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Clinical Significance of Disulfidptosis-related Genes and Functional Analysis in Gastric Cancer

Jianing Yan1*, Ziyi Fang1*, Meiqi Shi1, Can Tu1, Shengke Zhang2, Chenglu Jiang2, Qier Li1✉, Yongfu Shao1✉

1. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315020, China.
2. Clinical Medical College, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China.
* Authors contributed equally to this work.

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Yan J, Fang Z, Shi M, Tu C, Zhang S, Jiang C, Li Q, Shao Y. Clinical Significance of Disulfidptosis-related Genes and Functional Analysis in Gastric Cancer. J Cancer 2024; 15(4):1053-1066. doi:10.7150/jca.91796. https://www.jcancer.org/v15p1053.htm
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Background: Worldwide, gastric cancer (GC) remains intractable due to its poor prognosis and high morbidity and mortality. Disulfidptosis is a novel kind of cell death mediated by abnormal accumulation of intracellular disulphides. The correlation between disulfidptosis and GC is still unknown. Therefore, it is necessary to elucidate the pathogenesis and mechanism of disulfidptosis and GC for clinical diagnosis and intervention.

Methods: RNA-sequencing data from several public data portals and clinical samples were collected. We compared the expression levels of four key genes of disulfidptosis, including SLC7A11, SLC3A2, RPN1, and NCKAP1, in GC and selected prognostic genes to build a novel GC prognosis-related nomogram model. The biological functions and immune landscape of the identified prognostic genes were explored.

Results: Overexpressed NCKAP1 and SLC7A11 were prognostic disulfidptosis-related genes in GC. We combined these genes and several clinicopathological factors to build a prognostic nomogram model for GC. Meanwhile, the ROC curves showed that NCKAP1 and SLC7A11 were promising biomarkers for GC screening. The biological and cellular functions were focused on actin activities, GTPase and immunoreaction. The tumour immune microenvironment and immune therapy targets were identified. Competing endogenous RNA network was built to explore the downstream regulatory mechanisms. Finally, the elevated NCKAP1 and SLC7A11 expression in GC was validated via qRT-PCR in a cell line and tissue line.

Conclusion: In conclusion, NCKAP1 and SLC7A11 are promising prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers for GC that correlate with the activities of actin, energy metabolism of GTPase, immune infiltration and immunotherapy.

Keywords: disulfidptosis, gastric cancer, bioinformatics, prognosis, diagnosis


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Yan, J., Fang, Z., Shi, M., Tu, C., Zhang, S., Jiang, C., Li, Q., Shao, Y. (2024). Clinical Significance of Disulfidptosis-related Genes and Functional Analysis in Gastric Cancer. Journal of Cancer, 15(4), 1053-1066. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.91796.

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Yan, J.; Fang, Z.; Shi, M.; Tu, C.; Zhang, S.; Jiang, C.; Li, Q.; Shao, Y. Clinical Significance of Disulfidptosis-related Genes and Functional Analysis in Gastric Cancer. J. Cancer 2024, 15 (4), 1053-1066. DOI: 10.7150/jca.91796.

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Yan J, Fang Z, Shi M, Tu C, Zhang S, Jiang C, Li Q, Shao Y. Clinical Significance of Disulfidptosis-related Genes and Functional Analysis in Gastric Cancer. J Cancer 2024; 15(4):1053-1066. doi:10.7150/jca.91796. https://www.jcancer.org/v15p1053.htm

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Yan J, Fang Z, Shi M, Tu C, Zhang S, Jiang C, Li Q, Shao Y. 2024. Clinical Significance of Disulfidptosis-related Genes and Functional Analysis in Gastric Cancer. J Cancer. 15(4):1053-1066.

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