Journal: Precision Clinical Medicine

Article Title: Agrimol B inhibits pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by induction of lethal mitophagy through decreasing mitochondrial transcription termination factor 3

doi: 10.1093/pcmedi/pbag009

Figure Lengend Snippet: Agrimol B induces PINK1/Parkin pathway-dependent mitophagy initiation in PDAC cells. (A) Western blot analysis of PINK1, Parkin, and LC3 in the mitochondria of PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells. (B) Western blot analysis of Parkin in the mitochondria and cytoplasm of PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells. (C) Western blot analysis of LC3 in the presence or absence of Agrimol B in the presence or absence of Mdivi-1 for 24 h. (D, E) Western blot analysis of LC3 in PDAC cells transfected with siScramble, siPINK1, or siParkin following treatment with or without Agrimol B. (F) Western blot analysis of LC3 in PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells with or without Agrimol B in the presence or absence of wortmannin. (G-I) Immunofluorescence analysis of LC3 in PDAC cells treated with or without Agrimol B in the presence or absence of wortmannin. Scale bars, 10 μm.

Article Snippet: An anti-microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3) antibody (NB100-2220) was purchased from Novus, while anti-MTERF3 (EM1701-29) and lysosomal associated membrane protein 2 (LAMP2) (M1603-5) antibodies were purchased from HuaBio.

Techniques: Western Blot, Transfection, Immunofluorescence

Journal: Precision Clinical Medicine

Article Title: Agrimol B inhibits pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by induction of lethal mitophagy through decreasing mitochondrial transcription termination factor 3

doi: 10.1093/pcmedi/pbag009

Figure Lengend Snippet: Agrimol B blocks autophagic flux in PDAC cells. (A, B) Western blot analysis of P62 and CTSD in PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells treated with Agrimol B for 24 h. (C, E, F) Immunofluorescence analysis of RFP-GFP-LC3 after PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells were transfected with RFP-GFP-LC3 for 48 h, followed by treatment with or without Agrimol B for another 24 h. Scale bars, 10 μm. (D, G-L) Immunofluorescence analysis of the colocalization of endogenous LC3 with LAMP2 after treatment with Agrimol B or rapamycin for 24 h in PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells. Scale bars, 10 μm. (M-O) Immunofluorescence analysis of LC3 in PDAC cells treated with or without Agrimol B in the presence or absence of HCQ. Scale bars, 10 μm.

Article Snippet: An anti-microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3) antibody (NB100-2220) was purchased from Novus, while anti-MTERF3 (EM1701-29) and lysosomal associated membrane protein 2 (LAMP2) (M1603-5) antibodies were purchased from HuaBio.

Techniques: Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Transfection

Journal: Precision Clinical Medicine

Article Title: Agrimol B inhibits pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by induction of lethal mitophagy through decreasing mitochondrial transcription termination factor 3

doi: 10.1093/pcmedi/pbag009

Figure Lengend Snippet: Agrimol B regulates mitophagy by downregulating MTERF3 expression. (A) Venn diagram showing the overlap of differentially expressed proteins (fold-change ≥ 1.3 or ≤ 0.76) between PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells. (B, C) Volcano plots of DEGs identified via label-free quantitative proteomics in PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells. (D) Western blot analysis of MTERF3 in PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells treated with Agrimol B for 24 h. (E) Differences in MTERF3 expression between normal tissues and cancer tissues in the UCSC Xena database. (F) Kaplan-Meier analysis of MTERF3 expression and overall survival in 64 patients with PDAC. (G, H) CCK-8 assay in PDAC cells transfected with vector or oeMTERF3 following treatment with or without Agrimol B. (I) Western blot analysis of LC3 in PDAC cells transfected with vector or oeMTERF3 following treatment with or without Agrimol B. (J) Western blot analysis of PINK1 and Parkin in PDAC cells transfected with vector or oeMTERF3 following treatment with or without Agrimol B. (K) Immunohistochemical analyses of PINK1 and MTERF3 expression in PDAC tissues. Scale bars, 100 μm. (L) Correlation of the immunostaining intensities of PINK1 and MTERF3. (M) Western blot analysis of TIM23, SOD2, and HADHA in PDAC cells transfected with vector or oeMTERF3 following treatment with or without Agrimol B. (N) Molecular docking suggests that Agrimol B can bind to MTERF3 with a binding energy of -6.085 kcal/mol. (O) Western blot analysis of MTERF3 in cells treated with or without Agrimol B in the presence or absence of MG132.

Article Snippet: An anti-microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3) antibody (NB100-2220) was purchased from Novus, while anti-MTERF3 (EM1701-29) and lysosomal associated membrane protein 2 (LAMP2) (M1603-5) antibodies were purchased from HuaBio.

Techniques: Expressing, Quantitative Proteomics, Western Blot, CCK-8 Assay, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Immunohistochemical staining, Immunostaining, Binding Assay