Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Esophageal adenocarcinoma relapse after chemoradiation is dominated by a basal-like subtype
doi: 10.1101/2025.01.28.635332
Figure Lengend Snippet: Reduced function of BRCA2 leads to changes in migration potential and DNA damage response in EAC tumor cell models. (A) CRISPR/Cas9 mediated BRCA2 allele alteration was induced in 120 clones across three EAC cell lines. The resulting clones were verified through Sanger sequencing. Notably, none of the viable BRCA2 edited clones had a homozygous BRCA2 knockout (KO). The BRCA2 edited clones have one wild type/in-frame BRCA2 allele left, referred to as BRCA2 kd. (B) Verification of BRCA2 kd across EAC models through Western blot analysis. (C) Top: OE19 BRCA2 kd cells exhibit enhanced migration rates, as assessed through a wound-healing assay, in comparison to parental cells at 0, 24, and 48 hours (* P<0.05, T-test). Bottom: ImageJ analysis of inverted microscopic measurements were employed to measure the distance traveled by cells. (D) Immunofluorescence staining of γH2AX in Eso26 parental and BRCA2 kd cells. The expression of the DNA damage marker γH2AX increased in 50 µM Carboplatin-treated Eso26 BRCA2 kd tumors compared to parental tumors 40x magnification. CPT, Carboplatin. (E) Xenograft growth dynamics in parental and BRCA2 kd tumors. BRCA2 kd significantly decreased the tumor growth potential in vivo when compared to parental tumors. (F) Growth rates of three EAC parental and BRCA2 kd xenograft models. *, P<0.05 T-test.
Article Snippet: Human EAC cell lines Eso26, OE19 and OE33 were obtained from Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ, Germany).
Techniques: Migration, CRISPR, Clone Assay, Sequencing, Knock-Out, Western Blot, Wound Healing Assay, Comparison, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Expressing, Marker, In Vivo