Journal: Clinical and Translational Medicine
Article Title: SP1‐activated USP27X‐AS1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via USP7‐mediated AKT stabilisation
doi: 10.1002/ctm2.1563
Figure Lengend Snippet: USP27X‐AS1 promoted hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro. (A) qRT‐PCR tested the efficacy of knockdown (left) or overexpression (right) of USP27X‐AS1 in HCC cell lines. (B) CCK‐8 assay of MHCC97H USP27X‐AS1 knockdown cell line and HLF USP27X‐AS1 overexpression cell line. (C and D) Representative images (C) and number (D) of colonies in MHCC97H USP27X‐AS1 knockdown cell line and HLF USP27X‐AS1 overexpression cell line. (E and F) Representative images (E) and positive cell number (F) of EdU assay in MHCC97H USP27X‐AS1 knockdown cell line and HLF USP27X‐AS1 overexpression cell line. (G and H) Representative images (G) and number (H) of migration or invasion cells in MHCC97H USP27X‐AS1 knockdown cell line and HLF USP27X‐AS1 overexpression cell line. (I and J) Representative images (I) and wound closure rate (J) of wound healing assay in MHCC97H USP27X‐AS1 knockdown cell line and HLF USP27X‐AS1 overexpression cell line. Data and error bars are shown as mean ± SD of triplicate independent replicate experiments. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001, ns: no significance. Data were analysed by paired Student's t ‐test (A, B, D, F, H and J).
Article Snippet: The China Center for Type Culture Collection (Wuhan, China) provided human HCC cell lines, including HLF, Hep3B, LM3, MHCC97H, HepG2 and PLC/PRF/5, along with the normal liver cell line THLE3.
Techniques: Migration, In Vitro, Quantitative RT-PCR, Knockdown, Over Expression, CCK-8 Assay, EdU Assay, Wound Healing Assay