Journal: Oncogene
Article Title: Transcriptional reprogramming triggered by neonatal UV radiation or Lkb1 loss prevents BRAF V600E -induced growth arrest in melanocytes
doi: 10.1038/s41388-025-03339-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: A Time schedule of Braf CA activation and UVB irradiation. B Kaplan–Meier curve of melanoma-free survival in mice treated perinatally with 4OHTx or 4OHTx+UVB. Inset, a representative picture of a melanoma in an adult Braf CA mouse. C Graph showing the percentage of mice that developed melanoma according to treatment and gene dose. D Graph showing the mean time to melanoma development according to treatment and genotype. E Analysis of tumor multiplicity in irradiated Braf mutant mice according to gene dose. F IHC analysis of flank skin harvested from Tyr::Cre ERT2 ; Braf CA/+ ( B ) mice at various time points after the indicated treatments. The arrowheads indicate melanocytes (Red: in H&E staining, white: Ki67 or TYRP1 positive cells, yellow: p16 positive cells); dashed lines delimitate the hair follicles; scale bars: black, 20 µm, white or red, 10 µm. G IHC and β-Gal staining in melanocytes isolated from B mice upon the indicated treatments. Right, semiquantitative analysis of IHC staining and β-Gal activity ( n = 3 experiments; 10 fields per condition).
Article Snippet: Normal human epidermal melanocytes (NHEMs; C-12400) and human neonatal melanocytes (MEL-F-NEO cells) were purchased from PromoCell (Heidelberg, Germany) and Zenbio (Durham, NC, USA), respectively, and cultured following the manufacturers’ recommendations.
Techniques: Activation Assay, Irradiation, Mutagenesis, Staining, Isolation, Immunohistochemistry, Activity Assay