Journal: Oncogene
Article Title: Loss of Keratin 17 induces tissue-specific cytokine polarization and cellular differentiation in HPV16-driven cervical tumorigenesis in vivo
doi: 10.1038/onc.2016.102
Figure Lengend Snippet: Differentiation of cervical epithelia is induced in the absence of K17. (a) Normalized expression for S100a8 and S100a9 gene transcripts in cervical (left) and ear (right) tissue of HPV16tg/+ and HPV16tg/+;Krt17−/− mice at 3 months post implantation. (b) Immunoblots for S100a8 in cervical (top) and ear (bottom) tissues of WT, HPV16tg/+ and HPV16tg/+;Krt17−/− mice at 3 months post implantation. Each lane represents a distinct biological replicate. Actin serves as loading control. Densitometric quantification below. (c) Normalized expression for differentiation markers in cervical tissue of HPV16tg/+ and HPV16tg/+;Krt17−/− mice at 1 month (left) and 3 months (right) post implantation. (d) Immunoblots for K1 and filaggrin in cervical tissue of HPV16tg/+ and HPV16tg/+;Krt17−/− mice at 1 month post implantation. Each lane represents a distinct biological replicate. Actin serves as loading control. Densitometric quantification below. (e, f) Immunostaining for K1 in (e) transformation zone epithelium and (f) ear skin epidermis of HPV16tg/+ and HPV16tg/+;Krt17−/− mice at 1 month post implantation. Nuclei are stained with DAPI (blue). Dotted line separates epithelium (above line) from underlying stroma (below line). Bar = 100 μm. All error bars are s.e.m. *P<0.05. NS; no significance.
Article Snippet: Antibodies Primary antibodies used included rabbit polyclonal antisera directed against K17, 41 K14 (Covance #AF64, Princeton, NJ, USA), K1 (Biolegend #AF109, San Diego, CA, USA), phospho-histone H3 (Cell Signaling #9701, Danvers, MA, USA), CDKN2A (Thermo Scientific #MA1-16664, Waltham, MA, USA) and filaggrin (Biolegend #PRB-417P); goat polyclonal antisera against S100A8 (Santa Cruz #SC-8113, Dallas, TX, USA); rat monoclonal antibodies against CD11b (eBiosciences #11-0112-81, San Diego, CA, USA), F4/80 (AbD Serotec #MCA497, Raleigh, NC, USA) and CD4 (BD Biosciences #550280, San Jose, CA, USA); and mouse monoclonal antisera against HPV E7 (Invitrogen #28-0006), PECAM-1 (Chemicon #CBL1337, Billerica, MA, USA), p63α (Genetex #GTX23239, Irvine, CA, USA) and β-actin (Sigma #A5441, St Louis, MO, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Control, Immunostaining, Transformation Assay, Staining