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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2025

Comprehensive analysis and experimental validation of disulfidptosis-associated prognostic signature and immune microenvironment characterization of gastric cancer.

Huangjie Zhang, Jinguo Hu, Yuanqiang Li, Yanyang Liu, Huize Shen, Zeng Wang, Qinglin Li

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Huangjie Zhang *Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jinguo Hu *Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yuanqiang LiZhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yanyang Liu *Postgraduate training base Alliance of Wenzhou Medical University (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Huize Shen *School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Zeng WangZhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. wangzeng@zjcc.org.cn.
Qinglin LiPostgraduate training base Alliance of Wenzhou Medical University (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. qinglin200886@126.com.

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Science and Technology Program of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Zhejiang Province 2023ZR066Zhejiang Province Health and Medicine Science and Technology Program 2023KY615
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Abstract

backgroundGastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death worldwide. As a novel form of programmed cell death, disulfidptosis is characterized by excessive cysteine accumulation, disulfide stress and actin destruction. There is evidence that targeting disulfidptosis is a promising anticancer strategy. Further improvement of GC risk stratification based on disulfidptosis has positive clinical significance.

methodsWe analyzed the expression levels of disulfidptosis-associated genes (DPAGs) in normal and GC tissues and characterized the molecular subtypes of GC patients. Based on the characteristics of DPAG subtypes, differentially expressed prognosis-related genes were selected by LASSO-univariate Cox analysis and multivariate Cox analysis analyzed to establish a prognostic model. Using single-cell sequencing analysis reveals the cell subpopulation for GC. The function of the selected target in GC was verified by in vitro experimental means, including siRNA, qRT-PCR, Western blot, CCK-8, and Transwell assay.

resultsDPAG score was verified to be an independent prognostic factor of GC and was significantly associated with poor prognosis of gastric cancer. Subsequent studies on subgroup immunoinfiltration characteristics, drug sensitivity analysis, immunotherapy response and somatic mutation characteristics of DPAG score comprehensively confirmed the potential guiding significance of DPAG score for individualized treatment of gastric cancer patients. Single-cell sequencing analysis revealed the expression characteristics of DPAG-related prognostic signatures across cell subpopulations. In vitro experiments showed APC11, as one of the selected DPAGs, was highly expressed in gastric cancer, and knockdown of APC11 could significantly inhibit the proliferation and migration of GC cells, demonstrating the reliability of bioinformatics results.

conclusionThe results of this study provide a new perspective for exploring the role of disulfidptosis in the occurrence and development of GC.

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Biomarkers, TumorStomach NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentApoptosisCell Line, TumorDisulfidptosisFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorAPC11DisulfidptosisGastric cancerImmune filtration characterizationPrognostic modelSingle-cell sequencing analysis

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PMCPMC11861452

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