Transcriptome analysis reveals PRKCA as a potential therapeutic target for overcoming cisplatin resistance in lung cancer through ferroptosis.

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In this study, we conducted an analysis of microarray data from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database under the accession numbers GSE21656, which encompassed expression profiling of cisplatin-resistant H460 (DDP-H460)and the parental cells (H460). Subsequently, we calculated the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between DDP-H460 and H460. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis of DEGs demonstrated significant impact on the Rap1, PI3K/AKT and MAPK signaling pathways. Moreover, protein and protein interaction (PPI) network analysis identified PRKCA, DET1, and UBE2N as hub genes that potentially contribute predominantly to cisplatin resistance. Ultimately, PRKCA was selected for validation due to its significant prognostic effect, which predicts unfavorable overall survival and disease-free survival in patients with lung cancer. Network analysis conducted on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database revealed a strong gene-level correlation between PRKCA and TP53, CDKN2A, BYR2, TTN, KRAS, and PIK3CA; whereas at the protein level, it exhibited a high correlation with EGFR, Lck, Bcl2, and Syk. The in vitro experiments revealed that PRKCA was upregulated in the cisplatin-resistant A549 cells (DDP-A549), while knockdown of PRKCA increased DDP-A549 apoptosis upon cisplatin treatment. Moreover, we observed that PRKCA knockdown attenuated DDP-A549 proliferation, migration and invasion ability. Western blot analysis demonstrated that PRKCA knockdown downregulated phosphorylation of PI3K expression while upregulated the genes involved in ferroptosis signaling. 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