Journal: EBioMedicine
Article Title: PP2AC Level Determines Differential Programming of p38-TSC-mTOR Signaling and Therapeutic Response to p38-Targeted Therapy in Colorectal Cancer
doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.11.031
Figure Lengend Snippet: PP2AC determines differential programming of p38-to-mTORC1 signaling. A. The protein level of PP2A-A, PP2A-B and PP2A-C in different CRC cells as analyzed by immunoblot. B. HCT116 cells were transfected with four different PP2AC siRNAs (1, 2, 3 and 4), and then treated with 10 μM SB202190 for 2 h. Phosphorylation of TSC2, S6K1, MK2, ERK and RSK was analyzed by immunoblot. C. SW620 cells were transfected with four different PP2AC siRNAs (1, 2, 3 and 4), and then treated with 10 μM SB202190 for 2 h. Phosphorylation of TSC2, S6K1, S6, MK2, ERK and RSK was analyzed by immunoblot. D. RKO and SW480 cells were transfected with PP2AC plasmid and then treated with 10 μM SB202190 for 2 h. Phosphorylation of TSC2, S6K1, S6, MK2, ERK and RSK was analyzed by immunoblot. E. Effect of p38i on ERK-PP2AC interaction in sensitive and resistant CRC cells. HCT116, SW620, SW480 and RKO cells were treated without or with 10 μM SB202190 for 2 h. Endogenous PP2AC was immunoprecipitated with a PP2AC-specific antibody and analyzed for binding to ERK by Western blot. F. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining of primary human CRC tissue microarray. Shown are staining of tumor tissue sections (400 ×) representative of high PP2AC, medium PP2AC and low PP2AC staining. G. PP2AC is differentially expressed in CRC. Scatter plot shows PP2AC staining level in individual tumor as H-score.
Article Snippet: siRNA for human PP2AC, TSC1 and TSC2 were designed and synthesized by OriGene Technologies (MD, USA).
Techniques: Western Blot, Transfection, Phospho-proteomics, Plasmid Preparation, Immunoprecipitation, Binding Assay, Immunohistochemistry, Microarray, Staining