Journal: BMC Cancer
Article Title: Single-cell transcriptome analysis revealed heterogeneity in glycolysis and identified IGF2 as a therapeutic target for ovarian cancer subtypes
doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-12688-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: IGF2 promoted the glycolysis pathway. ( A ) Glucose uptake experiments demonstrated the glucose uptake ability of OC cells after knockdown IGF2 (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001 in t-test. N = 3). ( B ) Lactate production experiments indicated that IGF2 inhibition influenced lactate content generated by OC cells (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001 in t-test. N = 3). ( C ) Western blot analysis of glycolysis enzymes (including HK2, PKM2, ENO1, PGK1, LDHA) in IGF2-knockdown cells (The blot has been cropped, and the original blot is shown in supplementary material .) (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001 in t-test. N = 3). ( D ) Edu assay analysis revealed changes in the proliferation of OC cells with either vector control or IGF2 overexpression, treated with or without the glycolysis inhibitor 2-DG. (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001 in t-test. N = 3). ( E ) The wound healing assay detected migration capability in vector control or IGF2-overexpressing cells, cultured with or without 2-DG. (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001 in t-test. N = 3). ( F ) The transwell assay indicated the invasion capability of OC cells upon vector control or IGF2 overexpression, cultured with or without 2-DG. (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001 in t-test. N = 3)
Article Snippet: Plasmids engineered to overexpress IGF2 were procured from GeneChem (Shanghai, China).
Techniques: Knockdown, Inhibition, Generated, Western Blot, EdU Assay, Plasmid Preparation, Control, Over Expression, Wound Healing Assay, Migration, Cell Culture, Transwell Assay