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1. ARHGAP15 promotes metastatic colonization in gastric cancer by suppressing RAC1-ROS pathway.

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Fei-Fei Zhang, Chen Jiang, Dong-Ping Jiang, Yu-Zhu Cui, Xin-Yue Wang, Liang-Zhan Sun, Miao Chen, Ka-On Lam, Sha-Yi Wu, Krista Verhoeft, Dora Lai-Wan Kwong, and Xin-Yuan Guan

Subjects
Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract

The molecular mechanism of tumor metastasis, especially how metastatic tumor cells colonize in a distant site, remains poorly understood. Here we reported that ARHGAP15, a Rho GTPase activating protein, enhanced gastric cancer (GC) metastatic colonization, which was quite different from its reported role as a tumor suppressor gene in other cancers. It was upregulated in metastatic lymph nodes and significantly associated with a poor prognosis. Ectopic expression of ARHGAP15 promoted metastatic colonization of gastric cancer cells in murine lungs and lymph nodes in vivo or protected cells from oxidative-related death in vitro. However, genetic downregulation of ARHGAP15 had the opposite effect. Mechanistically, ARHGAP15 inactivated RAC1 and then decreased intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), thus enhancing the antioxidant capacity of colonizing tumor cells under oxidative stress. This phenotype could be phenocopied by inhibition of RAC1 or rescued by the introduction of constitutively active RAC1 into cells. Taken together, these findings suggested a novel role of ARHGAP15 in promoting gastric cancer metastasis by quenching ROS through inhibiting RAC1 and its potential value for prognosis estimation and targeted therapy.

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2023
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2. Data from ORAI2 Promotes Gastric Cancer Tumorigenicity and Metastasis through PI3K/Akt Signaling and MAPK-Dependent Focal Adhesion Disassembly

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Ka-On Lam, Xin-Yuan Guan, Xiang Lin, Yanru Qin, Yan Li, Krista R. Verhoeft, Ying Tang, Ying Wang, Liang-Zhan Sun, Yu-Zhu Cui, Yongxu Jia, Zhaojie Lv, Feifei Zhang, Jiao Huang, Miao Chen, and Shayi Wu

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The ubiquitous second messenger Ca2+ has long been recognized as a key regulator in cell migration. Locally confined Ca2+, in particular, is essential for building front-to-rear Ca2+ gradient, which serves to maintain the morphologic polarity required in directionally migrating cells. However, little is known about the source of the Ca2+ and the mechanism by which they crosstalk between different signaling pathways in cancer cells. Here, we report that calcium release–activated calcium modulator 2 (ORAI2), a poorly characterized store-operated calcium (SOC) channel subunit, predominantly upregulated in the lymph node metastasis of gastric cancer, supports cell proliferation and migration. Clinical data reveal that a high frequency of ORAI2-positive cells in gastric cancer tissues significantly correlated with poor differentiation, invasion, lymph node metastasis, and worse prognosis. Gain- and loss-of-function showed that ORAI2 promotes cell motility, tumor formation, and metastasis in both gastric cancer cell lines and mice. Mechanistically, ORAI2 mediated SOC activity and regulated tumorigenic properties through the activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathways. Moreover, ORAI2 enhanced the metastatic ability of gastric cancer cells by inducing FAK-mediated MAPK/ERK activation and promoted focal adhesion disassembly at rear-edge of the cell. Collectively, our results demonstrate that ORAI2 is a novel gene that plays an important role in the tumorigenicity and metastasis of gastric cancer.Significance:These findings describe the critical role of ORAI2 in gastric cancer cell migration and tumor metastasis and uncover the translational potential to advance drug discovery along the ORAI2 signaling pathway.

Published
2023

8. Effects of dietary fiber and starch levels on the non-specific immune response of growing rabbits

Author

Chun yang Wang, Xuepeng Wang, Bing Li, Yan li Zhu, Liang zhan Sun, and Fu chang Li

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, General Veterinary, Starch, T cell, Biology, chemistry.chemical_compound, Titer, medicine.anatomical_structure, Immune system, Endocrinology, chemistry, Internal medicine, Humoral immunity, Immunology, medicine, Animal Science and Zoology, Fiber, CD8, Microfold cell
Abstract

The effects of dietary fiber and starch on the non-specific immune response were studied using four different experimental diets (I, II, III, and IV) on 200 growing rabbits. The following parameters were assessed: the number of membranous epithelial (M) cells in the appendix, total SIgA titers in the gut, total IgG levels in the serum and the CD4+/CD8+ T cell ratio in the peripheral blood; as these measures were taken to determine the effect of diet with age, samples were obtained at 52, 62, 72 and 82 days of age. The number of M cells was increased with dietary fiber enhancement and starch reduction at 52 and 62 days of age (P 0.05) in M cell number among the four diets. Using immunohistochemistry, the high fiber/low starch diet (Diet I) resulted in an increase in M cell size and number when compared with the other diets. The only differences(P

Published
2013

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