Journal: Cell Communication and Signaling : CCS
Article Title: Chemotherapy-induced senescent nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells suppress NK cell-mediated antitumor immunity by upregulating EBI3 via mtDNA-cGAS-STING pathway
doi: 10.1186/s12964-026-02848-6
Figure Lengend Snippet: Chemotherapy-induced senescence of NPC cells promotes the recruitment of NK cells and inhibits the killing of cancer cells mediated by them through the expression of EBI3. A Sort according to the log2FoldChange enrichment multiple and the heat map of GSEA. Take the intersection of the top 20 molecules with log2FoldChange and the top 20 molecules from the GSEA heat map. B RT-qPCR was used to detect the mRNA levels of SLC38A4 , EBI3 , CLDN1 , INHBA , CLTRN , AOX1 , KRT6A , and NUPR1 in NPC cells of the non-senescent group (Ctrl) and the senescent group (Se) ( n = 3 experiments). C RT-qPCR was used to detect the mRNA level of EBI3 in mouse xenograft tumor tissues. D Immunoblotting was used to analyze the protein level of EBI3 in NPC cells of the non-senescent group (Ctrl) and the senescent group (Se) ( n = 3 experiments). E Three sgRNAs of EBI3 were designed using CRISPR-Cas9 technology and analyzed for knockdown efficiency using immunoblotting. F The SA-β-Gal staining method was used to detect the senescence of WT NPC HK1 cells without treatment, WT HK1 cells treated with cisplatin, sgEBI3 HK1 cells without treatment, and sgEBI3 HK1 cells treated with cisplatin. The left image is a representative image of SA-β-gal staining, with a scale bar of 100 μm. The right image is the quantification of SA-β-Gal positive cells ( n = 3 experiments). G and H The culture supernatants of WT NPC cells without treatment, WT NPC cells treated with cisplatin, sgEBI3 NPC cells without treatment, and sgEBI3 NPC cells treated with cisplatin were co-cultured with NK-92MI cells. Flow cytometry was used to detect the expression of degranulated CD107a in NK-92MI cells after co-culture. ( G ) The left image is a representative flow cytometry image of degranulated CD107a in NK-92MI cells after co-culture with the culture supernatant of HK1 cells and NK-92MI cells, and the right image is the quantification of degranulated CD107a ( n = 3 experiments). ( H ) Quantification of degranulated CD107a in NK-92MI cells after co-culture with the culture supernatant of HONE1 cells and NK-92MI cells ( n = 3 experiments). I and J Flow cytometry was used to detect the expression of GZMB and IFN-γ in NK-92MI cells after co-culture. ( I ) The left image is a representative flow cytometry image of GZMB and IFN-γ in NK-92MI cells after co-culture with the culture supernatant of HK1 cells and NK-92MI cells, and the right image is the quantification of GZMB and IFN-γ ( n = 3 experiments). ( J ) Quantification of GZMB and IFN-γ in NK-92MI cells after co-culture with the culture supernatant of HONE1 cells and NK-92MI cells ( n = 3 experiments). K The left image is the quantification of GZMB and TNF-α in NK-92MI cells after co-culture with the culture supernatant of HK1 cells and NK-92MI cells ( n = 3 experiments). The right image is the quantification of IFN-γ and TNF-α in NK-92MI cells after co-culture with the culture supernatant of HK1 cells and NK-92MI cells ( n = 3 experiments). L ELISA was used to detect TNF-α, GZMB, and IFN-γ secreted by NK-92MI cells after co-culture ( n = 3 experiments). M RT-qPCR was used to analyze the mRNA levels of TNF-α , GZMB , and IFN- γ in NK-92MI cells after co-culture with the culture supernatant of HK1 cells and NK-92MI cells ( n = 3 experiments). N The culture supernatants of HK1 cells from WT without treatment, WT treated with cisplatin, sgEBI3 without treatment, and sgEBI3 treated with cisplatin were co-cultured with NK-92MI cells, and then the co-cultured NK-92MI cells were co-cultured with NPC cells. Flow cytometry was used to detect GFSE + PI + NPC cells. The left image is a representative flow cytometry image, and the right image is the positive rate of GFSE + PI + NPC cells ( n = 3 experiments). (B, C, F-N) The data are presented as mean ± SD; A two-tailed unpaired t-test was used for (B, C); A two-tailed unpaired t-test or one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s post-hoc test were used for (F-N)
Article Snippet: NK92MI cells were cultured using NK-92MI cell specific culture medium (Procell, China).
Techniques: Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, CRISPR, Knockdown, Staining, Cell Culture, Flow Cytometry, Co-Culture Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Two Tailed Test