Journal: Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Article Title: Herbal Melanin Inhibits Colorectal Cancer Cell Motility, Invasiveness, and Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition, Associated with u-PAR Downregulation Through JNK and ERK Pathways
doi: 10.3390/cimb48040353
Figure Lengend Snippet: HM inhibits colony formation, cell motility, and invasiveness in HT29 and SW620 cell lines. ( A ) In order to promote colony formation, HT29 and SW620 cells were incubated for 10–12 days at 37 °C alongside untreated HT29 and SW620 cells. Using a light microscope, the number of colonies was counted after applying crystal violet staining. An xCELLigence RTCA-DP system was used to monitor real-time CRC cell migration ( B ) and invasion ( C ). ( D ) In HT29 and SW620 cell lines, HM increases the expression of E-cadherin and decreases N-cadherin. Whole-cell lysates were subjected to immunoblotting using the designated antibodies directed against E-cadherin and N-cadherin. The bar graph shows the relative level of protein expression in relation to the loading control, β-actin. ( E ) A bar graph illustrating the relative levels of N-cadherin and E-cadherin mRNA expression in relation to GAPDH mRNA, the internal control. Results from three separate experiments ( n = 3) are displayed in bar graphs as mean ± SD. When reporting * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, and **** p < 0.0001 vs. the control, the data were deemed significant.
Article Snippet: The human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line HT29 (#HTB-38, harboring mutations, including BRAF-heterozygous-c.1799T>A; PIK3CA-heterozygous-c.1345C>A; TP53-homozygous-c.818G>A) and mCRC cell line SW620 (#CCL-227, harboring mutations, including KRAS-homozygous-c.35G>T; TP53-heterozygous-c.818G>A; and TP53-heterozygous-c.925C>T), purchased from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA), were cultured in 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (HI-FBS, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA), 100 μg/mL streptomycin, 100 IU/mL penicillin, and 2 mmol/L L-glutamine added to Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium (DMEM, Invitrogen, Thermo Fisher Scientific).
Techniques: Incubation, Light Microscopy, Staining, Migration, Expressing, Western Blot, Control