Journal: Cell chemical biology
Article Title: Sam68 Allows Selective Targeting of Human Cancer Stem Cells.
doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.05.026
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6. SUMOylation of Sam68 Participates in CWP Response to CSCs (A) Representative immunofluorescence images of Sam68 (red) and SUMO1 (green) distribution in control and CWP-treated (100 nM, 48 hr) t-PSC (n = 8). Hoechst (blue) was used as nuclear counterstaining. Magnification: 320. (B) Dot-blot estimation of global SUMOylation levels (total SUMO1) in human PSCs versus t-PSCs, and cord blood MNCs versus primary AML samples (n = 9). Samples used: #9, #10, and #11 (Table S2). (C) Immunodetection of SUMOylated Sam68 species in vehicle, CWP, and ICG-001 treated t-PSCs (88 kDa). Purified 6xHis-Sam68 in vitro SUMOylated was used as a positive control. GAPDH performed on input lysates was used as loading control. Quantitative analysis of t-PSCs (Sam68 immunoprecipitation [IP] + western blot [WB]: n = 3) and AML cells (total Sam68 WB: n = 3) showed increased levels of SUMOylated Sam68 in response to CWP (*p = 0.0214, #p = 0.0611). See also Figures S6A–S6C. (D) Schematic illustration of wild-type (WT) and semi-SUMOylable mutant (K96R) Sam68 constructs used for overexpression experiments in t-PSCs. (E) HCI assessment of Sam68 nuclear levels from GFP-positive populations for control vector (EGFP), as well as Sam68 WT and K96R mutant transduced t-PSCs treated with CWP (100 nM) or ICG-001 (3 mM). Data are expressed as relative amounts versus control EGFP for each treatment (n = 6, **p % 0.0094). Repre- sentative micrographs for CWP versus vehicle controls are also presented. Magnification: 320. (F) Cell counts of GFP-positive populations from t-PSCs transduced with control (EGFP), WT, and K96R mutant Sam68 vectors in response to CWP (100 nM) or ICG-001 (3 mM) 48-hr treatments. Data are expressed as relative counts versus vehicle control treatment (n = 6; *p = 0.0377, ***p % 0.0001). Error bars represent the SEM. See also Figures S6D and S6E.
Article Snippet: SUMOylated recombinant Sam68 (Origene TP300263) used as positive control was in vitro modified using a SUMOylation Kit (ENZO Life Sciences).
Techniques: Control, Dot Blot, Immunodetection, In Vitro, Positive Control, Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot, Mutagenesis, Construct, Over Expression, Plasmid Preparation, Transduction