Journal: Molecular Oncology
Article Title: GALNT2 promotes invasiveness of colorectal cancer cells partly through AXL
doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.13347
Figure Lengend Snippet: GALNT2 adds O‐glycans to AXL and regulates AXL protein levels. (A) Western blots showing the expression of AXL in colon cancer cell lines. GAPDH was a loading control. n = 3. (B) Western blots showing the effect of O‐glycan biosynthesis inhibitor on the molecular weight of AXL. Cells were treated with 2 m m benzyl‐α‐GalNAc (B‐α‐GalNAc) for 24 h. n = 2. (C) VVA pull‐down assay. AXL was pulled down with VVA‐agarose beads and then immunoblotted for AXL. GAPDH was a loading control. Western blotting signals were quantified using imagej software. Statistical data showing relative AXL pulled down by VVA‐agarose beads after normalization to input AXL. n = 3. (D) Confocal microscopy of AXL. Colon cancer cells as indicated were stained with an anti‐AXL antibody followed by FITC‐conjugated secondary antibody. Nuclei were stained with DAPI. Scale bar, 20 μm. The relative intensity of AXL signals was quantified using five cells from each image. (E) Western blot analysis of AXL in cells treated with lysosome inhibitor chloroquine (CQ) or proteasome inhibitor MG132. Parental and GALNT2 knockout (KO) HCT116 cells as well as mock and stable GALNT2 knockdown (sh‐GALNT2) SW620 cells were used. Relative AXL levels normalized to GAPDH were quantified using ImageJ software (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.) and are shown. Data are presented as mean ± SD. n = 3 for each group. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, by Student's t ‐test.
Article Snippet: In addition, the positivity rate of the stable clones with GALNT2 overexpression was analyzed by immunofluorescence microscopy using an anti‐GALNT2 primary antibody (Sigma) and a goat anti‐rabbit IgG secondary antibody conjugated with Alexa Fluor 594 (Thermo Fisher Scientific).
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Control, Molecular Weight, Pull Down Assay, Software, Confocal Microscopy, Staining, Knock-Out, Knockdown