Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Targeting Semaphorin 7a signaling in preclinical models of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
doi: 10.1101/2025.05.21.655360
Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Brightfield cell count measured by BioSpa Live Imaging over 96 hours of MCF7 EV and SEMA7A OE cells treated with mouse IgG1 or 1 mM SmAb H1. Two-tailed unpaired t-test at time = 96 hours. B) Representative crystal violet staining of TC11 shCtrl and shSEMA7A KD#2 cells after treatment for 48 hours with mouse IgG1 or 1 mM SmAb H1. Bar graph: quantification of all replicates. Ordinary one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. C) Average tumor volume in TC11 tumor-bearing mice over time, with groups receiving IgG1 or SmAb H1 (n=5 per group). Two-tailed unpaired t-test at day 4, 6, and 8 between (shCtrl) IgG and (shCtrl) SmAb H1 groups.. D) Tumor volume calculated using necropsy tumor photos in TC11 shCtrl and shSEMA7A-tumor bearing mice over time with groups receiving IgG1 or SmAb H1 (n=10 per group). Ordinary one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. E) Weight of the tumor (and attached mammary gland) at study endpoint (n=10/group). Ordinary one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. F) Immunohistochemistry staining of ex vivo TC11 tumors from IgG-treated and SmAb H1-treated groups. Scale bars = 50mm. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining (i-ii), active integrin B1 (9EG7) staining; brown (iii-iv), integrin B4 staining; brown (v-vi), and SEMA7A staining; brown (vii-viii). G) Log2(fold change) of pAKT (S473) expression in SmAb H1-treated versus IgG-treated TC11 tumors from RPPA-2 data. Two-tailed unpaired t-test. H) Quantification of 9EG7 (active ITGB1) IHC staining from all tumors (n=5 per group); Percent positive out of tumor area. Two-tailed unpaired t-test. I) Quantification of ITGB4 IHC staining from all tumors (n=5 per group); Percent positive out of tumor area. Two-tailed unpaired t-test. J) Quantification of SEMA7A IHC staining from all tumors (n=5 per group); percent positive out of tumor area. Two-tailed unpaired t-test. Error bars are mean +/- SD (A-B), or mean +/- SEM (C-E, G-I). *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001.
Article Snippet: Membranes were blocked with 5% bovine serum albumin and probed with the following primary antibodies according to manufacturer recommendation: SEMA7A (Santa Cruz; Cat#Sc-374432), pAKT S473 (Cell Signaling; Cat# 4060), total AKT (Cell Signaling; Cat#2920), Integrin β4 (Cell Signaling; Cat#14803), Integrin β1 (Cell Signaling; Cat#34971), ERα (AbCam; Cat#16660), α-tubulin (Cell Signaling; Cat +#9099S) and GAPDH (Biolegend; Cat# 607902).
Techniques: Cell Counting, Imaging, Two Tailed Test, Staining, Immunohistochemistry, Ex Vivo, Expressing