Journal: International Journal of Surgery (London, England)
Article Title: LINC00476 cooperates with ARIH2 and suppresses pancreatic cancer progression by inducing VIM ubiquitination
doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000003596
Figure Lengend Snippet: ARIH2 is necessary for LINC00476 induced VIM ubiquitination. (A) The protein levels of VIM and ARIH2 were determined by Western blotting. LINC00476 overexpression and KO3 cells treated with MG132 for 4 h before cell lysates were harvested for co-IP with an anti-VIM antibody and anti-ARIH2 antibody. (B and C) The ubiquitination levels of VIM were determined by Western blotting. AsPC-1 cells were transiently transfected with ARIH2 overexpression (B), MIA PaCa-2 cells transfected ARIH2 silencing (C) and also with the corresponding control plasmids and then treated with MG132 for 4 h before cell lysates were harvested for co-IP with an anti-VIM antibody and immunoblotted with an anti-HA antibody. (D) The protein levels of ARIH2 in MIA PaCa-2 and AsPC-1 cells treated with cycloheximide (CHX, 50 μg/mL) for 0, 1, 3, and 6 h. AsPC-1 cells transfected with ARIH2 overexpression (upper), MIA PaCa-2 cells transfected with ARIH2 silencing (lower). (E) The protein levels of ARIH2 in MIA PaCa-2 and AsPC-1 cells treated with MG132 (10 µM) for 0, 1, 3, and 6 h. AsPC-1 cells transfected with ARIH2 overexpression (upper), MIA PaCa-2 cells transfected with ARIH2 silencing (lower). (F) The ubiquitination levels of VIM in the products of IP with an anti-Flag antibody in lysates from LINC00476 knockout or ARIH2 overexpression and control plasmids. (G) Immunoprecipitation assay showing K29-mediated ubiquitination of VIM by ARIH2. The 293T cells were cotransfected with Flag-VIM, different linkages of HA-ubiquitin mutant (wild-type, K27R, K29R, K49R, and K63R), or His-ARIH2 plasmids; and then, cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-Flag antibody. (H) Flag-VIM plasmid was cotransfected into 293T cells together with wild-type, K27, K29, or lysine mutant (K27R and K29R) of HA-Ubiquitin in the absence or presence of His-ARIH2 plasmid. Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-Flag antibody and then immunoblotted with the indicated antibodies. All data represent the means ± SD from three independent assays.
Article Snippet: Initially, cells were transfected with a specific plasmid, and the transfected cells were subsequently lysed in an immunoprecipitation (IP) lysis buffer solution (HY-K1002, MCE, USA).
Techniques: Ubiquitin Proteomics, Western Blot, Over Expression, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Transfection, Control, Knock-Out, Immunoprecipitation, Mutagenesis, Plasmid Preparation