Preface <br>Gastric cancer, as a malignant tumor derived from epithelial cells of the gastric mucosa, is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the world (1). Its incidence ranks fifth in the world, second only to lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer and prostate cancer. [1-2]. <br><br>With the advancement of science and technology and biotechnology, the level of early diagnosis of gastric cancer has improved, and a significant increase can be seen in the 5-year survival rate. <br><br>Nevertheless, the 5-year survival rate is only about 30% due to the easy recurrence and metastasis of advanced gastric cancer [3-4]. <br><br>Local recurrence and distant metastasis of tumors may be the most common causes of death (6). <br><br>The carcinogenesis and progression of gastric cancer involve environmental and genetic factors, and is a multi-step process (7-9). <br><br>The survival and prognosis of gastric cancer patients have so far been greatly improved by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy, but the underlying molecular mechanism is still unclear, and further research needs to be carried out (10). <br><br>This is, therefore, of great significance to study genes involved in metastasis, tumor progression and invasion, as well as to determine the molecular mechanism of the role of these genes in the treatment and prognosis of gastric cancer. <br><br>Efforts are currently being made to find molecular regulators of this particular invasion behavior. <br><br>One way is to look for actin regulatory proteins that may become targets for future anti-cancer treatments. In many cellular processes, the formin protein family coordinates the rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton. <br>The remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton is crucial in cell migration, which is mediated by actin regulatory proteins, which are active in different cell locations. <br><br><br>Formins, as highly conserved actin nucleating proteins, are usually found in all eukaryotes. <br><br>Individual formins are usually inactive until activated or phosphorylated by Rho GTPases. <br><br>Rho GTPases have a variety of biochemical and functional properties in the formation of actin filaments, such as remodeling the cytoskeleton of different cell compartments, controlling the assembly of stress fibers, the formation of adhesion points, and the movement of cancer cells.<br><br>However, the role of formin protein in clinical tumor tissues has not received widespread attention. <br><br><br>Studies have found that the formin protein FMNL2, which is structurally similar to FHOD1 (formin homology 2 domain containing protein 1), is highly expressed in colon cancer tissues and is related to its metastasis [9]. <br><br>Despite the above findings [10-13], the lack of evaluation has generally not fully understood the clinical and pathological significance of FHOD1 in gastric cancer. <br><br>In this study, Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data was used to analyze the expression of FHOD1 in GC. <br><br>The relationship between the overall survival rate of gastric cancer patients and the expression of FHOD1 was analyzed with the help of gastric cancer patient data obtained from the previous panomics experiment. <br><br><br>The role of FHOD1 in GC was explored through a series of experiments. This result provides important information for explaining the pathogenesis of GC and reveals that FHOD1 may be a potential new target for the treatment of gastric cancer. <br><br>Discussion <br><br>This study was carried out with its main purpose to study the biological role of FHOD1 in human gastric cancer cells and to clarify the role of FHOD1 in the development of gastric cancer. <br><br>Gastric cancer is usually a multifactorial process involving the degradation, spread, basement membrane, cell adhesion, angiogenesis, and movement of the extracellular matrix (21-25). <br><br>This is, therefore, crucial to identify new biomarkers for improving the clinical outcome of gastric cancer patients. <br>Formins are highly conserved actin nucleated proteins, which exist in all eukaryotes. <br>The activity of formins is regulated by Rho GTPases, a molecular switch that reshapes the cytoskeleton in different cell compartments. Rho GTPases can control the assembly of stress fibers, the formation of adhesion foci, and the movement pattern of cancer cells. <br>Maria Gardberg et al found that fhod1, a member of the formin family, is upregulated in squamous cell carcinoma EMT, and affects the morphological and functional characteristics of EMT: actin The ability of tissues, cells to migrate and degrade extracellular matrix<br><br>FHOD1 may mediate changes in the cytoskeleton and migration characteristics of cancer-related EMT in a variety of cancer types. <br>FHOD1 was found to be involved in migration or invasion earlier, and was upregulated in clinical tumor tissues of basal-like breast cancer [15]. In addition, FHOD1 is It has also been found to be expressed in oral squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, and is also involved in migration/invasion in vitro [13,20]. <br><br>In this study, the screening of the TCGA database showed that the expression level of FHOD1 in GC tissues was significantly higher than that of adjacent non-tumor tissues. In addition, FHOD1 is moderately expressed in HGC27 and MKN45 cell lines.
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