Journal of Surgery Concepts & Practice››2024,Vol. 29››Issue (02): 161-169.doi:10.16139/j.1007-9610.2024.02.12

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Role and possible mechanism of pseudogeneFMO6Pin inhibiting invasion and metastasis of gastric cancer

WU Xiongyan1, LI Zhen2, YU Zhenjia1, SU liping1()

  1. 1. Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gastric Neoplasms, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
    2. Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands 2311
  • Received:2023-07-05Online:2024-03-25Published:2024-07-01
  • Contact:SU liping E-mail:suliping@shsmu.edu.cn

Abstract:

ObjectiveTo determine the expression and clinical significance of pseudogeneFMO6Pin gastric cancer, and explore its functions and underlying molecular mechanism in regulating the invasion and metastasis of gastric cancer cells.MethodsThe expression level ofFMO6Pin gastric cancer tissues and cell lines was detected by quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction(qRT-PCR). The migration and invasion abilities of gastric cancer cells were detected by transwell assay. The effect ofFMO6Pon the tumor formation and peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer cells were evaluated by injectingFMO6P-overexpressing gastric cancer cells into the subcutaneous or peritoneal cavity of nude mice respectively. The expression levels of epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT) markers, including E-cadherin, N-cadherin, ZEB1, MMP2, and the activation of AKT/mTOR pathway inFMO6P-overexpressing or knockdown gastric cancer cells were measured by Western blot.ResultsThe expression ofFMO6Pwas significantly reduced in tumor tissues compared to its adjacent non-tumor tissues of gastric cancer,FMO6Pexpression level in tumor tissues was correlated with tumor size and TNM stage. Overexpression ofFMO6Psignificantly inhibited the invasion and migration abilities of gastric cancer cells, while downregulation ofFMO6Pexpression promoted the invasion and migration ability of gastric cancer cells. Overexpression ofFMO6Pin gastric cancer cells significantly inhibited the subcutaneous tumor formation and peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer cells in nude mice. Moreover, overexpression ofFMO6Ppromoted the expression of E-cadherin, and inhibited the expression of N-cadherin, ZEB1, and MMP2 in gastric cancer cells. The phosphorylation levels of AKT and mTOR were also downregulated in gastric cancer cells overexpressingFMO6P.ConclusionAll these findings suggested that pseudogeneFMO6Psuppresses the invasion and migration potential of gastric cancer cellsin vitroandin vivo, which is possibly through the inhibition of the AKT/mTOR signaling pathway.

Key words:Gastric cancer,Pseudogene,FMO6P,Tumor metastasis

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