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Basic Information

Gene ID

3309

Name

HSPA5

Synonymous

heat shock 70kDa protein 5 (glucose-regulated protein, 78kDa);HSPA5;heat shock 70kDa protein 5 (glucose-regulated protein, 78kDa)

Definition

78 kDa glucose-regulated protein|endoplasmic reticulum lumenal Ca(2+)-binding protein grp78|epididymis secretory sperm binding protein Li 89n|immunoglobulin heavy chain-binding protein

Position

9q33.3

Gene type

protein-coding

Title

Abstract

KIAA1324 Suppresses Gastric Cancer Progression by Inhibiting the Oncoprotein GRP78.

Recent advances in genome and transcriptome analysis have contributed to the identification of many potential cancer-related genes. Furthermore, biological and clinical investigations of the candidate genes provide us with a better understanding of carcinogenesis and development of cancer treatment. Here, we report a novel role of KIAA1324 as a tumor suppressor in gastric cancer. We observed that KIAA1324 was downregulated in most gastric cancers from transcriptome sequencing data and found that histone deacetylase was involved in the suppression of KIAA1324. Low KIAA1324 levels were associated with poor prognosis in gastric cancer patients. In the xenograft model, KIAA1324 significantly reduced tumor formation of gastric cancer cells and decreased development of preformed tumors. KIAA1324 also suppressed proliferation, invasion, and drug resistance and induced apoptosis in gastric cancer cells. Through protein interaction analysis, we identified GRP78 (glucose-regulated protein 78 kDa) as a KIAA1324-binding partner. KIAA1324 blocked oncogenic activities of GRP78 by inhibiting GRP78-caspase-7 interaction and suppressing GRP78-mediated AKT activation, thereby inducing apoptosis. In conclusion, our study reveals a tumor suppressive role of KIAA1324 via inhibition of GRP78 oncoprotein activities and provides new insight into the diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer.