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

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: Oxidized ataxia telangiectasia mutated promotes serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 and methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 expression through c-Myc. A and B: Western blot analysis of phosphorylated ataxia telangiectasia mutated, c-Myc, serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 (SHMT2), and methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 (MTHFD2) in Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 cells after treatment with Ku60019 and ataxia telangiectasia mutated knockdown; C: Consensus c-Myc binding motif; D: Schematic representation of predicted c-Myc binding sites in the human MTHFD2 and SHMT2 promoter regions; E: Luciferase assay showed SHMT2 and MTHFD2 relative luciferase activity; F: Representative chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showing c-Myc occupancy at the MTHFD2 and SHMT2 promoters; input and immunoglobulin G served as controls; G and H: ChIP-quantitative PCR analysis demonstrating c-Myc enrichment at the MTHFD2 (G) and SHMT2 (H) promoters in Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 cells. ChIP-quantitative PCR enrichment expressed as % input relative to immunoglobulin G. Data were presented as mean ± SD ( n = 3). a P < 0.05; b P < 0.01. p-ATM: Phosphorylated ataxia telangiectasia mutated; MTHFD2: Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2; SHMT2: Serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2; IgG: Immunoglobulin G.

Article Snippet: The human breast cancer cell lines Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 were acquired from the American Type Culture Collection.

Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Knockdown, Binding Assay, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction

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: Serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 and methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 promote cancer stem cells enrichment and stemness maintenance in triple-negative breast cancer. A: Effects of serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 knockdown on mammosphere formation, size, and number in Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 cancer stem cells; B: Effects of methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 knockdown on mammosphere formation, size, and number; C and D: Western blot analysis of stemness-associated proteins Kruppel-like factor 4 and sex-determining region Y-box 2 after serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 or methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 knockdown. Scale bar: 200 μm. Data were presented as mean ± SD ( n = 3). a P < 0.05. MTHFD2: Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2; SHMT2: Serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2; KLF4: Kruppel-like factor 4; SOX2: Sex-determining region Y-box 2.

Article Snippet: The human breast cancer cell lines Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 were acquired from the American Type Culture Collection.

Techniques: Knockdown, Western Blot