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ArticleMetabolites2025

Metabolic Reprogramming of Gastric Cancer Revealed by a Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics Study.

Lina Zhou, Benzhe Su, Zexing Shan, Zhenbo Gao, Xingyu Guo, Weiwei Wang, Xiaolin Wang, Wenli Sun, Shuai Yuan, Shulan Sun and 3 more

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Article in Metabolites, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Lina ZhouSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3586-483X
Benzhe SuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
Zexing ShanDepartment of Gastric Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology (Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute), Shenyang 110042, China.
Zhenbo GaoSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
Xingyu GuoCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
Weiwei WangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
Xiaolin WangCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
Wenli SunSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
Shuai YuanCentral Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology (Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute), Shenyang110042, China.
Shulan SunCentral Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology (Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute), Shenyang110042, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7624-1797
Jianjun ZhangDepartment of Gastric Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology (Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute), Shenyang 110042, China.
Guowang XuCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4298-3554
Xiaohui LinSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.

Funding

large-scale instrument and equipment maintenance fund support project from Dalian University of Technology SYSWX202314National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC3401203Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB38020200the AI S&T Program from Yulin Branch, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, CAS, China Grant No. DNL-YL A202202the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities DUT23YG112,DUT21YG115
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Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesGastric cancer (GC) is a prevalent malignant tumor worldwide, with its pathological mechanisms largely unknown. Understanding the metabolic reprogramming associated with GC is crucial for the prevention and treatment of this disease. This study aims to identify significant alterations in metabolites and pathways related to the development of GC.

methodsA liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based non-targeted metabolomics data acquisition was performed on paired tissues from 80 GC patients. Differences in metabolic profiles between tumor and adjacent normal tissues were first investigated through univariate and multivariate statistical analyses. Additionally, differential correlation network analysis and a newly proposed network analysis method (NAM) were employed to explore significant metabolite pathways and subnetworks related to tumorigenesis and various TNM stages of GC.

resultsOver half of the annotated metabolites exhibited significant alterations. Phosphatidylcholine (PC)_30_0 and fatty acid C20_3 demonstrated strong diagnostic performance for GC, with AUCs of 0.911 and 0.934 in the discovery and validation sets, respectively. Differential correlation network analysis revealed significant fatty acid-related metabolic reprogramming in GC with elevated levels of medium-chain acylcarnitines and increased activity of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, firstly observed in clinical GC tissues. Of note, using NAM, two correlation subnetworks were identified as having significant alterations across different TNM stages, centered with choline and carnitine C4_0-OH, respectively.

conclusionsThe identified significant alterations in fatty acid metabolism and TNM-related metabolic subnetworks in GC tissues will facilitate future investigations into the metabolic reprogramming associated with gastric cancer.

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fatty acid β-oxidationgastric cancermetabolic reprogrammingmetabolomics

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PMCPMC12029534

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