Journal: World Journal of Stem Cells
Article Title: Hypoxia facilitates triple-negative breast cancer stem cells enrichment and stemness maintenance through oxidized ataxia telangiectasia mutated-induced one-carbon metabolism
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v18.i1.112278
Figure Lengend Snippet: Hypoxia promotes enrichment and DNA damage-independent oxidative activation of ataxia telangiectasia mutated. A: Flow cytometry analysis of CD44+/CD24- cell populations in Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 cells after exposure to hypoxia or normoxia; B: Quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis of cancer stem cells-associated genes ( c-Myc , octamer-binding protein 4, Kruppel-like factor 4, sex-determining region Y-box 2, NANOG ) in mammosphere cultures under hypoxia; C-E: Western blot analysis of phosphorylated ataxia telangiectasia mutated, γH2AX, and 53BP1 in Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 cancer stem cells under normoxia, hypoxia, or H 2 O 2 treatment. Data were presented as mean ± SD ( n = 3). a P < 0.05; b P < 0.01; ns: not significant. KLF4: Kruppel-like factor 4; SOX2: Sex-determining region Y-box 2; OCT4: Octamer-binding protein 4; p-ATM: Phosphorylated ataxia telangiectasia mutated.
Article Snippet: The human breast cancer cell lines Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 were acquired from the American Type Culture Collection.
Techniques: Activation Assay, Flow Cytometry, Reverse Transcription, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Binding Assay, Western Blot