PMID- 35669240 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220716 IS - 1687-8450 (Print) IS - 1687-8469 (Electronic) IS - 1687-8450 (Linking) VI - 2022 DP - 2022 TI - The Influence of Heavy Metals on Gastric Tumorigenesis. PG - 6425133 LID - 10.1155/2022/6425133 [doi] LID - 6425133 AB - OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to observe the relationship among heavy metals concentration, microsatellite instability (MSI), and human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2) gene amplification in gastric cancer (GC) patients. METHODS: The concentrations of 18 heavy metals in the plasma of GC patients and healthy controls were measured by inductive coupled plasma emission spectrometry (ICP-MS). MSI detection was conducted by detecting 5 microsatellite repeat markers by PCR analysis. HER2 gene amplification was detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The relationship among heavy metal elements, tumor biomarkers, HER2 amplification, and MSI status was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis. RESULTS: A total of 105 GC patients and 62 healthy controls were recruited in this study. The concentration of arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), cuprum (Cu), mercury (Hg), manganese (Mn), lead (Pb), stibium (Sb), selenium (Se), stannum (Sn), strontium (Sr), thallium (Tl), vanadium (V), and zinc (Zn) were significantly different between GC patients and controls. Among 105 GC patients, including 87 microsatellite-stable (MSS) samples and 18 MSI samples, the concentration of Ga is significantly higher in the MSI group than that in the MSS group. Meanwhile, in 97 GC patients having detected HER2 gene amplification, 69 of 97 had negative HER2 gene amplification and the rest 28 GC patients had positive HER2 gene amplification. The concentration of Hg, Sn, and Tl is noticeably higher in the HER2 positive group than in the HER2 negative group. Only Sb was positively correlated with MSI, but none of these heavy metals was correlated with HER2 gene amplification. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicated that Sb has significant positive correlation with the MSI status, which suggests that Sb may cause MSI in GC. However, further research studies are required to elucidate the mechanisms in the near feature. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Liang Wang et al. FAU - Wang, Liang AU - Wang L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7430-3512 AD - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Heping Hospital, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China. FAU - Miao, Congxiu AU - Miao C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0021-1559 AD - Department of Reproductive Genetics, Heping Hospital, Changzhi Medical College, Key Labrotory of Reproduction Engineer of Shanxi Health Committee, Changzhi 046000, China. FAU - He, Yuan AU - He Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9075-9912 AD - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Heping Hospital, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China. FAU - Li, Hanglong AU - Li H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1062-7192 AD - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Heping Hospital, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China. FAU - Zhang, Shasha AU - Zhang S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1054-8884 AD - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Heping Hospital, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China. FAU - Li, Keyan AU - Li K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9145-5294 AD - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Heping Hospital, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China. FAU - Liu, Huimin AU - Liu H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7118-5020 AD - Shanghai Biotecan Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., 180 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201204, China. AD - Shanghai Zhangjiang Institute of Medical Innovation, Shanghai 201204, China. FAU - Li, Wushuang AU - Li W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4000-0411 AD - Shanghai Biotecan Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., 180 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201204, China. AD - Shanghai Zhangjiang Institute of Medical Innovation, Shanghai 201204, China. FAU - Zhao, Jiangman AU - Zhao J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6572-6177 AD - Shanghai Biotecan Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., 180 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201204, China. AD - Shanghai Zhangjiang Institute of Medical Innovation, Shanghai 201204, China. FAU - Xu, Yue AU - Xu Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5461-5495 AD - Shanghai Biotecan Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., 180 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201204, China. AD - Shanghai Zhangjiang Institute of Medical Innovation, Shanghai 201204, China. FAU - Tang, Hui AU - Tang H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7429-1627 AD - Shanghai Biotecan Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., 180 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201204, China. AD - Shanghai Zhangjiang Institute of Medical Innovation, Shanghai 201204, China. FAU - Zhao, Qiang AU - Zhao Q AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9069-7515 AD - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Heping Hospital, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220528 PL - Egypt TA - J Oncol JT - Journal of oncology JID - 101496537 PMC - PMC9167133 COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2022/06/08 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/08 06:01 PMCR- 2022/05/28 CRDT- 2022/06/07 02:29 PHST- 2022/01/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/05/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/05/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/06/07 02:29 [entrez] PHST- 2022/06/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2022/6425133 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Oncol. 2022 May 28;2022:6425133. doi: 10.1155/2022/6425133. eCollection 2022.