Journal: Cell Communication and Signaling : CCS
Article Title: Transcriptional deregulation by FOXM1–JUP signaling confers dual oncogenic drivers for pancreatic tumorigenesis and therapeutic resistance
doi: 10.1186/s12964-025-02512-5
Figure Lengend Snippet: FOXM1-mediated therapeutic resistance requires JUP expression. AsPC-1, PL45 and Panc02 cells were either transfection with siRNA (NC or siJUP) or expression vectors (p3.1 or pJUP) to alter the expression levels of JUP. A , The cells were then treated in vitro with different concentrations of GEM and OXA for 48 h and cell viability was determined by CCK8 assay. Note that increased expression of JUP significantly enhanced PDAC cells resistance to both GEM and OXA, whereas reduced expression of JUP did the opposite. B , GEM/OXA in vivo treatment model scheme. C , D , The cells with altered expression of JUP were subcutaneously injected into groups of mice, which then received treatment of drugs ( C , GEM; D , OXA) for indicated times. The tumor growth curves ( C1 , D1 ), subcutaneous tumors from mice ( C2 , D2 ) and tumor weights ( C3 , D3 ) were shown. Note that increased JUP expression significantly reduced the therapeutic efficacy of both GEM and OXA. All data were expressed as mean ± SD, n = 5. Statistical analysis: student t-test or ANOVA, * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01 and *** P < 0.001 vs. control group
Article Snippet: HPNE and HPDE human normal ductal epithelial cell lines, AsPC-1, BxPC-3, CaPan-2, CFPAC-1, HPAC, HPAF-II, MIA PaCa-2, PANC-1 and PL45 human PDAC cell lines, and Panc02 murine PDAC cell line were originally purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Virgin Islands, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Transfection, In Vitro, CCK-8 Assay, In Vivo, Injection, Drug discovery, Control