Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: Activation of GPR44 decreases severity of myeloid leukemia via specific targeting of leukemia initiating stem cells
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112794
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A–D) Expression of genes including PI3K ( Pik3ca , Pik3cb , Pik3cd ) (A), AKT ( Akt1 , Akt2 ) (B), PKC ( Prkca , Prkcb , Prkcg ) (C), and PKA ( Prkacg ) (D) assessed by qPCR analysis in WT or Gpr44 −/− AML cells isolated from spleens of 2 AML-recipient mice. Data were normalized to WT AML cells and Gapdh expression (n = 8–10 biological replicates in each group). (E) Western blot showing the expression of Phospho-PI3K, PI3K, Phospho-mTOR, mTOR, Phospho-AKT, AKT, Phospho-P70-S6K, P70-S6K, and β-actin in purified 1° WT and Gpr44 −/− AML cells. (F) Western blot showing the expression of Phospho-PTEN, PTEN, Phospho-4EBP1, 4EBP1, and β-actin in WT or Gpr44 −/− AML cells isolated from spleens of 2° AML-recipient mice (n = 5 biological replicates in each group). (G) Viability of purified 1 Gpr44 −/− AML cells treated with 150 μM ARN509, 10 μM LY294002, 10 nM Wortmannin, 10 nM Sapanisertib, 250 nM Torin1 for 24 h. Data were normalized and compared with vehicle treatment. (H and I) Flow cytometric analysis of Phospho-P70-S6K (H) and Phospho-4E-BP1 (I) in CD45.1 + 1° Gpr44 −/− AML cells treated with 10 μM LY294002, 10 nM Wortmannin, 10 nM Sapanisertib, 250 nM Torin1 for 24 h. MFI was summarized (n = 4). (J) Counts of CFUs of purified 1° Gpr44 −/− AML cells treated with 10 μM LY294002, 10 nM Sapanisertib, and 2.5 μM LY2584702 in methylcellulose medium (2,500 cells/well, n = 3 for technical replicate) CFUs were counted on day 8. (K) Representative image of colony growth in (J). Scale bar, 100 μm. Data shown are mean ± SEM per group; *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.
Article Snippet: For human prostanoid CRTH2 receptor (PerkinElmer # ES-561-M400UA) binding, 5 μg membrane proteins were incubated with 3H-labeled PGD [5,6,8,9,12,14,15–3H(N)] (10 nM) in the presence or absence of increasing concentrations (from 10 pM to 10 μM) of either PGD , or Δ 12 -PGJ or Δ 12 -PGJ 3 (E-isomer) for competition binding.
Techniques: Expressing, Isolation, Western Blot, Purification