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  3. DARS2 overexpression is associated with PET/CT metabolic parameters and affects glycolytic activity in lung adenocarcinoma

DARS2 overexpression is associated with PET/CT metabolic parameters and affects glycolytic activity in lung adenocarcinoma

  • J Transl Med. 2023 Aug 26;21(1):574. doi: 10.1186/s12967-023-04454-3.
Xu-Sheng Liu # 1,  Ling-Ling Yuan # 2,  Yan Gao # 1,  Xing Ming 3,  Yao-Hua Zhang 1,  Yu Zhang 1,  Zi-Yue Liu 1,  Yi Yang 1,  Zhi-Jun Pei 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China.
  • 2 Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China.
  • 3 Department of Infection Control, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China.
  • 4 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China. [email protected].
  • # Contributed equally.
PMID: 37626419 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04454-3
Abstract

Background: This study investigated the correlation between the expression of DARS2 and metabolic parameters of 18F-FDG PET/CT, and explored the potential mechanisms of DARS2 affecting the proliferation and glycolysis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) cells.

Methods: This study used genomics and proteomics to analyze the difference in DARS2 expression between LUAD samples and control samples. An analysis of 62 patients with LUAD who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT examinations before surgery was conducted retrospectively. The correlation between DARS2 expression and PET/CT metabolic parameters, including SUVmax, SUVmean, MTV, and TLG, was examined by Spearman correlation analysis. In addition, the molecular mechanism of interfering with DARS2 expression in inhibiting LUAD cell proliferation and glycolysis was analyzed through in vitro cell experiments.

Results: DARS2 expression was significantly higher in LUAD samples than in control samples (p < 0.001). DARS2 has high specificity (98.4%) and sensitivity (95.2%) in the diagnosis of LUAD. DARS2 expression was positively correlated with SUVmax, SUVmean, and TLG (p < 0.001). At the same time, the sensitivity and specificity of SUVmax in predicting DARS2 overexpression in LUAD were 88.9% and 65.9%, respectively. In vitro cell experiments have shown that interfering with DARS2 expression can inhibit the proliferation and migration of LUAD cells, promote cell Apoptosis, and inhibit the glycolytic activity of tumor cells by inhibiting the expression of glycolytic related genes SLC2A1, GPI, ALDOA, and PGAM1.

Conclusions: Overexpression of DARS2 is associated with metabolic parameters on 18F-FDG PET/CT, which can improve LUAD diagnosis accuracy. DARS2 may be a useful biomarker to diagnose, prognosis, and target treatment of LUAD patients.

Keywords

DARS2; Glycolysis; Lung adenocarcinoma; PET/CT; SUVmax.

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