related to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression.

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S1P induces inflammation, angiogenesis and modulates tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) in autocrine and paracrine manner. We hypothesized that high S1P export is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression and worse survival. Transcriptome linked with clinical data were obtained from a total of 533 patients from TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas)-HCC (n = 350), GSE6764 (n = 75), and GSE89377 (n = 108) cohorts. Both SphK1 and ABCC1 were expressed higher in aggressive HCC than normal liver or cirrhosis and correlated with MKi67 expression. High S1P export by high expression of both SphK1 and ABCC1 enriched gene sets related with cell proliferation (E2F targets, G2M checkpoint, MYC targets), inflammation (Inflammatory response, TNFα, IL6), angiogenesis, metastasis (TGF-β, epithelial-mesenchymal transition), and immune response (allograft rejection, complement, interferon-gamma) in gene set enrichment analysis. High S1P export was associated with elevation of HGF, HSP90AA1, TRAF2, and AKR1B10. It was also associated with high intratumor heterogeneity, leucocyte fraction, macrophage regulation and lymphocyte infiltration, as well as T helper type2 cells, macrophages, dendritic cells, CD4+ T memory activated cells, B-cells and cytolytic activity score in TIME. High S1P export was associated with significantly worse disease specific survival (P = 0.034) and overall survival (P = 0.004) compared to low S1P export group. In conclusion, simultaneous high expression of SphK1 and ABCC1 that reflect S1P export is associated with enhancement of both HCC progression and immune response. 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