Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Prolonging lung cancer response to EGFR inhibition by targeting the selective advantage of resistant cells
doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61788-w
Figure Lengend Snippet: A PC9 cells were treated with sorafenib (5 µM; Soraf) or trametinib (50 nM; Tram), followed by immunoblot (representative of three independent experiments). B YUX-1024 and YU-1150 PDCs were treated for 2 h with sorafenib (5 µM), osimertinib (0.1 µM; Osim), eFT-508 (1 µM; eFT), or trametinib (50 nM), followed by immunoblot (representative of three independent experiments). C PC9 cells containing inducible constitutively active MKNK2 (CA-MKNK2; Flag-tagged) were pre-treated with or without doxycycline (0.1 μg/ml; Dox) for 12 h, treated for 1 h with sorafenib, eFT-508 (20 μM) or trametinib (1 μM), followed by immunoblot (representative of four independent experiments). D Flag-eIF4E was incubated with recombinant active MKNK2 (rMKNK2) and the indicated inhibitors, followed by immunoblot (representative of three independent experiments). E PC9 cells were treated with sorafenib (5 µM) or trametinib (50 nM) for 6 h, followed by immunoblot (representative of three independent experiments). F PC9 cells were treated with or without sorafenib (5 µM), followed by immunoblot (representative of four independent experiments). G YU-1150 and YUX-1024 PDCs were treated with sorafenib (5 µM) for 3 d, followed by immunoblot (representative of three independent experiments). H PC9 cells were treated with sorafenib (5 µM) in the presence or the absence of cycloheximide (20 µg/mL; CHX) for 1 d, followed by immunoblot (representative of three independent experiments). I PC9 cells were treated with sorafenib (5 µM), chloroquine (50 µM; ChQ) or MG132 (5 µM) for 1 d as indicated, followed by immunoblot (representative of three independent experiments). J EGFR-T790M CRISPR-barcoded PC9 cells were treated for 5 d as indicated with gefitinib (1 µM), sorafenib (5 µM), or a combination (iESM) of napabucasin (0.5 µM), S63845 (0.1 µM), and eFT-508 (1 µM). EGFR-T790M mean ± SEM is shown ( n = 5; representative of three independent experiments). K Osimertinib-resistant PC9 cells (EGFR-C797S) containing shMCL1, shSTAT3, and DN-MKNK1 inducible vectors were mixed with parental PC9 (1:100) and treated for 6 d as indicated with osimertinib (100 nM), sorafenib (5 µM), or doxycycline (2 µg/ml). EGFR-C797S mean ± SEM is shown ( n = 5, representative of three independent experiments). J , K p values were calculated by Mann–Whitney two-tailed test and “n” refers to biological replicates. Source data are provided as a file.
Article Snippet: Flag-tagged wt and Ex19Del human EGFR constructs in the lentiviral VIRSP vector were generated by PCR with Herculase II Fusion DNA Polymerase (Agilent Technologies) from EGFR WT (a gift from Matthew Meyerson, Addgene plasmid # 11011) and pBabe EGFR Del1 (a gift from Matthew Meyerson, Addgene plasmid # 32062) plasmids, respectively.
Techniques: Western Blot, Incubation, Recombinant, CRISPR, MANN-WHITNEY, Two Tailed Test