Journal: Cancer Biology & Medicine
Article Title: The polarity protein Par3 enhances renal cell carcinoma metastasis via YAP/TAZ activation
doi: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2024.0297
Figure Lengend Snippet: Par3 interacts with YAP/TAZ in RCC cells. A, B. YAP/TAZ IHC staining in RCC tissue obtained from various sites (non-malignant, primary, and metastatic) in patients A and B. Magnification, 40×. C. Western blot analyses of Par3, YAP, and TAZ levels in the ACHN cell set (wt and metastatic organ-derived cell lines). D. Western blot analysis of Par3 and YAP in the cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions of ACHN wt, ACHN bone, and ACHN lung cells. GAPDH and nuclear matrix protein P84 (NMP P84) were used as internal controls of cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions, respectively. E, F. Co-immunoprecipitation study results. Nuclear extracts (100–200 μg) of (E) Caki-1vec, Caki-1Par3-2, and Caki-1Par3-4 cells and (F) ACHN bone and ACHN lung cells were immunoprecipitated with abs to either Par3 or YAP, and co-immunoprecipitated proteins were analyzed with western blotting. The input (1/10th of nuclear extracts used in the co-IP experiment) analysis result is shown at the right in each figure. G. Immunofluorescence (IF) staining results. Caki-1 and ACHN cells at two cell densities were stained with abs to Par3 and YAP, followed by anti-rabbit Cy5 (red) and anti-mouse Alexa488 (green) secondary abs. Magnification, 40× (inserts, 60×). H. Western blot analysis of metastatic marker levels in Caki-1Par3-2 and Caki-1Par3-4 cells after transfection with either siR-YAP or sc control plasmids (right). The left panel shows qPCR analysis results demonstrating decreased expression of YAP downstream genes after siRNA-mediated YAP KD. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Abs to the following targets were used: E-cad (3195T), CYR61 (14479T), and ANKRD15 (69953S) from Cell Signaling Technologies (Danvers, MA); actin (sc-58673), GAPDH (sc-166574), YAP (sc-101199), and CTGF (sc-373936) from Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA); p-NF-κB (MAB7226) from R&D system (Minneapolis, MN); Par3 (NBP1-88861), FAK (NBP2-67327), N-cad (NBP1-48309SS), MMP2 (NB200-114SS), and GFP (NB600-597) from Novus; TGF-β1 (A18692) from Abcam Inc. (Cambridge, MA); vimentin (GTX100619), smad4 (GTX112980), and LDHA (GTX101416) from Gentex Inc. (Irvine, CA); p-YAP (Ser127, MBS9601097) from My BioSource (San Diego, CA); AREG (Amphiregulin) (bs-3847R-TR) from Bioss (Woburn, MA); NMP P84 (A8179) from ABclonal (Woburn, MA); and TAZ (WWTR1) (66500-1-Ig) from ProteinTech (Rosemont, IL).
Techniques: Immunohistochemistry, Western Blot, Derivative Assay, Immunoprecipitation, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Marker, Transfection, Control, Expressing