Journal: Cancer Discovery
Article Title: Epigenetic and Oncogenic Inhibitors Cooperatively Drive Differentiation and Kill KRAS - Mutant Colorectal Cancers
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-23-0866
Figure Lengend Snippet: EZH2 and MEK inhibitors cooperatively suppress WNT signaling and drive differentiation. A, Representative images of vehicle-, MEKi-, EZH2i-, and combo-treated AKP tumor organoids 24 hours after combination treatment (6 days after EZH2i pretreatment). Magnification shown for EZH2i-treated organoids. Scale bars, 150 μm. B, Proliferation assay for AKP and AKPT tumor organoids after treatment with the indicated compounds for 3 days. C, ssGSEA of signatures associated with differentiated cell types using RNA-seq from LOVO and SK-CO1 cell lines treated with EZH2i and/or MEKi. Signatures composed of combined gene lists as described in refs. , . D, Immunoblot of LOVO protein lysates from cells treated with EZH2i and/or MEKi depicting expression of several proteins associated with differentiated intestinal cells (ATOH1, KRT20, KLF4, and CDX2) and stem cells (LGR5, SOX9, PROM1, and CDCA7). pERK and H3K27me3 indicate MEKi and EZH2i target inhibition, and ERK, Histone H3, and GAPDH are loading controls. Quantification indicates fold change (FC) compared with DMSO. E and F, Plots depicting ssGSEA z -scores of signatures associated with oncogenic intestinal Wnt signaling from RNA-seq data in ( E ) SW620 and SK-CO1 cells or ( F ) LOVO cells transduced with an empty vector or a construct to express a constitutively active form of β-catenin after treatment with the indicated agents (C, combination; D, DMSO; E, tazemetostat; M, trametinib). G, Caspase 3/7+ cells (apoptotic) after treatment with EZH2i and/or MEKi in LOVO cells expressing empty vector or β-catenin △90 as measured by Incucyte live-cell imaging. P value determined with two-way ANOVA between empty vector and β-catenin △90 transduced combo-treated cells. H, Proliferation of LOVO pLV β-catenin △90 cells treated with MEKi and/or EZH2i for 5 days. I, Proliferation of LOVO cells transfected with siRNAs against a control sequence or CDX2 and then treated with MEKi and/or EZH2i for 5 days. J, Proliferation of SK-CO1 cells transduced with lentivirus to express LacZ or SOX9 and then treated with MEKi and/or EZH2i for 5 days. Unless otherwise indicated, for all subfigures bars represent mean ± SD of technical replicates. P value measured by unpaired t test. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001; ****, P < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used at 1:500 to 1:1,000 dilution unless otherwise stated: pERK (CST, #4370, RRID: AB_2315112), ERK (CST, #9102, RRID:AB_330744), H3K27me3 (CST, #9733, RRID:AB_2616029), Histone H3 (CST, #4499, RRID:AB_10544537), TLE4 (Abcam, #ab64833, RRID:AB_2203850), HA-tag (CST, #3724, RRID:AB_1549585), ATOH1 (Proteintech, #21215-1-AP, RRID:AB_10733126), LGR5 (Abcam, #75850, RRID:AB_1523716), SOX9 (EMD Millipore, #AB5535 1:5,000, RRID:AB_2239761), PROM1 (CST, #64326, RRID:AB_2721172), CDX2 (CST, #12306, RRID:AB_2797879), KRT20 (CST, #13063, RRID:AB_2798106), KLF4 (CST, #4038, RRID:AB_2265207), CDCA7 (Proteintech, #15249-1-AP, RRID:AB_2878119), GAPDH (CST, #2118, RRID:AB_561053), vinculin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, #sc-25336, RRID:AB_628438), β-catenin (CST, #8814, RRID:AB_11127203), p-RB (CST, #9308, RRID:AB_331472), RB (CST, #9313S, RRID:AB_1904119), p21 (CST, #2947, RRID:AB_823586), and p27 (SantaCruz, #sc-528, RRID:AB_632129).
Techniques: Proliferation Assay, RNA Sequencing, Western Blot, Expressing, Inhibition, Transduction, Plasmid Preparation, Construct, Live Cell Imaging, Transfection, Control, Sequencing