Journal: Biomedicines
Article Title: TRIM14 Regulation of Copper Homeostasis and Cuproptosis: A New Strategy to Overcome Chemoresistance in Glioblastoma
doi: 10.3390/biomedicines13123085
Figure Lengend Snippet: TMZ+CuCl 2 Combined Treatment Inhibits Tumor Growth in Mice and Alters Copper Homeostasis and EMT-Related Protein Expression. ( A ) Representative images of subcutaneous xenograft tumors in nude mice after different treatments. The tumor volume in the control group is larger, while the combined treatment group shows significantly smaller tumors. ( B ) Dynamic changes in tumor volume for each group, showing a significant inhibition of tumor growth in the combined treatment group ( n = 5). ( C ) Statistical analysis of tumor weight at the end of the experiment, with the combined treatment group showing significantly lower tumor weight compared to the control group ( n = 5). ( D ) Representative images of immunohistochemical staining of xenograft tumors showing the expression levels of proliferation-related protein PCNA and copper death-related proteins FDX1 and ATP7A. In the combined treatment group, the proportion of positive cells for PCNA, FDX1, and ATP7A is reduced (20×). ( E ) Western blot analysis of copper transport and copper deposition-related proteins (ATP7A, FDX1, Lipoylated-DLAT, SLC31A1, ATP7B) and proliferation/emt-related proteins (PCNA, vimentin, E-cadherin) in the control group, only TMZ group, only CuCl 2 group and combination treatment group. ( F ) Grayscale analysis of protein expression showing significant downregulation of ATP7A, FDX1, PCNA, and Vimentin, and upregulation of E-cadherin in the combined treatment group ( n = 3) (** p < 0.01, **** p < 0.0001, ns: not significant).
Article Snippet: PVDF membranes (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA, USA) were blocked with 5% non-fat milk at room temperature for 2 h. Primary antibodies were applied according to the manufacturer’s instructions and incubated at 4 °C for 12 h. Primary antibodies included ATP7A (Affinity Biosciences, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1:1000), ATP7B (ProteinTech Group, Chicago, IL, USA, 1:1000), TRIM14 (ProteinTech Group, Chicago, IL, USA, 1:500), β-actin (ProteinTech Group, Chicago, IL, USA, 1:20,000), FDX1 (ProteinTech Group, Chicago, IL, USA, 1:1000), PCNA (ProteinTech Group, Chicago, IL, USA, 1:5000), Vimentin (ProteinTech Group, Chicago, IL, USA, 1:20,000), E-cadherin (ProteinTech Group, Chicago, IL, USA, 1:20,000), p100 (ProteinTech Group, Chicago, IL, USA, 1:5000), p52 (Affinity Biosciences, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1:1000), SLC31A1 (ProteinTech Group, Chicago, IL, USA, 1:5000), Lip-DLAT (Affinity Biosciences, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1:1000), Lip-DLST (Affinity Biosciences, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1:1000), and others.
Techniques: Expressing, Control, Inhibition, Immunohistochemical staining, Staining, Western Blot