Journal: Advanced Science
Article Title: Targeting Caveolin‐1 in Multiple Myeloma Cells Enhances Chemotherapy and Natural Killer Cell‐Mediated Immunotherapy
doi: 10.1002/advs.202408373
Figure Lengend Snippet: Statin‐mediated downregulation of CAV1 enhances the anti‐MM efficiency of bortezomib. A) MM1S cells were treated with lovastatin or simvastatin at the indicated concentration for 48 h and the expression of CAV1 was detected using western blot. B) The signal density of CAV1 was quantified and normalized to GAPDH. C,D) MM1S cells were treated with bortezomib (1.25 nM) in combination with lovastatin or simvastatin for 48 h and cell apoptosis was determined using flow cytometry. Apop, apoptotic. E–G) B‐NDG mice were inoculated with MM1S‐Luc cells and randomly divided into two groups. After 7 days of inoculation, these mice were intraperitoneally injected with simvastatin (20 mg kg −1 , n = 7) or vehicle (n = 7) daily until day 60. After day 15 after inoculation, all these mice were intraperitoneally injected with bortezomib (0.5 mg kg −1 ) three times a week until day 60. (E) The distribution of MM1S‐Luc cells in these mice was measured at the indicated days after inoculation using a living imaging system. (F) The total flux in each mouse after inoculation for the indicated days was determined. Error bar, mean ± SEM. (G) Kaplan–Meier curve showing mice survival. A logarithmic‐rank (Mantel–Cox) test was used to determine P values. H) Schematic diagram showing how targeting CAV1 facilitates MM treatment through regulating cell adhesion, NK cell activation, autophagy, redox homeostasis, and glutamine transport. The figure was created with BioRender.com/v03k780. Gln, glutamine; Glu, glutamate, Cys, cysteine; Gly, glycine. p ‐values were calculated with unpaired two‐sided Student t ‐test or one‐way ANOVA test. Error bar, mean ± SD. * , p < 0.05; ** , p < 0.01; *** , p < 0.001; **** , p < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: Lentivirus expressing GFP and shRNAs against negative control (shNC) or CAV‐1 (shCAV1, targeting CACCTTCACTGTGACGAAATACTGGTT) were purchased from GenePharma (Shanghai, China).
Techniques: Concentration Assay, Expressing, Western Blot, Flow Cytometry, Injection, Imaging, Activation Assay