Journal: Cancer letters
Article Title: HSP90 inhibitor AUY922 suppresses tumor growth and modulates immune response through YAP1-TEAD pathway inhibition in gastric cancer
doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.217354
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) RT-qPCR analysis of down-stream target genes YAP1/TEAD signaling in AGS cells after vehicle control or AUY922 treatment with corresponding concentrations for 48 h (N = 3). Only significant statistical results are shown. (B) Representative image of co-immunofluorescent staining of BIRC5 (green), and CTGF (red) in the vehicle- or AUY922-treated AGS cells. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue). The scale bars indicate 25um. (C – D) Luciferase reporter assay measuring YAP1/TEAD transcriptional activity in AGS (C) and GA0518 (D) cells. The cells were treated with vehicle control or AUY922 (25 nM for 40 h after transfection; N = 3). (E – F) Immunoblots represent immunoprecipitated AGS (E) and GA0518 (F) cells after treatment of vehicle control or 25 nM AUY922 for 48 h. GAC cell lysates were immunoprecipitated (IP) with anti-YAP1 and anti-HSP90α or normal IgG antibody, and immunoblotted (IB) for YAP1, HSP90α, and TEAD1. (G – H) Quantitative ChIP-qPCR analysis of the CTGF (G) and YAP1 (H) promoter spanning the TEAD1 binding site after pulling down with YAP1, HSP90α, or IgG antibody in AGS and GA0518 cells treated with vehicle control or AUY922 (25 nM for 48 h; N = 3 per group). (I) Protein expression of YAP1 and TAZ in YAP1-KO GA0518 cells (clone#C and clone#D) compared to control. (J) Cell proliferation rates of YAP1-KO and corresponding parental control GA0518 cells under vehicle control or 10 nM AUY922 (N = 4 per group). †† indicates statistical significance (P < 0.0001) between control and AUY922 groups in YAP1-KO GA0518 cells. (K) Cell confluency ratio of 1 YAP1-KO and corresponding parental control GA0518 cells under vehicle control or 10 nM AUY922 (N = 4 per group). Overall, data are presented as mean ± SD. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001, **** P < 0.0001 unless otherwise indicated in the graph. Statistical significance compared to control was calculated using one-way ANOVA, and post-hoc Tukey’s HSD tests. P -values were indicated in the graph, and N represents the number of biological replicates.
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were utilized at specified dilutions: human YAP1 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Cat#sc101199, 1:50), human BIRC5 (Survivin) (Cell Signaling Technology (CST), Cat#2803, 1:500), human CTGF (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Cat#sc365970, 1:50), human Ki67 (Fisher Scientific, Cat# RM-9106-S1, 1:150), human TEAD1 (CST, Cat#12292, 1:100), human TEAD4 (Abcam, Cat#58310, 1:100), human HLA class-I ABC (Proteintech, Cat#15240-1-AP, 1:100), mouse CD8α (CST, Cat#98941, 1:100), mouse CD206 (Abcam, Cat#64693, 1:100), mouse F4/80 (CST, Cat#70076, 1:100).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control, Staining, Luciferase, Reporter Assay, Transfection, Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, ChIP-qPCR, Binding Assay, Expressing