Journal: iScience
Article Title: IMPDH inhibition induces DNA replication stress and ATR sensitivity in Merkel cell carcinoma
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112567
Figure Lengend Snippet: MCC cell lines are highly sensitive to IMPDH inhibition (A) CellTiter-Glo viability assay of established MCCP cell lines treated with increasing dosages of MPA for 3 days. Line color identifies p53-wild type (blue) and p53-mutant (red) cell lines. Statistics represent lowest significance (highest p ) of any p53-wild type versus mutant comparisons at the specified dose. N = 3; mean ± SD; two-way ordinary ANOVA corrected for multiple comparisons via Tukey post hoc test; ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001. The IC 50 was calculated for each cell line. (B) CellTiter-Glo viability assay of WaGa and MKL-1 cell lines treated concurrently with MPA (1 μM) and guanosine (10 μM) for 3 days. N = 3; mean ± SD; two-way ordinary ANOVA corrected for multiple comparisons via Tukey post hoc test; ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001. (C) CellTiter-Glo viability assay of PDCLs treated as in (A), with an additional dose of MPA (50 μM). Line coloring and statistical test are identical to (A); N = 3; mean ± SD. The IC 50 was calculated for each cell line. (D) CellTiter-Glo viability assay of PDCLs treated concurrently with MPA (5 μM) and guanosine (1 μM) for 3 days. N = 3; mean ± SD; statistical tests are identical to (B). (E) Immunoblot of WaGa cells treated with MPA (1 μM) and guanosine (10 μM) for 24 h. Representative of 3 independent experiments. (F) Immunoblot of MKL-1 cells treated with MPA (1 μM) and guanosine (10 μM) for 3 days. Representative of 3 independent experiments. For panels E and F, total p53 is a reblot of the pp53 blot after stripping (see ) and p21 is a reblot of PUMA. (G) RT-qPCR analysis of p53-dependent gene activation in WaGa and MKL-1 cells treated with MPA (1 μM) and guanosine (10 μM) for 1 or 3 days, respectively. Genes were normalized to the geometric mean of β-actin and β-2-microglobulin via the ΔΔCt method. N = 3; mean ± SD; one-way ordinary ANOVA corrected for multiple comparisons via Tukey post hoc test; ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001. (H) AV/PI staining of WaGa cells treated with MPA (1 μM) and guanosine (10 μM) for 2 days. N = 3; mean ± SD; statistical tests are identical to (G). See also G and S1H.
Article Snippet: pp53 (Ser15) , Cell Signaling Technology , CAT# 9284; RRID: AB_331464.
Techniques: Inhibition, Viability Assay, Mutagenesis, Western Blot, Stripping Membranes, Quantitative RT-PCR, Activation Assay, Staining