Journal: Oncogene
Article Title: Cathepsin H regulated by the thyroid hormone receptors associate with tumor invasion in human hepatoma cells.
doi: 10.1038/onc.2010.585
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6 Mediated overexpression of CTSH by thyroid hormone promotes hepatocyte migration. (a) J7-control or J7-CSTH SCID mice (n ¼ 4 per group) were established. All analyses were carried out 7 weeks after inoculation of tumor cells. Immunohistochemical staining of metastasized J7-control or J7-CSTH cells in lung sections are displayed. The metastasis index (fold, density of tumor numbers in J7-CSTH or J7-control per cm2 area) in lung is shown in the lower panel. (b) Effect of T3-mediated migration activity in HepG2-TRa#1 and Huh7 cells, which knocked down CTSH expression. HepG2-TRa or Huh7 cells were transient transfected with either control (luc short hairpin RNA (shRNA)) or CTSH shRNA by electroporation. After puromycin selection, stable clones were pooled for migration assay. The cell lines were added to the upper chamber of Transwell units and incubated in the absence or presence of T3 (10 nM) for 24 h. The number of cells that transversed the filter to the lower chamber was then determined and expressed as the relative migration activity. (c) Effect of anti-green fluorescent protein (GFP) or anti-CTSH antibody treatment on migration activity in HepG2-TRa#1 and Huh7 cells. The cell lines were added to the upper chamber of Transwell units and incubated in the absence or presence of T3 (10 nM) and anti-GFP or anti-CTSH antibody (10 mg/ml) for 24 h. (d) Two different control cell clones (J7-control#1 and J7-control#2) that stably express neo proteins and two J7-CTSH stable clones were used for MMP assays. J7-control or J7-CSTH cells (2 106) were plated in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) with 10% fetal bovine serum. After 24-h incubation and subsequent washing, the medium was replaced with serum-free medium. Medium was collected for MMP detection. Gelatin zymography was performed; the position of proenzyme and active form of MMPs is shown to the left. (e) HepG2-TRa#1 and J7- derived cells were treated in serum-free medium and were incubated in T3 (0, 1 and 10 nM) for 24 or 48 h. Medium was collected for western blot analysis of MMP3. (f) J7-control or J7-CSTH cells were cultured in serum-free medium for 24 h. Cell lysates were western blotted with anti-ERK and anti-phospho-ERK antibodies. Actin was used as an internal control. (g) HepG2-TRa#1 or Huh7 cells were stimulated to migrate T3 by in the presence or absence of indicated MEK inhibitors (U0126). The relative migration means that in response to T3 ( þ or – inhibitor) normalized to dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) treated, T3-deprived controls. Data are means±s.e. of values from three independent experiments.
Article Snippet: Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues from the livers or lungs of SCID mice were examined by immunohistochemistry using a polyclonal antibody to CTSH (Proteintech Group, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) following the avidin–biotin complex method as described previously (Chen et al., 2008a).
Techniques: Over Expression, Migration, Control, Immunohistochemical staining, Staining, Activity Assay, Expressing, Transfection, shRNA, Electroporation, Selection, Clone Assay, Incubation, Stable Transfection, Zymography, Derivative Assay, Western Blot, Cell Culture