Journal: Journal of Translational Medicine
Article Title: TTI1 contributes to radioresistance by activating ATM pathway in rectal cancer
doi: 10.1186/s12967-025-06648-3
Figure Lengend Snippet: TTI1 reduced DNA damage through HR repair pathway. A Western blot analysis of γH2AX protein level. The proteins were obtained at 0 min, 15 min, 30 min, 60 min, 120 min, 240 min and 480 min after 6 Gy irradiation exposure, respectively. B The comet assay was used to detect the extent of DNA damage in DLD1 cells transfected with shCtrl, shTTI1-1 or shTTI1-2 and HCT116 cells transfected with control vector or TTI1 expression plasmids at 12 h after 6 Gy irradiation exposure. Representative images are shown in lower panel. Quantifcation results are presented in upper panel. C Western blot analysis of HR repair and NHEJ pathway-related key proteins levels in DLD1 cells transfected with shCtrl, shTTI1-1 or shTTI1-2 and HCT116 cells transfected with control vector or TTI1 expression plasmids after 6 Gy irradiation. D Flow cytometry was used to detect the percentage of GFP-positive DLD1-DRGFP cells 48 h after 6 Gy irradiation exposure. The cells were transfected with shCtrl, shTTI1-1 or shTTI1-2 and then transduced with the pCBASceI plasmid 24 h later. E Flow cytometry was used to detect the percentage of GFP-positive HCT116-DRGFP cells 48 h after 6 Gy irradiation exposure. The cells were co-transfected with either control vector or TTI1 expression plasmids and pCBASceI plasmids. F Flow cytometry was used to detect the percentage of GFP-positive DLD1-EJ5GFP cells 48 h after 6 Gy irradiation exposure. The cells were transfected with shCtrl, shTTI1-1 or shTTI1-2 and then transduced with the pCBASceI plasmid 24 h later. G Flow cytometry was used to detect the percentage of GFP-positive HCT116- EJ5GFP cells 48 h after 6 Gy irradiation exposure. The cells were co-transfected with either control vector or TTI1 expression plasmids and pCBASceI plasmids. The error bars represent the mean ± SEM from three independent experiments. Data shown are mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. HR, homologous recombination; NHEJ, nonhomologous end joining; IR, irradiation
Article Snippet: The DLD1 and HCT116 cell lines were transfected with pDRGFP(Addgene, Plasmid #26475) for the HR assay and with EJ5GFP(Addgene, Plasmid 44026) for the NHEJ assay.
Techniques: Western Blot, Irradiation, Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis, Transfection, Control, Plasmid Preparation, Expressing, Flow Cytometry, Transduction, Homologous Recombination