Abstract
Disulfidptosis is a novel mechanism underlying actin-cytoskeleton-associated cell death, but its function in colorectal cancer (CRC) is still elusive. In this study, we investigated the potential role of Disulfidptosis-Related Long Non-Coding RNAs (DRLs) as prognostic indicators in CRC. Through transcriptome data from TCGA CRC cases, we identified 44 prognosis-correlated DRLs by Univariate Cox Regression Analysis and observed a differential expression pattern of these DRLs between CRC and normal tissues. Consensus clustering analysis based on DRL expression led to subgroup classification of CRC patients with distinct molecular fingerprints, accompanied by a superior survival outcome in cluster 2. We are encouraged to develop a score model incorporating 12 key DRLs to predict patient outcomes. Notably, this model displayed more reliable accuracy than other predictive indicators since DRLs are intimately related to tumor immune cell infiltration, suggesting a considerable potential of our DRL-score model for tumor therapy. Our data offered a valuable insight into the prognostic significance of DRLs in CRC and broke a new avenue for tumor prognosis prediction.