Journal: iScience
Article Title: Targeting KIF20A blocks lactylation modification to suppress immune escape in hepatocellular carcinoma
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115372
Figure Lengend Snippet: Knockdown of LDHA/B inhibits HCC growth by activating CD8 + T cell-mediated antitumor immunity (A) WB analysis of LDHA, LDHB, and β-actin (loading control) expression in control and LDHA/B DKO Hepa 1–6 cells. (B) Representative images of tumors dissected from tumor-bearing mice ( n = 6). Tumor weights (C), tumor growth curves (D), Kaplan-Meier survival curve ( n = 6) (E), and lactate contents in tumor tissues (F) of the control and LDHA/B DKO groups ( n = 6). (G) IHC staining of H3K18la and Pan Kla in tumor tissues (scale bars, 100 μm, n = 6). (H–M) FC analysis of tumor-infiltrating immune cells: TILs were isolated from control and LDHA/B-DKO tumors. FC plots (left) and quantitative statistics (right) show: the proportion of CD3 + CD8 + CTLs (H), the proportion of CD44hiCD62Llo effector memory CTLs (I), and the proportions of intratumoral GzMB + (J), and IFN-γ + (K) CTLs with representative scatterplots ( n = 6). Cell aggregates and debris were first excluded, followed by gating on the target cell populations and markers of interest. Representative FC plots and quantitative data are presented. (L and M) Tumor size and growth curves of mice treated with anti-CD8 antibody to deplete CD8 + T cells or isotype control (IgG) ( n = 6). (N) Mouse body weights at the end of the experiment ( n = 6). Data are presented as mean ± SD. (C–F, and H–M) were analyzed using Student’s t test, and (N) was analyzed by two-way ANOVA. ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, and ∗∗∗ p < 0.001; ns, not significant. All experiments were repeated three times. β-actin served as the loading control for WB experiments.
Article Snippet: FITC Anti-Mouse CD3 Antibody , Elabscience , Cat# E-AB-F1013C; RRID: AB_3065041.
Techniques: Knockdown, Control, Expressing, Immunohistochemistry, Isolation