Expression of serpin family E member 1 in gastric cancer and its mechanisms in promoting gastric cancer
10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2025.02.003
- VernacularTitle:丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制因子1在胃癌中的表达及其促进胃癌发展的作用机制
- Author:
Yongyu CHEN
1
;
Yiren HUANG
1
;
Zheyi CHEN
1
;
Bingqian ZHOU
1
;
Shiyu CHEN
1
;
Yingxia ZHENG
1
Author Information
1. 上海交通大学医学院附属新华医院检验科,上海 200092
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
serpin family E member 1(SERPINE1);
gastric cancer;
epithelial-mesenchymal transition;
angiogenesis
- From:
Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Medical Science)
2025;45(2):150-160
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective·To investigate the expression of serpin family E member 1(SERPINE1)in gastric cancer and its potential mechanisms in promoting gastric cancer.Methods·Pan-cancer analysis of SERPINE1 was performed by using the TIMER2.0 online website,and the differences in the expression of SERPINE1 in samples with different tumor stages of gastric cancer were analysed by the clinical data of gastric cancer from The Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA)database.Survival curves were plotted.Quantitative real-time PCR(qRT-PCR)was used to detect mRNA expression in paired samples of clinical gastric cancer tissues.The small interfering RNA(siRNA)transfection technique was used to knock down the expression of SERPINE1 in MGC-803 and SGC-7901 gastric cancer cell lines,and the migration and invasive abilities of gastric cancer cells were investigated by Transwell and invasion chamber experiments.The effects of SERPINE1 knockdown on the angiogenesis of gastric cancer cells were further explored by the migration assay of human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVEC)and tubule formation assay of HUVECs.The Gene Expression Omnibus(GEO)dataset was used for differential gene analysis in high and low expression groups based on the median value of SERPINE1 expression.The differentially expressed genes were further analyzed by Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)analysis and Gene Set Enrichment Analysis(GSEA).qRT-PCR was performed to verify the expression levels of key genes related to epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT)and angiogenesis.Results·Bioinformatics analysis showed that SERPINE1 was highly overexpressed in a variety of primary tumour tissues,including gastric cancer.SERPINE1 gene expression increased with increasing tumour stage(P<0.001),and increased expression of SERPINE1 was associated with poor prognosis of gastric cancer(P<0.001).qRT-PCR results showed that SERPINE1 was significantly highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues(P=0.038).After knocking down SERPINE1,gastric cancer cell lines MGC-803 and SGC-7901 cells had decreased migration and invasion(P<0.05).Gastric cancer culture supernatants from the SERPINE1-knockdown gastric cancer cell line reduced angiogenesis in HUVECs(P<0.05).Differential genes in gastric cancer patients in the SERPINE1 high-expression group in the GEO database were enriched in cancer-related pathways such as focal adhesion,extracellular matrix receptor interaction,and angiogenesis-related pathways like angiogenesis and the vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)signalling pathway.The expression of SERPINE1 was negatively correlated with cadherin 1(CDH1),and positively correlated with other key genes related to EMT and angiogenesis.Moreover,the expression levels of key genes related to EMT and angiogenesis detected by qRT-PCR in SERPINE1 knockdown gastric cancer cell lines(P<0.05),were consistent with the correlation analysis results mentioned above.Conclusion·SERPINE1 expression is elevated in gastric cancer tissues,which could regulate the expression levels of key genes related to EMT and angiogenesis to promote the migration,invasion and angiogenesis of gastric cancer cells.
