Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 52-55,62.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2025.01.009

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ZMYND8 as a novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for glioma

XIAO Huanqin, XIE Shoucheng, ZHONG Ying, LUO Wenjuan, HUANG Yanfang, LUO Haiyan, YU Qiuzhu, ZHU Wenbiao   

  1. Department of Pathology, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College/Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou 514031, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2023-12-14 Revised:2024-03-01 Published:2025-01-25

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression and prognostic value of subtype 8 of the zinc finger domain containing myeloid neurodegenerative epidermal growth factor (ZMYND8) in adult glioma. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression level of ZMYND8 in 104 adult glioma tissues, and the relationship between ZMYND8 expression and prognosis of glioma patients was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve prediction efficiency. Kaplan-Meier survival was used to analyze the relationship between ZMYND8 expression and overall survival (OS) of adult human glioma patients. Cox regression was used to analyze factors affecting the survival of patients with glioma after surgery. RESULTS: The immunohistochemical results showed that the expression of ZMYND8 protein in glioma was higher than that in normal brain tissue (P<0.05),and the high expression rate in high-grade glioma was significantly higher than that in low-grade glioma (P<0.05). The expression of ZMYND8 was correlated with pathological classification and WHO grade (P<0.01),but not with sex,age,tumor site,tumor diameter,and Karnofsky (KPS) score. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that the OS of glioma patients with high expression of ZMYND8 was significantly lower than that of glioma patients with low expression (Log-rank P<0.01). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that age and WHO grade were independent factors of glioma OS. CONCLUSION: The expression of ZMYND8 was increased in adult glioma patients and the increase was related to the degree of malignancy and prognosis. Thus,ZMYND8 can be used as a potential marker for the diagnosis and prognosis of glioma.

Key words: adult glioma, WHO, immunohistochemistry, zinc finger MYND-type containing 8, prognosis

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