Journal: Cancer Medicine
Article Title: Selenium‐binding protein 1 inhibits malignant progression and induces apoptosis via distinct mechanisms in non‐small cell lung cancer
doi: 10.1002/cam4.6309
Figure Lengend Snippet: Overexpression of SELENBP1 inhibiting the growth of NSCLC cells in vivo was associated with the inhibition of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. (A) Establishment of stable SELENBP1 overexpressing A549 cells and control cells tumor xenograft Model. Athymic nude mice (4‐week‐old male, N = 6/point/group) were subcutaneously injected A549‐SELENBP1 cells or A549‐Control cells, respectively. The mice were sacrificed after 29 days, the retrieved tumor samples were presented. (B) Volume of Xenograft tumor was measured once every 3 days after 5 days subcutaneous injection. Data were presented as the mean ± SD, unpaired t ‐test, “*” p < 0.05, “**” p < 0.01, A549‐Control tumors group versus A549‐SELENBP1 tumors group. (C) Paraffin sections of the retrieved tumor samples were subjected to H&E staining and IHC staining with antibodies against SELENBP1, Ki‐67. Staining without primary antibody was used as negative controls. Results of H&E were observed under a bright field microscope (×200), Scale bars, 50 μm. Results of IHC were observed under a bright field microscope (×400), Scale bars, 20 μm. The histogram was used to quantify the experimental results of IHC ( N = 3). All data were presented as the mean ± SD, unpaired t ‐test, “**” p < 0.01, “****” p < 0.001, A549‐Control tumors group versus A549‐SELENBP1 tumors group. (D) Paraffin sections of the retrieved tumor samples were subjected to IHC staining with antibodies against PI3K, p‐PI3K, AKT, p‐AKT, mTOR, and p‐mTOR. Staining without primary antibody was used as negative controls. Results were observed under a bright field microscope (×400). Scale bars, 20 μm. The histogram was used to quantify the experimental results of IHC ( N = 3). And all data were presented as the mean ± SD, unpaired t ‐test, “*” p < 0.05, “**” p < 0.01, “***” p < 0.005, A549‐Control tumors group versus A549‐SELENBP1 tumors group. (E) The tumor tissues were retrieved, extracted total protein, and subjected to western blotting analysis of key components of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway ( N = 3/group). Levels of β‐Actin were used as loading control.
Article Snippet: In IHC staining, the sections were deparaffinize, rehydrated, followed by antigen retrieval and immunostaining with different antibodies against SELENBP1 (1:200 dilution, Abcam, ab90135), SP‐C (1:200 dilution, Abcam, ab90716), Ki‐67 (1:200 dilution, Abcam, ab15580), PI3K (1:100 dilution, Abcam, ab151549), p‐PI3K (Tyr607; 1:200 dilution, Invitrogen, Catalog #PA5‐104853), AKT (1:200 dilution, CST, #4691), p‐AKT (Ser473; 1:100 dilution, CST, #4060), mTOR (1:100 dilution, CST, #2983), p‐mTOR (Ser2448; 1:200 dilution, Invitrogen, Catalog #44‐1125G), Caspase‐3 (1:200 dilution, Huabio, ET1602‐39), Cleaved‐Caspase‐3 (1:200 dilution, Affinity, AF7002), Bcl‐2 (1:200 dilution, Huabio, ET1603‐11), and Bax (1:200 dilution, Affinity, AF0120).
Techniques: Over Expression, In Vivo, Inhibition, Injection, Staining, Immunohistochemistry, Microscopy, Western Blot