Journal: Biomedicines
Article Title: Valemetostat–SAHA-Driven Acetylation of p53 via SET/TAF-Iβ Displacement and p300 Activation Modulates Cell Cycle Regulators in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
doi: 10.3390/biomedicines13092279
Figure Lengend Snippet: SAHA/DS, particularly with 5-AZA supplementation, reduces pancreatic cancer cell survival, downregulates CHK1, and increases DNA damage in pancreatic cancer cells. ( A ) Cell survival as evaluated by Trypan blue exclusion assay in PaCa44 and PT45 cell lines untreated (CT) or treated with SAHA, SAHA/DS, or DS. The histograms indicate the percentage of cell viability relative to the control; data are shown as the mean plus SD from more than three experiments. p -value * < 0.05; ** < 0.01 and **** < 0.0001 as calculated by ANOVA test. In addition, the synergistic cytotoxicity induced by combination treatment, as evaluated by the Bliss independence model, is reported (Bliss index > 1). ( B ) Cleaved Caspase 3 (cl Casp3) expression level as investigated by Western blotting in PaCa44 and PT45 cells undergoing above-reported treatments. Lamin b was used as loading control. Histograms are the mean plus SD of the densitometric analysis calculated in three experiments and expressing the ratio between cleaved Capase3 and lamin b; p -value * < 0.05 and **** < 0.0001 as calculated by ANOVA test. ( C ) Representative pictures of PaCa44 cell colonies following staining with crystal violet and histograms representing the quantitative analyses of colony formation shown as mean ± SD of percent on untreated cells (CT). ( D ) γH2AX and CHK1 expression as evaluated by Western blotting analysis in PaCa44 cells untreated (CT) or treated by SAHA, SAHA/DS, and DS. GAPDH represented the loading control. ( E ) FACS profiles of Paca44 cells treated as reported above. The numbers indicate the percentage of subG1 events. One experiment out of three is shown. ( F ) p21, CHK1, and γH2AX expression as evaluated by Western blotting in PaCa44 cells pre-treated (+) or not (−) with pifithrin-α and exposed to SAHA/DS or left untreated (CT). GAPDH was the loading control. ( G ) p21, CHK1, and γH2AX expression as evaluated by Western blotting in PaCa44 cells untreated (CT) or treated by SAHA/DS in the presence or absence of 5-AZA. GAPDH was the loading control. ( H ) Cell survival as evaluated by Trypan blue exclusion assay in PaCa44 cell lines treated by SAHA/DS in the presence or absence of 5-AZA or left untreated. Histograms represent the mean plus SD of the densitometric analysis derived from three experiments and expressed as the ratio between ( B ) cl Casp3/lamin b, ( D ) γH2AX/GAPDH and CHK1/GAPDH, ( F ) p21/GAPDH, CHK1/GAPDH, and γH2AX/GAPDH, and ( G ) p21/GAPDH and γH2AX/GAPDH. p -value * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001; and **** < 0.0001 as calculated by ANOVA test.
Article Snippet: First, 2 × 10 5 cells/well were seeded into 6-well plates in complete medium and treated for 48 h with the HDAC inhibitor Vorinostat (SAHA) (2.5 μM) (MedChemExpress, New York, NJ, 08852, USA, cat. HY-10221/CS-0589), the EZH2 methyltransferase inhibitor Valemetostat (DS-3201) (5 μM) (Selleckchem, Cologne, Germany, cat. S8926), or a combination of both.
Techniques: Trypan Blue Exclusion Assay, Control, Expressing, Western Blot, Staining, Derivative Assay