Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: ATR promotes mTORC1 activation via de novo cholesterol synthesis in p16-low cancer cells
doi: 10.1101/2023.10.27.564195
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A-I) SKMEL28 cells were transduced with lentivirus expressing shRNA targeting p16 (shp16) or control (shCont). (A) Venn diagram comparing proteomics data with publicly available dataset of mTORC1 regulators. (B) Nine hits were found in the cross-comparison from (A) . (C) LSS protein abundance in the indicated groups. (D) Simplified pathway of de novo cholesterol synthesis. (E) Cholesterol abundance was assessed by filipin staining and analysis of intensity using ImageJ. One of two independent experiments. (F) Representative images from filipin staining. (G) shp16 SKMEL28 cells were transduced with lentivirus expressing shRNA targeting LSS (shLSS #1 and #2), and p-S6K/S6K was assessed by western blotting. Vinculin was used as a loading control. One of four independent experiments. (H) shp16 SKMEL28 cells were treated with 2.5μM LSS inhibitor (LSSi) Ro 48-8071 for 24h, and p-S6K/S6K was assessed by western blotting. Vinculin was used as a loading control. One of three independent experiments. (I) shp16 SKMEL28 cells were transduced with lentivirus expressing shRNA targeting ATR (shATR) with or without treatment with 50μM cholesterol for 24h, and p-S6K/S6K was assessed by western blotting. Vinculin was used as a loading control. One of two independent experiments. Graphs represent mean ± SD. T-test or one-way ANOVA. ***p<0.005, ****p<0.001, ns = not significant
Article Snippet: The plasmids are the following: pBABE-puro-H-RASG12V (Addgene, 39526); pBabe-puro (Addgene, 1764); pLKO.1-shp16 (TRCN0000010482); pLKO.1-shGFP control (Addgene, cat#30323); pLKO.1-shATR (TCRN0000039615, TCRN0000039616); pLKO.1-shATM (TCRN0000038658); pLKO.1-shChk1 (TRCN0000000499, TRCN0000000502); pLKO.1-shRPTOR (TRCN0000039772); pLKO.1-LSS (TRCN0000045481, TRCN0000045482); pLKO.1-shCdkn2a (TRCN0000077816, TRCN0000362595).
Techniques: Transduction, Expressing, shRNA, Control, Comparison, Quantitative Proteomics, Staining, Western Blot