Journal: Materials Today Bio
Article Title: 3D printing-biomimetic local stiff niche enhances glycolysis to boost PDAC cell stem-like phenotype via N6-methyladenosine-suppressed YAP1 mRNA decay
doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102176
Figure Lengend Snippet: METTL14/IGF2BP3 respond to the high local stiffness suppressed the decay of YAP1 mRNA. (A – B) Predicted m6A motifs on YAP1 mRNA (SRAMP database, red: very high confidence, purple: high confidence). (C) Global m6A elevation in low, medium, and high local stiffness niches (Dot blot). (D) Overlap analysis of stiffness-responsive m6A WERs (writers, erasers, readers) targeting YAP1 by intersecting LOX and YAP1-correlated genes (R > 0.145, p < 0.05, TCGA-PAAD) and YAP1-predicted WERs (RM2Target). (E – I) The expression of METTL14, ZCCHC4, NOP58, IGF2BP2, and IGF2BP23 in PDAC tissues vs the normal (GEPIA2). (J) qRT-PCR analysis of METTL14, IGF2BP2, and IGF2BP3 in PDAC cells under different local stiffness niches (n = 3, p < 0.05). (K – N) Representative immunofluorescence staining (scale bar: 10 μm) and quantification showing increased METTL14 (red) and IGF2BP3 (violet) intensity of MIA-PACA2 cells in high local stiffness groups (n = 3, p < 0.05, vs low local stiffness group). (O – P) YAP1 mRNA stability assay of MIA-PACA2 cells in high local stiffness niches treated with Actinomycin D (10 μg/mL) after IGF2BP3 perturbation. (Q – R) Western blot results showing METTL14/IGF2BP3 knockdown or overexpression reciprocally regulate YAP1 protein levels of MIA-PACA2 cells in high local stiffness niches. (S) In MIA-PACA2 cells, the cooperative regulation of YAP1 by METTL14 and IGF2BP3 in high local stiff niches, β-actin served as control. Data: mean ± SD, ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗p < 0.0001, and n.s.: denotes not significant. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
Article Snippet: Briefly, cells were lysed and incubated with magnetic beads conjugated with anti-rabbit METTL14 (5 μg, Proteintech, 26158-1-AP, China), anti-rabbit IGF2BP3 (5 μg, Proteintech, 14642-1-AP, China), or anti-IgG antibodies for more than 8 h at 4 °C.
Techniques: Dot Blot, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Stability Assay, Western Blot, Knockdown, Over Expression, Control