Journal: Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.)
Article Title: BPGM as an intrinsic brake to constrain metastasis through phospho-epigenetic-mediated carnitine biosynthesis suppression
doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2026.101299
Figure Lengend Snippet: Overexpression of BPGM inhibits tumor metastasis in vitro and in vivo . (A) Silencing BPGM promoted migration of tumor cells. Tumor cells stably expressing shBPGM and its control cells (shCtrl) were examined. Scale bar, 200 μm. (B) Overexpressing BPGM suppressed migration of tumor cells. Tumor cells stably expressing BPGM and its control cells (Ctrl) were examined. Scale bar, 200 μm. (C) The mRNA levels of MMP2 and MMP9 reduced in BPGM-overexpressing tumor cells. SK-HEP-1 cells stably expressing BPGM (BPGM-OE) and its ctrl cells were employed to detect the mRNA levels of MMP2 and MMP9 by qPCR analysis. β-actin was used as an internal control. (D-E) Xenografts of stable Bpgm-overexpressing cells displayed a lower rate of liver and lung metastasis and less metastatic nodules in the liver. For (D), Hepa-Ctrl ( n = 7) and Hepa-BPGM sublines ( n = 6) were inoculated under the capsule of the left hepatic lobe of C57BL/6 mice. Upper panel, a schematic diagram of orthotopic hepatic implantation model. The number of metastatic rate and nodules is shown (D, lower panel). Scale bar, 1 cm. Hematoxylin-eosin staining was performed on serial sections of livers (E, left panel) and lungs (E, right panel) to detect the metastatic nodules. The red arrows indicated the metastatic nodules. Scale bar in left panel, 200 µm; Scale bar in right panel, 100 μm. (F-H) Overexpressing of BPGM inhibited lung metastasis of tumor xenografts. Scale bar in F, 1 cm. B16-F10 cells transfected with Ctrl ( n = 6) or BPGM-OE ( n = 6) was injected into the tail vein of C57BL/6 mice, respectively. Upper panel in F, a schematic diagram of lung metastasis model by tail vein injection. H&E staining of lung sections was performed to observe metastatic foci (G). For G, scale bar in left panel, 500 μm; scale bar in right panel, 200 μm. The number of melanoma nodules and lung metastasis is shown in H. (I) The model deciphers the inhibitory role of BPGM in tumor metastasis. Error bar: mean ± SEM. P -values are labeled above the bar chart.
Article Snippet: The antibodies used included mouse antibody against β-actin (BM0627, Boster, Wuhan, China), rabbit antibody against BPGM (17173-1-AP, Proteintech), EZH2 (F0281, Selleck), phospho-EZH2 (Thr345) (TA3584S, Abmart, Shanghai, China), phospho-CDK1 (Thr14) (AP1465, Abclonal, Wuhan, China), ubiquitin (10201-2-AP, Proteintech), HIF1α (36169, Cell Signaling Technology, CST, Beverly, MA, USA), H3K4me3 (91264, Active Motif), H3K79me3 (cat 49-1020, Thermos Fisher), H3K9me3 (61014, Active Motif), H3K27me3 (91168, Active Motif) and Histone 3 (F0057, Selleck).
Techniques: Over Expression, In Vitro, In Vivo, Migration, Stable Transfection, Expressing, Control, Staining, Transfection, Injection, Labeling
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