Journal: Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: ALK-transformed mature T lymphocytes restore early thymus progenitor features
doi: 10.1172/jci134990
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 8. HIF2A, encoded by the EPAS1 gene, is strictly dependent on NPM-ALK activity and activation of the STAT3 key signal transduction pathways in lymphoma cells. (A) Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of ALK and EPAS1 mRNA was performed in primary patient–derived NPM-ALK+ ALCL cells (n = 29). Relative mRNA expression was expressed as the 2–ΔΔCt relative to MLN51, S5, ABL, GAPDH, S14, or RPL0 genes for normalization and compared with pre- activated healthy CD4+ lymphocytes (n = 5). Data represent mean ± SEM. ***P < 0.001; unpaired 2-tailed Student’s t test. (B) Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of EPAS1 mRNA expression in NPM-ALK+ lymphoma cell lines, COST, KARPAS-299 (KARPAS), and SU-DHL1, treated for 72 hours or not (PBS) with crizo- tinib or transfected with either an irrelevant siRNA as the negative control (si-CTL) or a siRNA targeting ALK mRNA (si-ALK) or STAT3 (si-STAT3). Relative EPAS1 mRNA expression was expressed as the 2–ΔCt relative to MLN51. Data represent mean ± SEM from 3 independent experiments. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001; unpaired 2-tailed Student’s t test with Welch’s correction. (C) Western blotting analysis of HIF2A expression (top) in NPM-ALK+ COST, KARPAS-299, and SU-DHL1 cells treated with crizotinib (crizo) or not (PBS), transfected by si-CTL, si-ALK, or si-STAT3. The GAPDH protein (bottom) served as an internal control to ensure equal loading. Results from 1 representative experiment are shown.
Article Snippet: The human NPM-ALK+ ALCL cell line COST was established in the laboratory (40) and KARPAS-299 and SU-DHL-1 NPM-ALK+ ALCL cell lines were obtained from DSMZ (German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Culture, Braunschweig, Germany).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Activation Assay, Transduction, Quantitative RT-PCR, Derivative Assay, Expressing, Transfection, Negative Control, Western Blot, Control