Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: E2F1 and E2F7 regulate gastric cancer cell proliferation, respectively, through transcriptional activation and transcriptional repression of MYBL2
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.108027
Figure Lengend Snippet: E2F1 and E2F7 activate and repress MYBL2 to regulate cell growth through the PI3K/AKT pathway. A , oncogenic signaling pathways enriched by GSEA based on the differentially expressed genes between GC tissues with high MYBL2 expression levels and those with low MYBL2 expression levels. B , GSEA plot showing that the MYBL2-regulated genes correlate with the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. C , the FGFR family genes among differentially expressed genes. D , PI3K, P-PI3K, AKT and P-AKT protein levels in tet vector + tet shNC, tet OE-E2F1 + tet shNC, tet OE-E2F1 + shMYBL2, and tet vector + tet shMYBL2 groups of AGS cells were evaluated by WB (n = 3, (∗∗∗) p < 0.001/(∗∗∗∗) p < 0.0001 vs. tet OE-E2F1 + tet shNC group). E , PI3K, P-PI3K, AKT and P-AKT protein levels in shNC + tet shNC, shE2F7 + tet shNC, shE2F7 + tet shMYBL2, and shNC + tet shMYBL2 groups of AGS cells were evaluated by WB (n = 3, (∗∗) p < 0.01/(∗∗∗∗) p < 0.0001 vs. shE2F7 + tet shNC group). F , PI3K, P-PI3K, AKT and P-AKT protein levels in shNC + Vector, shE2F1 + Vector, shE2F1 + OE-MYBL2, and shNC + OE-MYBL2 groups of HGC-27 cells were evaluated by WB (n = 3, (∗) p < 0.05 vs. shE2F1 + Vector group). G , PI3K, P-PI3K, AKT and P-AKT protein levels in Vector 1 + Vector 2, OE-E2F7 + Vector 2, OE-E2F7 + OE-MYBL2, and Vector 1 + OE-MYBL2 groups of HGC-27 cells were evaluated by WB (n = 3, (∗∗∗) p < 0.001 vs. OE-E2F7 + Vector two group). H , changes in MYBL2, PI3K, P-PI3K, AKT and P-AKT protein levels after MYBL2 overexpression treated with or without LY294002 in AGS cells were evaluated by WB (n = 3). I , changes in cell growth curves drawn by cell counting after MYBL2 overexpression treated with or without LY294002 in AGS cells (n = 4).
Article Snippet: An E2F1 monoclonal antibody (NBP2-67899, Novus), an E2F7 polyclonal antibody (ab56022, Abcam), a MYBL2 polyclonal antibody (sc-390198, Santa Cruz), and a Ki67 polyclonal antibody (550609, BD) were diluted at 1: 100, 1: 50, 1: 50, and 1: 200, respectively.
Techniques: Protein-Protein interactions, Expressing, Plasmid Preparation, Over Expression, Cell Counting