Journal: Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Article Title: CRIP1 Reshapes the Gastric Cancer Microenvironment to Facilitate Development of Lymphatic Metastasis.
doi: 10.1002/advs.202303246
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6. CREB1 mediates the CRIP1-regulated promotion of VEGFC expression and functions as a transcription factor for VEGFC. A,B) RT-qPCR showing the effect of CREB1 overexpression A) and knockdown B) on VEGFC mRNA expression. C,D) ELISA showing the effect of overexpression C) and knockdown D) of CREB1 on VEGFC secretion. E,F) Western blot analysis of p-CREB1 (Ser 133) and VEGFC expression in CRIP1 overexpression GC cells rescued by CREB1 knockdown E) and in CRIP1 knockdown GC cells rescued by CREB1 overexpression F). G,H) ELISA showing the expression of VEGFC in CRIP1 overexpression GC cells rescued by CREB1 knockdown G) and in CRIP1 knockdown GC cells rescued by CREB1 overexpression H). I) Representative images of enucleated popliteal lymph nodes for CREB1 overexpression cells (left panel). Histogram analysis of the lymph node volumes for groups (right panel). J) Representative images of enucleated popliteal lymph nodes for CREB1 knockdown cells (left panel). Histogram analysis of the lymph node volumes for groups (right panel). K) Specific primers were designed for potential CREB1 binding sites in the VEGFC promoter. L) Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) showing DNA fragments from the VEGFC promoter enriched in the DNA-protein complex immunoprecipitated via CREB1 antibody. M) Promoter luciferase assay showing that binding of CREB1 to the VEGFC promoter sites could enhance VEGFC transcription. Error bars represent the mean±SD of three independent experiments. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: ELISA: Cell supernatants were collected to quantify the secretion of VEGFC (DVEC00, R&D systems, MN), VEGFD (DVED00, R&D systems, MN), CCL5 (mlbio, Shanghai, China), and TNF-α (mlbio, Shanghai, China) via ELISA assay.
Techniques: Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Over Expression, Knockdown, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Western Blot, Binding Assay, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Immunoprecipitation, Luciferase