Journal: iScience
Article Title: AURKB and PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathways converge to regulate TERT expression
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113194
Figure Lengend Snippet: Identification of kinase inhibitors that repress TERTp MUT reporter activity (A) Schematic diagram of knock-in strategy. LUC : luciferase, PURO : Puromycin, LHA: left homology arm, RHA: right homology arm, HDR: homology directed repair. (B) Quantification of transgene copy number and TERT expression in SW1736 TERT/LUC . Digital droplet PCR and RT-qPCR were utilized to quantify the transgene copy number and TERT expression, respectively, from gDNA and total RNA extracted from SW1736 TERT/LUC across 30 passages post-puromycin selection. The plotted values represent averages from three independent assays. (C) Genome-wide coverage plot derived from Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing of SW1736 TERT/LUC . An inset zooms in on the TERT locus, where a distinct peak indicates the precise integration site of the LUC transgene at the TERT locus. (D and E) Sanger sequencing analysis of the reporter integration site in PCR amplified genomic DNA from SW1736 TERT/LUC reporter cells. TSS : TERT transcriptional start site, LUC : luciferase gene (E) A library of 218 FDA-approved and experimental inhibitors was tested against the SW1736 TERT/LUC reporter cell-line. The heatmap show hierarchical clustering of mean values of two independent screens performed in duplicate, which were normalized to Actinomycin D (general transcriptional inhibitor) and DMSO controls and expressed as percentages of the DMSO control. The inhibitors within clusters 1 and 2 are shown together with their respective targets. (F) Dose response of SW1736 TERT/LUC cells treated with AZD8330 (target = MEK1/2), AZD8055 (mTORC1/2), Lenvatinib (RTK), Dabrafenib (RAF) and Everolimus (mTORC1). Luciferase activity was evaluated after 24 h treatment with varying inhibitor doses (0.01–20 μM). Plotted values are the mean ± SD of three independent experiments, each performed in triplicate, expressed as fold-change in normalized percentage luciferase activity relative to DMSO treated cells.
Article Snippet: Human SW1736 thyroid cancer cell line , CLS Cell Lines Service GmbH, Eppelheim, Germany , Cat#: 300453 RRID: CVCL_3883.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Knock-In, Luciferase, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Selection, Genome Wide, Derivative Assay, Sequencing, Amplification, Control