Journal: American Journal of Cancer Research
Article Title: Acid microenvironment promotes cell survival of human bone sarcoma through the activation of cIAP proteins and NF-κB pathway
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Figure Lengend Snippet: Extracellular acidosis promotes cell survival in bone sarcoma via the NF-κB pathway. (A) Heat map representation of the fold increase of the expression of apoptosis and stress related-genes of osteosarcoma cells (MG63, HOS, Saos-2) after short-term acidosis. mRNA were analyzed by deep-sequencing after that cells were cultured at pH 6.5 compared to physiological medium (pH 7.4) for 24 h. Colors on the heat map indicate the log2 ratios of expression (representing normalized read counts). Red, upregulation; green, downregulation. (B) Cells were cultured under different pH (6.5 and 7.4) for 24 h as described in (A), and NF-κB mRNA expression and activation were quantified in cell lysates. (C) NF-κB1 (p50) and RelB nuclear protein concentration of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma cells. Mean ± SE (n = 3 for HOS and MG63, and n = 5 for A673, *P < 0.05). (D) Signaling pathways of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family that mediates both survival and apoptotic pathways. The draw represents the pathways and adaptor molecules that are involved in the signaling that follows the acid stress: the NF-κB activation pathway via Akt (1), via the canonical pathway (2), via the non-canonical pathway (3), the activation of the AP1 complex transcriptional factor (4), and the TRAF-mediated death signaling with the activation of caspase cascade (5).
Article Snippet: HOS, Saos2, MG-63 (osteosarcoma), and A673 (Ewing sarcoma) human cell lines were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection, cultured in IMDM plus 20 unit/mL penicillin, 100 μg/mL streptomycin, and 10% FBS at pH 7.4, and incubated at 37°C in a humidified 5% CO 2 atmosphere.
Techniques: Expressing, Sequencing, Cell Culture, Activation Assay, Protein Concentration, Protein-Protein interactions