Journal: The Febs Journal
Article Title: The AXL inhibitor bemcentinib overcomes microenvironment‐mediated resistance to pioglitazone in acute myeloid leukemia
doi: 10.1111/febs.17263
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pioglitazone incubation and co‐culture with MS‐5 stromal cells enhances AXL activation in OCI‐AML3 cell line and is PPAR‐γ dependent. OCI‐AML3 cell line was co‐cultured with MS‐5 stromal cells and treated with pioglitazone (10 μ m ) alone, bemcentinib (50 n m ) alone or a combination of both. (A) Levels of phosphorylated AXL Y779 in OCI‐AML3 at day 7 determined by flow cytometry with (B) results expressed by stain index ratio compared with vehicle (DMSO). (C) OCI‐AML3 cell line was co‐cultured with PPAR‐γ KO or Cas9 control MS‐5 stromal cells using Transwell ® inserts with 0.4 μm pore and then treated with pioglitazone (10 μ m ). Cell counts were performed by flow cytometry and compared with vehicle (DMSO). (D) Levels of phosphorylated AXL Y779 in OCI‐AML3 at day 7 determined by flow cytometry. (E) Mouse Gas6 protein levels secreted by wild‐type or PPAR‐γ KO MS‐5 stromal cells were examined when cultured alone or co‐cultured with OCI‐AML3 cell line. (F) Mouse Gas6 protein levels secreted by wild‐type stromal cells, co‐cultured with OCI‐AML3 cell line and treated with pioglitazone (10 μ m ) compared with vehicle (DMSO). Results expression: mean ± SEM of at least three independent experiments with *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ns, non‐significant.
Article Snippet: AXL phosphorylation was analyzed using pAxl Y779 antibody (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA) on fixed and permeabilized cells (BD Cytofix/CytopermTM, BD Biosciences, Le Pont de Claix, France).
Techniques: Incubation, Co-Culture Assay, Activation Assay, Cell Culture, Flow Cytometry, Staining, Control, Expressing