Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: LncRNA YIYA enhances pancreatic cancer proliferation under high-glucose conditions through RAS–PKM2–mediated metabolic reprogramming that reinforces the Warburg phenotype
doi: 10.1101/2025.10.30.685546
Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Kaplan–Meier survival plots showing the association of KRAS expression with overall survival in pancreatic cancer generated using the GEPIA2 database ( http://gepia2.cancer-pku.cn ). (b) Relative mRNA and (c) protein expression of KRAS in the MIA PaCa-2 cells cultured under NG or HG conditions. (d) Relative mRNA and (e) protein expression of KRAS in the spheroids of MIA PaCa-2 cells cultured under NG or HG conditions. (f) Immunofluorescence images representing KRAS expression and localization in MIA PaCa-2 cells grown under NG or HG conditions (Scale Bar: 20 µm). (g) Immunoblot images representing phospho AKT (pAKT) and total AKT (tAKT) expression in MIA PaCa-2 cells grown under NG or HG. (h) Relative lncRNA YIYA expression upon KRAS inhibition (KRASi; Adagrasib dose∼100 nM) in MIA PaCa-2 cells grown under HG conditions. (i) Relative lncRNA YIYA expression in HG cultured spheroids of MIA PaCa-2 cells upon KRAS inhibition (KRASi; Adagrasib dose∼100 nM) (The inhibitor was added to the medium mixture containing methylcellulose and HG media, and spheroids were subsequently allowed to form). (j) Relative lncRNA YIYA expression upon AKT inhibition (AKTi; PI103, dose∼1 μM) in MIA PaCa-2 cells grown under HG conditions. The glucose concentration used for NG is 5.5 mM, and for HG is 25 mM. Unless otherwise specified, treatments were carried out for 48 h. For quantitative comparisons, bar graphs representing gene expression or protein levels were normalized to the respective housekeeping gene or loading control (either GAPDH or β-actin). Fold change values shown in the graphs are expressed relative to the control, which was set to 1. All results are presented as mean ± SD from at least three independent experiments (n = 3). For comparisons involving multiple groups across varying concentrations and/or time points, two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-test was performed. Statistical significance is indicated as (*) p < 0.05, (**) p<0.01, and (***) p < 0.001 versus the control. For pairwise comparisons between two groups, unpaired t-tests were applied.
Article Snippet: KRAS inhibitor (HY-130149), AKT inhibitor (HY-10115), Protein A/G magnetic beads (HY-K0202), and PKM2 inhibitor (HY-103617) were procured from MedChemExpress.
Techniques: Expressing, Generated, Cell Culture, Immunofluorescence, Western Blot, Inhibition, Concentration Assay, Gene Expression, Control