Abstract
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive brain cancer with a poor prognosis. Therefore, the correlative molecular markers and molecular mechanisms should be explored to assess the occurrence and treatment of glioma.WB and qPCR assays were used to detect the expression of CXCL5 in human GBM tissues. The relationship between CXCL5 expression and clinicopathological features was evaluated using logistic regression analysis, Wilcoxon symbolic rank test, and Kruskal-Wallis test. Univariate, multivariate Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier methods were used to assess CXCL5 and other prognostic factors of GBM. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was used to identify pathways associated with CXCL5. The correlation between CXCL5 and tumor immunoinfiltration was investigated using single sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA) of TCGA data. Cell experiments and mouse subcutaneous transplanted tumor models were used to evaluate the role of CXCL5 in GBM. WB, qPCR, immunofluorescence, and immunohistochemical assays showed that CXCL5 expression was increased in human GBM tissues. Furthermore, high CXCL5 expression was closely related to poor disease-specific survival and overall survival of GBM patients. The ssGSEA suggested that CXCL5 is closely related to the cell cycle and immune response through PPAR signaling pathway. GSEA also showed that CXCL5 expression was positively correlated with macrophage cell infiltration level and negatively correlated with cytotoxic cell infiltration level. CXCL5 may be associated with the prognosis and immunoinfiltration of GBM.