Journal: Advanced Science
Article Title: YTHDC1 Orchestrates Glucose and Glutamate Rewiring to Overcome Lethal Metabolic Stress in Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer
doi: 10.1002/advs.77492
Figure Lengend Snippet: YTHDC1 knockdown suppresses tumor growth and induces disulfidptosis in vivo. (A,B) YTHDC1 knockdown suppresses the growth of MDA‐MB‐231 xenografts in nude mice. 2 × 106 MDA‐MB‐231 cells stably expressing Tet‐on control or YTHDC1 shRNA were injected as xenografts in nude mice. Doxycycline (200 µg/ml) was supplied in drinking water to induce Tet‐on shRNA expression. (C) Validation of YTHDC1 expression in xenograft tumors by RT‐qPCR. (D–G) YTHDC1 knockdown upregulates ATF4 and SLC7A11, and downregulates GLUT3 at the mRNA (D–F) and protein level (G) in xenograft tumors. (H–J) YTHDC1 knockdown leads to decreased intracellular glucose (H), elevated cystine (I), and a reduced NADPH/NADP+ ratio (J). (K,L) Measurement of intracellular glutamate (K) and ATP (L) levels in tumor tissues, showing significant depletion upon YTHDC1 knockdown. (M) Representative phalloidin staining shows increased F‐actin contraction and aggregation upon YTHDC1 knockdow, as quantified by a significant increase in the Fluorescence Aggregation Index (FAI). Scale bars, 10 µm. (N,O) Immunohistochemistry of Ki67 in in YTHDC1 knockdown and control tumor tissues. Scale bars, 50 µm. (P–R) 30% Caloric restriction (CR) combined with YTHDC1 knockdown remarkably inhibits tumor growth of MDA‐MB‐231 xenografts in nude mice. Tumor image and tumor growth curves (P), tumor weights (Q) and intratumoral ATP levels (R). (S–U) Pharmacological glucose restriction using BAY‐876 combined with YTHDC1 knockdown dramatically suppresses tumor growth of MDA‐MB‐231 xenografts in nude mice. Tumor image and tumor growth curves (S), tumor weights (T) and intratumoral glucose levels (U). For G, K, N, O, n = 3 mice per group. For AF, HJ, L, M, n = 7 mice per group. For PU, n = 6 mice per group. Each dot represents one mouse (A–U). Data are presented as mean ± SD (A–O, Q–R, T–U). For P and S, mean ± SEM are shown, and p values were determined using two‐tailed Student's t‐test. (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001).
Article Snippet: YTHDC1 antibody (ABclonal, A22992) (1:500) was incubated overnight at 4°C, and secondary antibodies was incubated for 1 h at 37°C.
Techniques: Knockdown, In Vivo, Stable Transfection, Expressing, Control, shRNA, Injection, Biomarker Discovery, Quantitative RT-PCR, Staining, Fluorescence, Immunohistochemistry, Two Tailed Test