Fig 2: SERPINH1 regulates EMT markers and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in GC. (A) Western blot analysis shows reduced N-cadherin and increased E-cadherin expression in SERPINH1-silenced SGC-7901 cells compared with controls. Conversely, SERPINH1-overexpressing MGC-803 cells show increased N-cadherin and reduced E-cadherin expression compared with the controls. (B) Western blot analysis shows increased levels of β-catenin, Wnt2, GSK-3β, p-GSK-3β, NF-κB p65, Snail1, Slug, and TWIST in the SERPINH1-overexpressing MGC-803 cells compared with the controls, whereas SERPINH1-silenced SGC-7901 cells show reduced levels of β-catenin, Wnt2, GSK-3β, p-GSK-3β, NF-κB p65, Snail1, Slug, and TWIST compared with the controls. (C) Immunofluorescence staining of E-cadherin, N-cadherin and SERPINH1 proteins in the control and SERPINH1-silenced SGC-7901 cells, as well as, control and SERPINH1-overexpressing MGC-803 cells. (D, E) Gene expression analysis of the TCGA-STAD dataset shows (D) negative correlation of CDH1 (r=-0.12, P=0.019) or E-cadherin mRNA levels and (E) positive association of CDH2 (r=0.40, P<0.0001) or N-cadherin mRNA levels with the SERPINH1 mRNA levels.