Journal: Future Science OA
Article Title: Glucosamine induces apoptosis of cholangiocarcinoma cells by suppressing high-mannose type N -glycosylation and EGFR/STAT3 signaling
doi: 10.1080/20565623.2026.2641244
Figure Lengend Snippet: High glucose (Glc) rescued glucosamine (GlcN)-treated cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) cells. (A) High glucose promoted CCA cell growth and partially rescued cells treated with glucosamine. (B,C) High glucose also rescued the expression of glycoprotein 130 (gp130) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). (D,E) N -glycosylation in glucosamine-treated CCA cells was significantly increased after high glucose was supplemented, suggesting that increased N -glycosylation is a part of the rescuing mechanisms. Western blots and lectin blots are representative of three biological replications with the same trend of results. Graphs show the averaged band intensities of proteins from three biological replications. GAPDH was used as a loading control, and the control groups (0 mM glucosamine without a 25 mM glucose supplement) were assigned a value of 100%. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.
Article Snippet: Membranes were blocked with 5% skim milk (w/v) in Tris-buffered saline with 0.1% Tween 20 (TBST), and then incubated with primary antibodies included anti-X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX), anti-cyclin D1 (Cell Signaling, Cambridge, MA), anti-p21 (Cell Signaling), anti-caspase 9 (Cell Signaling), anti-caspase 3 (Cell Signaling), anti-cleaved caspase 3 (Cell Signaling), anti-Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) (Cell signaling), anti-cleaved PARP (cell signaling), anti-cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) 4 (Proteintech, Rosemont, IL), anti-CDK6 (Proteintech), anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (Cell Signaling), anti-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) (Cell Signaling), anti-pSTAT3 (Y075) (Cell Signaling), and anti-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) (EMD Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany).
Techniques: Expressing, Glycoproteomics, Western Blot, Control