Journal: Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

Article Title: ATM inhibition restores IFN-γ sensitivity and induces ferroptosis in NSCLC via DNA damage response

doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2026.102568

Figure Lengend Snippet: IFN-γ responsiveness correlates DNA damage and repair responses in NSCLC cell lines (A) Relative cell viability of A549 or PC-9 treated with the indicated concentration of IFN-γ for 24 h are shown. Data are presented as mean ± SD. (B) Reactome analysis of the GSE180942 dataset was performed using differential CRISPR β-scores under IFN-γ treatment (Δβ = PC-9 − A549). Bars indicate the normalized enrichment score (NES) for each pathway indicated. Positive NES denotes pathways whose constituent genes are more essential in A549, whereas negative NES denotes pathways more essential in PC-9 upon IFN-γ treatment.

Article Snippet: The human non-small cell lung cancer cell lines PC-9 (kindly gifted from Dr. Kiura, Okayama University, Japan) and A549 (CCL-185, obtained from American Type Culture Collection) were used.

Techniques: Concentration Assay, CRISPR

Journal: Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

Article Title: ATM inhibition restores IFN-γ sensitivity and induces ferroptosis in NSCLC via DNA damage response

doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2026.102568

Figure Lengend Snippet: Inhibition of ATM restores NSCLC cells to IFN-γ by inducing DNA damage response (A) Cell viability of A549 (left panel) or PC-9 (right panel) treated with IFN-γ (1000 ng/ml) and/or KU-55933 (10 μM) for 24 h are shown. Data are presented as mean ± SD. * p < 0.05. (B) Expression of γH2AX and b-Actin (loading control) in A549 (left panel) or PC-9 (right panel) cells treated with IFN-γ (1000 ng/ml) and/or KU-55933 (10 μM) for 24 h are shown.

Article Snippet: The human non-small cell lung cancer cell lines PC-9 (kindly gifted from Dr. Kiura, Okayama University, Japan) and A549 (CCL-185, obtained from American Type Culture Collection) were used.

Techniques: Inhibition, Expressing, Control

Journal: Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

Article Title: ATM inhibition restores IFN-γ sensitivity and induces ferroptosis in NSCLC via DNA damage response

doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2026.102568

Figure Lengend Snippet: Inhibition of ATM in combination with IFN-γ induce ferroptosis in NSCLCs Cell viability of A549 (A) or PC-9 (B) treated with the indicated combination of IFN-γ (1000 ng/ml), KU-55933 (10 μM), Ferrostatin-1 (5 μM), and Liproxstatin-1 (5 μM) for 24 h are shown. Data are presented as mean ± SD. * p < 0.05.

Article Snippet: The human non-small cell lung cancer cell lines PC-9 (kindly gifted from Dr. Kiura, Okayama University, Japan) and A549 (CCL-185, obtained from American Type Culture Collection) were used.

Techniques: Inhibition

Journal: Oncology Letters

Article Title: BUD23 is associated with malignancy and correlates with immune infiltration in NSCLC

doi: 10.3892/ol.2026.15608

Figure Lengend Snippet: BUD23 knockdown suppresses the proliferative and migration of NSCLC cells. (A) RT-qPCR was used to quantify BUD23 mRNA levels in HBE cells and a panel of NSCLC cell lines. Validation of BUD23 knockdown efficiency in (B) A549 and (C) H1299 cells by RT-qPCR. Assessment of cell viability in (D) A549 and (E) H1299 cells via CCK-8 assay and cell migration in (F) A549 and (G) H1299 cells by wound healing assay (magnification, ×10). CCK-8 assays of (H) A549 and (I) H1299 cells 24 h after BUD23 knockdown with or without subsequent co-culture with Jurkat T cells for 48 h in Transwell chambers. (J) Quantification of apoptosis in A549 and H1299 cells via Annexin V/PI flow cytometry. **P<0.01 and ***P<0.001 vs. HBE, NC, Con or as indicated. NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; RT-qPCR, reverse transcription-quantitative PCR; HBE, human bronchial epithelial; CCK-8, Cell Counting Kit-8; NC, negative control; Con, control; Si1/2, small interfering RNA targeting BUD23.

Article Snippet: The HBE [full name: HBE4-E6/E7 (Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells; cat. no. CRL-2078)] cell line, A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line (cat. no. CCL-185), H1299 lung large cell carcinoma cell line (cat. no. CRL-5803), H460 lung large cell carcinoma cell line (cat. no. HTB-177) and Jurkat T cells (cat. no. TIB-152; a childhood T acute lymphoblastic leukemia T-cell line), were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection.

Techniques: Knockdown, Migration, Quantitative RT-PCR, Biomarker Discovery, CCK-8 Assay, Wound Healing Assay, Co-Culture Assay, Flow Cytometry, Reverse Transcription, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Cell Counting, Negative Control, Control, Small Interfering RNA

Journal: Oncology Letters

Article Title: BUD23 is associated with malignancy and correlates with immune infiltration in NSCLC

doi: 10.3892/ol.2026.15608

Figure Lengend Snippet: BUD23 knockdown significantly downregulates POLR2J expression in non-small cell lung cancer. (A) Venn diagram showing the intersection between LUAD GSEA core enrichment genes (key genes driving Hallmark DNA repair pathway enrichment) and LUSC GSEA core enrichment genes within the Hallmark DNA repair gene set, identifying 49 common genes. (B) Venn diagram showing the intersection between BUD23-correlated genes (correlation index >0.3) derived from the TCGA-LUAD cohort and BUD23-correlated genes (correlation index >0.3) derived from the TCGA-LUSC cohort via multi-gene correlation analysis, yielding 79 overlapping genes. (C) Venn diagram showing the secondary intersection between the 49 overlapping GSEA core enrichment genes (from panel A) and the 79 overlapping BUD23-correlated genes (from panel B), identifying 4 shared common genes: TAF6, POLR2J, RFC2 and VPS37D. (D) Validation of TAF6, POLR2J, RFC2 and VPS37D mRNA expression following BUD23 knockdown in A549 cells via reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. Cell-cycle analysis in (E) A549 and (F) H1299 cells following BUD23 knockdown. ***P<0.001 vs. Con. POLR2J, RNA polymerase II subunit J; LUAD, lung adenocarcinoma; GSEA, gene set enrichment analysis; LUSC, lung squamous cell carcinoma; TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas; TAF6, TATA-box binding protein associated factor 6; RFC2, replication factor C subunit 2; VPS37D, vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 37D; Con, control; Si1, small interfering RNA targeting BUD23.

Article Snippet: The HBE [full name: HBE4-E6/E7 (Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells; cat. no. CRL-2078)] cell line, A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line (cat. no. CCL-185), H1299 lung large cell carcinoma cell line (cat. no. CRL-5803), H460 lung large cell carcinoma cell line (cat. no. HTB-177) and Jurkat T cells (cat. no. TIB-152; a childhood T acute lymphoblastic leukemia T-cell line), were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection.

Techniques: Knockdown, Expressing, Derivative Assay, Biomarker Discovery, Reverse Transcription, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Cell Cycle Assay, Binding Assay, Control, Small Interfering RNA

Journal: iScience

Article Title: A comprehensive multi-omics and functional study of evolutionary adaptive responses to smoke

doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115547

Figure Lengend Snippet: ALDH3A1 and NQO1 as guardians of epithelial survival and barrier function upon smoke exposure (A) A549 epithelial cell death upon 4 h of exposure to 0%–100% cigarette smoke extract in ALDH3A1 and NQO1 CRISPR-Cas9 knockout cells. Epithelial cell barrier function change in response to 0%–20% cigarette smoke extract exposure for 24 h, which was measured in real-time monitoring of electrical resistance and capacitance during and upon the establishment of epithelial monolayers using electric cell-substrate impedance sensing (ECIS) in ALDH3A1- (B) and NQO1-knockout (C) A549 cells. ∗ p value <0.05.

Article Snippet: For in vitro experiments human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells were used (CCL-185, ATCC).

Techniques: CRISPR, Knock-Out, Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing