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26 December 2025

The Mechanism and Advances of m6A RNA Methylation in Regulating Cuproptosis in Gastric Cancer

Sijia Yue1 Yanjun Chen1 Tongguo Shi1 Weichang Chen*
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1 The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu, China
JMDS 2025 , 10(4), 95–101; https://doi.org/10.18063/JMDS.v10i4.1192
© 2025 by the Author. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

Gastric cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with treatment challenges such as drug resistance and metastasis necessitating novel therapeutic strategies. Cuproptosis, a novel form of regulated cell death first elucidated in 2022, is a copper-ion-dependent process originating from mitochondrial metabolic disturbance. Distinct from other known cell death modalities, the regulation of cuproptosis involves various epigenetic modifications. Among these, N6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most abundant internal chemical modification in eukaryotic mRNA, plays a pivotal role in post-transcriptional regulation during cuproptosis. This review begins with the clinical challenges of gastric cancer, systematically discusses the significance of programmed cell death in its treatment, and then delves into the unique molecular mechanisms and complex regulatory networks of cuproptosis. It particularly focuses on analyzing how m6A modification precisely regulates cuproptosis through a "metabolism–epigenetics" crosstalk mechanism. The aim is to provide a new theoretical foundation and potential therapeutic targets for the precise diagnosis, treatment, and drug development in gastric cancer.

Keywords
Gastric cancer
Programmed cell death
Cuproptosis
m6A methylation
Epigenetic regulation
Funding
Prof. Changgeng Ruan's Research and Innovation Fund for Graduate Students, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (Project No.: RSJCX202403)
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