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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease / Cancer Related Molecular Mechanisms Research / Ferroptosis and Cancer Prognosis · Journal article
BMC Cancer · August 11, 2026
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This is a hypothesis-generating study combining bioinformatic screening of TCGA and GEO databases with in vitro cell culture work to propose SLC3A2 as a therapeutic target in HNSCC. The findings are mechanistic and exploratory, showing that SLC3A2 modulation affects cell growth in glucose-depleted conditions, but provide no clinical efficacy data, patient outcomes, or validation in human disease.
Bioinformatic screening with in vitro cell culture validation. HNSCC cell lines used for in vitro validation; patient-derived data from TCGA and GEO databases. Intervention: SLC3A2 overexpression, SLC3A2 knockdown, RING1B inhibitor treatment. Compared with: Baseline or control cell conditions (specifics not detailed).
Random survival forest algorithm identified SLC3A2 as a key gene related to disulfidoptosis and ferroptosis in HNSCC SLC3A2 overexpression in the absence of glucose suppressed growth of HNSCC cells in vitro Knockdown of SLC3A2 could induce growth defects in cell culture
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This work identifies a candidate molecular target and mechanism but is not yet ready to inform clinical decision-making. Translational studies in animal models and eventually clinical trials would be required to establish therapeutic value.
Mechanistic, exploratory study identifying a candidate gene target through bioinformatic screening and uncontrolled in vitro experiments without clinical validation or efficacy data in human disease.
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This work identifies a candidate molecular target and mechanism but is not yet ready to inform clinical decision-making. Translational studies in animal models and eventually clinical trials would be required to establish therapeutic value.
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The head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC), which is the most common malignant tumor of head and neck region. Programmed cell death pathways, including the ferroptosis pathway and the disulphide cell apoptotic pathway, have received increasing amounts of attention as potential targets for cancer therapy. However, the features of genes related to disulfidptosis and ferroptosis in HNSCC remain to be investigated. We used a random survival forest (RSF) algorithm model, prognostic and immunological effects to screen SLC3A2. Drug sensitivity prediction and single-cell RNA-seq data further confirmed SLC3A2 as a therapeutic target. In addition, we validated SLC3A2 as a therapeutic target for HNSCC through in vitro experiments. In this study, we used TCGA and GEO database from multiple HNSCC cohorts to identify genes associated with disulphide-related cell death. The prognostic and immunological roles of these genes were investigated, and the key gene related to disulfidoptosis and ferroptosis, SLC3A2, was screened. Drug sensitivity prediction and single-cell RNA-seq data both indicate that SLC3A2 is a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of HNSCC. Furthermore, our experiments suggest that overexpression of SLC3A2 in the absence of glucose suppress growth of HNSCC. We also found that knock down SLC3A2 could induce growth defects. In addition, we treated cells with a RING1B inhibitor to regulate SLC3A2 mRNA expression, identifying it as a potential therapeutic target in HNSCC. These findings suggested that SLC3A2 is a critical target in HNSCC development, providing new targets and research ideas for the treatment of HNSCC.
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