Table 1.
Biomarker | Function | Locations | Impactions in GC | Clinical Significance in GC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aerobic glycolysis | GLUT 3 (12) | Rate-limiting glucose transport | Cytoplasm | Infiltration and polarization in GC TAM | TNM stage, DFS, OS |
ENO1 (13) | Catalyzing the conversion of 2-PG to PEP | Cytoplasm, Cell membrane | Regulation the stem cell-like characteristics | Infiltration depth, Stage, OS | |
GRINA (14) | Glutamate Receptor | Membrane | Enhancing the glycolytic metabolism | Histological differentiation, TNM stage, Metastasis, Vessel invasion, perineuronal invasion | |
Glutamine consumption | SLC1A3 (15) | Glutamate transporter | Mitochondria, Nuclear | Increasing aspartate import in hypoxia | Histological differentiation, TNM stage |
GGCT (16) | Catalyzing the γ-glutamyl peptides to generates 5-oxoproline and free AAs | Cytosol, Extracellular exosome | Inhibition cell proliferation and inducing apoptosis (17) | Histological grade, LNM, TNM stage | |
SLC1A5 (18) | Glutamine transporter | Plasma membrane | Inhibition of glutamine synthetase to reduce GC cell proliferation and resistance | Local invasion, LNM, TNM stages, Ki-67 expression | |
Lipid biosynthesis | SCD-1 (19) | Conversion of saturated FAs to monounsaturated FA | Endoplasmic reticulum membrane | Enhancing the tumor growth, migration, anti-ferroptosis | TNM stage, LNM, OS, |
LPCAT1 (20) | Composition of plasma membrane (21) |
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane. | The conversion of LPC to PC | Tumor depth, LNM, TNM stage | |
Rev-erbα (22) | Lipid metabolism nuclear receptor | Nucleus, Cytoplasm | The inhibition of proliferation by reducing glycolytic flux and PPP | TMN stage |
2-PG, 2-phosphoglycerate; PEP, phosphoenolpyruvate; FAs, Fatty acids; AAs, amino acids; LNM, lymph node metastasis; PPP, pentose phosphate pathway.