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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2025

Bit1 promotes the progression of gastric cancer by facilitating epithelial-mesenchymal transition and alleviating apoptosis.

Linsheng Huang, Mao Xu, Xinxu Zhao, Huifan Yu, Li Liu, Wenjie Cao, Lili Gui, Zhengkun Wu, Yan Zhang, Fei Li

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Linsheng Huang *Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China.
Mao Xu *School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China.
Xinxu ZhaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China.
Huifan YuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China.
Li LiuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China.
Wenjie CaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China.
Lili GuiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China.
Zhengkun WuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China.
Yan ZhangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China. zhangyansee@126.com.
Fei LiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China. feili@hbmu.edu.cn.

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Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 2025AFB164the Advantages Discipline Group (Biology and Medicine) Project in Higher Education of Hubei Province (2021-2025) 2023BMXKQT1the Biomedical Research Foundation, Hubei University of Medicine HBMUPI201805the Cultivating Project for Young Scholar at Hubei University of Medicine 2021QDJZR009the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Provincial Department of Education D20192101the Postgraduate Science and Technology Innovation Project YC2020040, YC2022023, YC2023067
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Abstract

Gastric cancer remains the fifth most common malignant cancer all around the world, in 2024, 2,001,140 new cancer cases and 611,720 cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States. Surgery and chemotherapy are the ways for non-early gastric cancer. Thus, it is particularly important to identify new biomarkers. The Bcl-2 inhibitor of transcription 1 (Bit1) is a mitochondrial apoptotic effector molecule, and involved in the cancer development with EMT, such as ovarian, oral, and esophageal cancers. In the present study, Bit1 was detected firstly, then clinicopathological parameters of the patients and survival time related to Bit1 were also analyzed. The relationship between Bit1 and risk factors for gastric cancer was analyzed by bioinformatics. Subsequently, lentivirus transfection was used to knockdown Bit1, and the effects of Bit1 on the proliferation, migration, and apoptosis of gastric cancer cells were detected, the process of EMT was also further observed. Our study demonstrated the higher expression of Bit1 in patients with primary gastric cancer, while Bit1 knockdown reduced gastric cancer cell proliferation, promoted cell apoptosis and mitochondrial injury, and restricted the metastasis of cancer cells by inhibiting the EMT process. Our results showed that Bit1 promoted the progression of gastric cancer, which afforded a novel biomarker and intervention target for gastric cancer.

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ApoptosisEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionRepressor ProteinsStomach NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationDisease ProgressionFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiddle AgedMitochondrial ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesMitochondrial ProteinsPTH2 protein, humanRepressor ProteinsApoptosisBit1EMTPrimary gastric cancer

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