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ArticleCancer cell international2021

Lactate induces aberration in the miR-30a-DBF4 axis to promote the development of gastric cancer and weakens the sensitivity to 5-Fu.

Tengkai Wang, Rui Ji, Guanqun Liu, Beilei Ma, Zehua Wang, Qian Wang

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Article in Cancer cell international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tengkai WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, 107 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, P.R. China.
Rui JiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P.R. China.
Guanqun LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P.R. China.
Beilei MaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University (Qingdao), 758 Hefei Road, Qingdao, Shandong, P. R. China.
Zehua WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University (Qingdao), 758 Hefei Road, Qingdao, Shandong, P. R. China. zhyk615@mail.sdu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2788-075X
Qian WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, P.R. China. sd.wangqian@163.com.
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University · CN

Funding

National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program) National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program)Science and Technology Development Program of Qingdao City Science and Technology Development Program of Qingdao CitySupported by Qingdao Key Health Discipline Development Fund Supported by Qingdao Key Health Discipline Development FundWu Jie Ping Medical Foundation Wu Jie Ping Medical Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies, molecular mechanism of which is still not clear. Aberrant expression of tumor-associated genes is the major cause of tumorigenesis. DBF4 is an important factor in cancers, although there is yet no report on its function and molecular mechanism in GC.

methodsThe expression of DBF4 in tumor tissues or cells of GC was detected by qRT-PCR and western blotting. Gastric cancer cell line MGC-803 and AGS were transfected with DBF4 siRNA or overexpression vector to detect the function of DBF4 in proliferation, migration and the sensitivity to 5-Fu with CCK-8 assay, colony formation assay, transwell assay, and wound healing assay. miR-30a was found to be the regulator of DBF4 by online bioinformatics software and confirmed with qRT-PCR, western blot and dual-luciferase reporter assays.

resultsIn our study, increased expression of DBF4 in GC tissues was first identified through The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and later confirmed using specimens from GC patients. Furthermore, functional experiments were applied to demonstrate that DBF4 promotes cell proliferation and migration in GC cell lines, moreover weakens the sensitivity of MGC803 and AGS cells to 5-Fu. We further demonstrated that miR-30a showed significantly lower expression in GC cells and inhibited the expression of DBF4 through 3'-UTR suppression. Furthermore, rescue experiments revealed that the miR-30a-DBF4 axis regulated the GC cell proliferation, migration and the sensitivity to 5-Fu. The important composition in tumor microenvironment, lactate, may be the primary factor that suppressed miR-30a to strengthen the expression of DBF4.

conclusionsTaken together, our study was the first to identify DBF4 as a regulator of cell proliferation and migration in GC. Furthermore, our study identified the lactate-miR-30a-DBF4 axis as a crucial regulator of tumor progression and the tumor sensitivity to 5-Fu, which maybe serve useful for the development of novel therapeutic targets.

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DBF4Gastric cancerLactatemigration,5-FumiR-30aProliferation

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PMID34758839
PMCPMC8582204
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