Journal: Clinical Science (London, England : 1979)
Article Title: Unravelling the effects of selective estrogen receptor modulators on colorectal cancer: a prognostic role for insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5
doi: 10.1042/CS20258451
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Effects of short-term exposure to E2 and 27-OHC on cell proliferation in HT-29 colon cancer cells. Cells were treated with E2 (5, 10, and 20 nM) or 27-OHC (0.1 and 1 μM) for 15 min, followed by incubation in phenol red-free SFM. Corresponding vehicle controls included phenol red-free SFM alone and ethanol at concentrations of 0.01% and 0.1%, matching the solvent concentrations used for 27-OHC. All experiments were performed in three independent biological replicates, each in technical triplicate ( n = 3). Proliferation data were normalised to the phenol red-free SFM control and presented as fold change. Statistical analysis was conducted using one-way ANOVA with Dunnett's post hoc test. Data are presented as mean ± SD. ( B ) Differential gene expression in SW620 cells treated with 10 nM E2 for 24 h based on mRNA sequencing data ( GSE112568 ). The graphs depict up-regulation of GPER1 and down-regulation of ZEB1 following E2 treatment. Each group was analysed in duplicate ( n = 2). ( C ) Intracellular Ca 2+ concentrations and cAMP levels measured in HCT-116 and HT-29 cells following 15-min treatment with E2 (10 nM) or 27-OHC (0.1 and 1 μM). Control groups received phenol red-free SFM or 0.1% ethanol, respectively. All data were normalised to the SFM control and presented as fold change. Experiments were conducted in three independent biological replicates ( n = 3), each in technical triplicate. Statistical comparisons were made using one-way ANOVA with Dunnett's post hoc test. Data are shown as mean ± SD. ( D ) Anti-proliferative effects of G1, a selective GPER1 agonist, following a 15-min exposure in HCT-116 and HT-29 cells. Cells were subsequently incubated in phenol red-free SFM for 48 h. Additionally, mRNA expression of GPER1 following short-term exposure to E2 and G1 was assessed. All experiments were performed in triplicate ( n = 3), and data were normalised to vehicle controls. Statistical significance was determined using one-way ANOVA with Dunnett's post hoc test. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. ( E ) GPER1 expression in CRC based on TCGA and GTEx datasets. E(i) Differential expression of GPER1 in colorectal tumour and normal tissues analysed via GEPIA2. For COAD, 275 tumour and 349 normal samples were included; for READ, 92 tumour and 318 normal samples were analysed. Gene expression is shown in log 2 (TPM + 1) units. Purple boxes represent normal tissues, and pink boxes represent tumour tissues. Statistical comparisons were performed using Student's t -test. E(ii) GPER1 expression levels in 438 TCGA colon cancer patients (204 females and 234 males), highlighting sex-specific expression differences. Data are shown as mean ± SD and analysed by Student's t -test. E(iii) Kaplan–Meier survival analysis of GPER1 and ERβ expression in 438 colon adenocarcinoma patients. Patients were stratified into high and low expression groups. The orange line denotes high expression and the blue line denotes low expression. Censored observations are indicated by plus signs (+). A steeper curve corresponds to lower survival probability. Statistical significance was P = 0.16 and P = 0.039.
Article Snippet: HCT-116 and HT-29 cells (3 × 10 5 cells/well) were seeded into six-well plates and transfected with 50 nM siRNA (Dharmacon, ON-TARGET plus Human ESR2 (2100) siRNA-SMART pool, 20 nmol (L-003402-00-0020)) as performed previously [ ] using RNAiMAX Lipofectamine (Invitrogen) in phenol red-free Opti-MEM medium.
Techniques: Incubation, Solvent, Control, Gene Expression, Sequencing, Expressing, Quantitative Proteomics