The experimental methods are as follows: (1) The proliferation of HGC-27 cells inhibited by Apatinib and LY294002 was observed by 3-(4,5)-dimethylthiahiazo-(z-y1)-3,5-diphenytetrazoli- umromide (MTT) assay; (2) flow cytometry was adopted to detect the apoptosis of cells after they were treated with drugs and the positive control; (3) different effects of varying concentrations of Apatinib on apoptosis-related genes and proteins, B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax) and cysteine-aspartic acid protease (Caspase) 9, were detected via fluorescence quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western blotting (WB), and the effects of different concentrations of Apatinib on the protein expressions of PI3K, phosphorylated (p)-PI3K, Akt and p-Akt were detected by Western blotting.
MALAT1-miR-183-SIRT1 axis and PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway may be mechanisms to mediate autophagy in GC. miR-183 may serve as a towardly therapeutic target for GC.
Taken together, Rab1A regulates the PI3K-AKT-mTORC1 pathway through the mTORC1 complex consisting of mTORC1, Rheb and Rab1A, and is a promising therapeutic target in GC.
Hsp90ab1 stabilizes LRP5 to promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition via activating of AKT and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways in gastric cancer progression.
In conclusion, the polymorphisms of the two loci, PIK3R3 rs7536272 and mTOR rs2295080, on the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway genes are associated with genetic susceptibility to gastric cancer in Chinese population.
In the present study, we found that in patients with gastric cancer in different clinical stages (from stageⅠto stage Ⅳ), both C5aR and p-PI3K/AKT levels were significantly higher in tumoral tissues than in adjacent non-tumoral tissues.
In conclusion, CAF‑derived HGF promotes angiogenesis, VM and mosaic vessel formation via PI3K/AKT and ERK1/2 signaling in gastric cancer and HGF may serve as a potential therapeutic target for cancer anti‑vascular treatment.
To clarify the role of TIPE2 in the progression of human GC and to elucidate the underlying mechanism, the association between TIPE2 and phosphatidylinositol 3‑kinase (PI3K)/AKT, the cell cycle, the caspase‑related apoptosis pathway and the NF‑κB signaling pathway were investigated through western blot and flow cytometric analysis.
Taken together, our findings contribute to current understanding of the functions of FBXO11 and suggest a mechanism by which FBXO11 plays an oncogenic role in the development of GC possibly by inhibiting PTEN and subsequently promoting PI3K/AKT pathway activation.
Furthermore, overexpression of ciRS-7 blocked the miR-7-induced tumor suppression in MGC-803 and HGC-27 cells and led to a more aggressive oncogenic phenotype, via antagonizing miR-7-mediated PTEN/PI3K/AKT pathway. ciRS-7 may act as a prospective prognostic biological marker and a promising therapeutic target for GC..
Deregulation of MicroRNA-375 Inhibits Proliferation and Migration in Gastric Cancer in Association With Autophagy-Mediated AKT/mTOR Signaling Pathways.
Moreover, we demonstrated that the miR-20a/LRIG1 axis regulated GC cell MDR through epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mediated PI3K/AKT and MAPK/ERK signaling pathways.
Overexpression of miR-592 promotes GC proliferation, migration, and invasion and induces the EMT via the PI3K/AKT and MAPK/ERK signaling pathways by inhibiting Spry2, suggesting a potential therapeutic target for GC.
AdP promoted apoptosis in CDDP-resistant GC cells by suppressing the PI3K/AKT/ARNT signaling pathway and might be considered a candidate agent for the clinical treatment of cisplatin-resistant GC.
Recently, accumulating evidence has begun to show that dysregulated long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) participate in the progression of GC via several typical signaling pathways, such as the AKT and MAPK signaling pathways.