Journal: Cancer Genomics & Proteomics
Article Title: ATIC Knockdown Reduces B7-H3 Expression and Oncogenic Signaling in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Cells
doi: 10.21873/cgp.20575
Figure Lengend Snippet: Functional characterization of ATIC downstream targets in BFTC909 cells. (A, B) Western blot validation of siRNA-mediated knockdown efficiency for B7-H3, prion protein, RAC2, and NT5E in BFTC909 cells (n=3). (C) Silencing of B7-H3, RAC2, or NT5E significantly reduced cell proliferation, as assessed using cell viability assays (n=4). (D, E) Knockdown of B7-H3, prion protein, RAC2, or NT5E markedly suppressed BFTC909 cell migration and invasion (n=3). (F) Knockdown of B7-H3 decreased fibronectin 1, slug, cyclin A2, and cyclin B1 expression while increasing p57 levels (n=3). (G) Silencing of prion protein reduced fibronectin 1 and cyclin A2 expression while upregulating p57 expression (n=3). (H) Suppression of RAC2 diminished fibronectin 1 and slug expression with a concomitant increase in p57 levels (n=3). (I) Depletion of NT5E decreased fibronectin 1 and elevated p57 expression levels (n=3). The results are shown as the mean±standard deviation (SD); *p<0.05, **p<0.01, and ***p<0.001; NS: Nonsignificant using two‐tailed t‐test for (B), (F), (G), (H) and (I), and ANOVA followed by Fisher’s LSD test for (C), (D) and (E).
Article Snippet: Membranes were incubated overnight at 4°C with anti-ATIC (MA1-086, Invitrogen, Waltham, MA, USA), β-actin (#3700, Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA), α-tubulin (NB100-690, Novus Biologicals, Centennial, CO, USA), B7-H3 (#14058, Cell Signaling Technology), Prion Protein (A18058, ABclonalbio, New Taipei, Taiwan, ROC), RAC2 (A1139, ABclonalbio), NT5E (A25914, ABclonalbio), Fibronectin 1 (#26836, Cell Signaling Technology), Slug (NBP2-52570, Novus), Cyclin A2 (#4656, Cell Signaling Technology), Cyclin B1 (#4138, Cell Signaling Technology), p57 (NBP1-89917, Novus), phospho-mTOR (Ser2448) (SAB4504476, Sigma-Aldrich), mTOR (#2983, Cell Signaling Technology), phospho-AKT (Thr308) (#9275, Cell Signaling Technology), AKT (#9272, Cell Signaling Technology), phospho-p38 MAPK (Thr180/Tyr182) (#9211, Cell Signaling Technology), p38 MAPK (#9212, Cell Signaling Technology), phospho-p44/42 MAPK (Erk1/2) (Thr202/Tyr204) (#9101, Cell Signaling Technology), and p44/42 MAPK (Erk1/2) (#9102, Cell Signaling Technology).
Techniques: Functional Assay, Western Blot, Biomarker Discovery, Knockdown, Migration, Expressing, Standard Deviation, Two Tailed Test