Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Single-cell and bulk transcriptomics reveal Fusobacterium nucleatum promotes colorectal cancer metastasis by upregulating LAMC2 in in vitro and in vivo models
doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-26249-w
Figure Lengend Snippet: F. nucleatum upregulates LAMC2 in CRC cells. ( A ) Volcano plot showing the expression profile of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in LOVO cells between F. nucleatum infection and PBS control treatment ( n = 3 per group, p < 0.05 and |log2 (fold change)| ≥ 1). ( B ) Intersection genes between the up DEGs from the GSE173549 dataset and the metastasis-related genes from the CancerSEA database. ( C and D ) The expression of LAMC2 was analyzed by single-cell RNA sequencing data GSE132465 . The cells were classified into seven distinct clusters, including T, B, myeloid, mast, epithelial, endothelial, and mesenchymal cells. The statistical significance between two groups was evaluated by wilcox.test. Normal: adjacent normal tissues of CRC, Tumor: tumor tissues of CRC. ( E and F )The mRNA and protein expression of LAMC2 after F. nucleatum or PBS treatment in CRC cells ( n = 4 per group, One-way ANOVA test). ( G and H ) The mRNA expression of LAMC2 after F. nucleatum , E. coli or PBS treatment in CRC cells ( n = 4 per group, One-way ANOVA test). ( I and K ) The protein expression of LAMC2 after PBS treatment, F. nucleatum infection of MOI = 100 or 500, or E. coli infection of MOI = 100 in CRC cells (repeated three times). ( J and L ) The protein expression of LAMC2 at 0, 4, 12, 24 and 48 h after F. nucleatum infection in CRC cells ( n = 4 per group, One-way ANOVA test). Data are shown as mean ± SD.* represents p < 0 0.05, ** represents p < 0 0.01, *** represents p < 0.001, and **** represents p < 0.0001, ns represents no statistical significant.
Article Snippet: Human CRC cell lines (HCT116, LOVO, HCT8, SW480 and SW620) were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Infection, Control, RNA Sequencing