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Immunol."],"abstract":"<jats:p>Acetyl CoA acetyltransferase 1 (ACAT1), a mitochondrial enzyme, is mainly involved in the formation and decomposition of ketones, isoleucine, and fatty acids. Previous clinical studies showed that mutations in the <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> gene lead to ketoacidosis, Notably the role of <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> in human cancer\u2019 pathogenesis varies depending on cancer type, and its specific role in gastric cancer remains largely unknown. In the current study, we found that the expression of ACAT1 in primary late-stage gastric cancer tumor tissues was significantly lower than in early-stage tumors. This observation was further confirmed in high-grade gastric cancer cell line MKN45. The expression of CD44 and OCT4 was decreased, while CD24 expression was increased by overexpressing <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> in MKN45 gastric cancer cells. Moreover, the ability of gastric cancer cells to form colonies on soft agar was also reduced by <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> overexpression. Likewise, overexpression of <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> inhibited epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in gastric cancer cells evidenced by increased expression of the epithelial marker E-Cadherin, decreased expression of mesenchymal marker vimentin, and decreased expression levels of SNAI 1\/3. In addition, <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> overexpression inhibited cell migration and invasion, improved the response to 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) and etoposide. In contrast, inhibition of ACAT1 activity promoted the proliferation of gastric cancer cells. The xenotransplantation results in nude mice showed that overexpression of <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> in gastric cancer cells inhibited tumor growth <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>. In addition, the low expression of <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> in gastric cancer was further validated by searching public databases and conducting bioinformatic analyses. Mechanistically, bioinformatic analysis found that the inhibitory effect of <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> in gastric cancer may be related to the Adipocytokine Signaling Pathway, Ppar Signaling Pathway, Propanoate Metabolism and P53 Signaling Pathway. Correlation analysis indicated <jats:italic>ACAT1<\/jats:italic> mRNA expression was correlated with immune infiltrates. 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