Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Mucin 2 silencing promotes colon cancer metastasis through interleukin-6 signaling
doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04952-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: Expression of E-cadherin in HT-29-derived cells with or without recombinant human IL-6 treatment. HT-29-derived cells were treated with rIL-6 for 30 min. E-cadherin, vimentin, MUC2, and STAT3 expression levels were examined in IL-6-treated HT-29-derived cells by western blotting. ( a ) Loss of E-cadherin expression in MUC2-silenced HT-29 cells with or without recombinant human IL-6 treatment for 30 min. ( b ) Significantly reversed E-cadherin expression in STAT3-silenced HT-29 cells with or without recombinant human IL-6 treatment for 30 min. P, parental cells; shLuc, luciferase control; shMUC2-1.2 and shMUC2-2.2, MUC2-specific shRNAs 1 and 2, respectively; shSTAT3-1 and shSTAT3-2, STAT3-specific shRNAs 1 and 2, respectively; NS, not significant; **P < 0.001; ***P < 0.0001. ( c ) Proposed model depicting the effects of MUC2 and IL-6 treatment on cell migration and metastasis in HT-29 colon cancer cells. ( d ) Protein interaction network of MUC2, IL-6, STAT3, CREB1, CHEK2, CDH1, and TP53. The colored lines between the proteins indicate the various types of evidence demonstrating the interaction. The evidence for these interactions is derived from both experimental evidence (purple lines) and text-mining evidence (green lines). MUC2: mucin 2; TP53: Tumor protein p53; CREB1: cAMP responsive element-binding protein 1; CDH1: epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin); STAT3: Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; IL-6: Interleukin 6; CHEK2: Checkpoint kinase 2.
Article Snippet: After the sections were subjected to antigen retrieval in an autoclave, immunohistochemical staining was performed by incubating the sections overnight with a mouse anti-human MUC2 antibody (Ccp58; 1:100 dilution; Novocastra, Newcastle upon Tyne, England), a mouse anti-human IL-6 antibody (3G9; 1:100 dilution; Origene Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD) and a mouse anti-human IL-68 antibody (clone KP-1; 1:100 dilution; code No. M0814; DAKO).
Techniques: Expressing, Derivative Assay, Recombinant, Western Blot, Luciferase, Control, Migration, Binding Assay