Journal: Cell Death & Disease
Article Title: Declined RTN3 stabilizes DHCR7 to induce cholesterol-dependent tumor progression and MEK inhibitors insensitivity in thyroid cancer
doi: 10.1038/s41419-026-08538-y
Figure Lengend Snippet: A Cholesterol concentrations in KTC-1 (left) and K1 (right) cells with RTN3 knockout, knockdown and overexpression, n = 3. B The effects of cholesterol and its inhibitor Simvastatin on the activation of EGFR/ERK pathway indicated by p-EGFR and p-ERK levels detected by WB assay in KTC-1 (left) and K1 (right) cells. C WB analysis of p-EGFR and p-ERK levels after RTN3 knockout, knockdown and overexpression in KTC-1 (left) and K1 (right) cells. D WB analysis of the effects of Simvastatin treatment on p-EGFR and p-ERK levels in RTN3 knockout cells. E –G Cell proliferation ability determined by CCK-8 assays ( E ) and EdU assays ( F ) with representative images in the left (scale bar, 40 μm) and the quantification of EdU positive cell ratios in the right, and colony-formation assays ( G ), n = 3. H , I Cell migration ability determined by transwell assays ( H ) (scale bar, 40 μm) and wound healing assays ( I ) (scale bar, 100 μm), with representative images in the left and the quantification graphs in the right, n = 3. *: P < 0.05, ***: P < 0.001, ****: P < 0.0001, ns: P ≥ 0.05.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used: GAPDH (10494-1-AP, Proteintech), RTN3 (68215-1-Ig, Proteintech), DHCR7 (PA5-48204, Invitrogen), ERK (4695, CST), p-ERK (4376, CST), EGFR (2232, CST), p-EGFR (2234, CST).
Techniques: Knock-Out, Knockdown, Over Expression, Activation Assay, CCK-8 Assay, Migration