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ArticleOncogene2026

Chronic stress drives gastric cancer lymph node metastasis via NETosis through a feedforward ACh-NGF axis-mediated PKC-γ/STAT3 pathway.

Pengpeng Liu, Huizhen Wang, Kexun Yu, Mengdi Ma, Xiongwei Yang, Yuexiang Wang, Yongxiang Li

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Pengpeng Liu *Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Huizhen Wang *Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Kexun YuDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Mengdi MaDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Xiongwei YangDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Yuexiang WangShanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. yxwang76@sibs.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-5467
Yongxiang LiDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. liyongxiang@ahmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-9485

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82372646
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Abstract

Lymphangiogenesis drives gastric cancer lymph node (GC LN) metastasis via neuro-immune-cancer interactions in the tumor microenvironment. However, the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here, we demonstrate that chronic stress (CS) in GC patients correlates with poorer short-term prognosis, perineural/lymphovascular invasion, and advanced LN staging. Mechanistically, CS-induced neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are key mediators of LN metastasis. Inhibiting NETs suppressed popliteal LN metastasis and lymphangiogenesis. In vitro and in vivo experiments revealed that CS upregulated acetylcholine (ACh) and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) levels, with ACh directly inducing NETs formation in a dose-dependently. Exogenous ACh increased LN metastasis (volume), whereas gastric vagotomy attenuated CS-mediated orthotopic tumor growth. Functional assays confirmed that ACh-driven NETs enhanced GC cell malignant behaviors, accelerated adhesive suspension state transformation via extracellular matrix remodeling, and activated a feedforward ACh-NGF axis. This triggered PKC-γ/STAT3-S100A8/A9-ROS cascade, mediating NETs formation and upregulating VEGFA/C. Protein analysis showed CD300ld overexpression in CS

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AcetylcholineNerve Growth FactorSTAT3 Transcription FactorStomach NeoplasmsStress, PhysiologicalAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansLymphangiogenesisLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiceProtein Kinase CSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentAcetylcholineNerve Growth FactorProtein Kinase CSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factor

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