Journal: Cell Reports Medicine
Article Title: Spatial omics study reveals molecular-cellular dynamics of tumor ecosystem in esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma initiation and progression
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102650
Figure Lengend Snippet: OGT promotes ESCC progression through regulating proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis in vitro and in vivo (A) Representative images of immunohistochemical staining for OGT in cancer and adjacent tissues, magnified at 200× and 400×; scale bars, 100 μm. (B) Paired comparison of OGT IHC scores in tumor and peritumor tissues. p value was calculated using a two-sided Wilcoxon signed-rank test (paired samples, n = 76). (C) Representative WB images of OGT and O-GlcNAc level in all transient transfection groups, including knockdown in KYSE30 and KYSE450 (transfected with siNC, si OGT #1, or si OGT #2) and overexpress in KYSE150 and KYSE410 (transfected with oeVector, oe OGT , or oe OGT and treated with OSMI-1). Images are representative of three independent experiments ( n = 3). (D) OGT and O-GlcNAc level in lentiviral-mediated knockdown KYSE450 and overexpress KYSE150. Representative protein images of three independent experiments were shown ( n = 3). (E and F) Representative images and quantification of plate clone formation assay of lentiviral-mediated knockdown KYSE450 and overexpress KYSE150 cell lines. Data are mean ± SD from three independent experiments ( n = 3). p values were calculated using one-way ANOVA. (G) Cell proliferation measured by the CCK8 assay and relative cell proliferation quantified by OD value at 450 nm of KYSE30, KYSE450, KYSE150, and KYSE410 cell lines. Data are presented as mean ± SD from three independent experiments ( n = 3). p values were calculated using two-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple-comparisons test. (H) Representative images of cell migration and invasion assays in the KYSE30, KYSE450, KYSE150, and KYSE410 cell lines ( n = 3). Scale bars, 200 μm. (I) Stably transfected shNC/sh OGT KYSE450 cell subcutaneously injected into nude mice. Representative image of xenograft tumors and tumor volume from day 5 to day 30. Data are presented as mean ± SD, n = 5 mice per group. p values were calculated using two-way repeated-measures ANOVA with Sidak's multiple-comparisons test. (J) Bioluminescence imaging of lung metastatic foci at the 7th week in a lung metastasis model. Luciferase activity is measured in photons per cm2 per second per steradian (p/s/cm2/sr). (K) Representative images and quantitative analysis of metastasis nodules on the lung surface. Arrowheads denote the metastasis nodules on the lung surface. (L) Representative images of HE staining of lung metastasis and quantitative analysis of lung metastasis area. Arrowheads denote the metastasis nodules. Scale bars, 200 μm. (J–L) Data are presented as mean ± SD, n = 5 mice per group. p values were calculated using a two-sided Wilcoxon rank-sum test. (M) The results of enriched pathways affected by OGT expression detected across different omics. In the RNA-seq dataset, siOGT cells were defined as the OGT low group, while siNC cells were defined as the OGT-high group. In both the proteomic and glycoproteomic datasets, oeVector cells were defined as the OGT-low group, and oeOGT cells were defined as the OGT-high group. Pathways activated in the OGT-high group are marked in green, while pathways inhibited are marked in red. (N) Comparison of apoptosis rate between KYSE450 siNC and si OGT groups. Data are presented as mean ± SD, n = 3 per group. p values were calculated using unpaired Student's t test. (O) Flow cytometry analysis of cell cycle distribution of KYSE450 cells across siNC and si OGT . ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001. NC, negative control group.
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Techniques: Migration, In Vitro, In Vivo, Immunohistochemical staining, Staining, Comparison, Transfection, Knockdown, Tube Formation Assay, CCK-8 Assay, Stable Transfection, Injection, Imaging, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Expressing, RNA Sequencing, Flow Cytometry, Negative Control