Journal: Cancer Communications
Article Title: Galectin 3‐binding protein (LGALS3BP) depletion attenuates hepatic fibrosis by reducing transforming growth factor‐β1 (TGF‐β1) availability and inhibits hepatocarcinogenesis
doi: 10.1002/cac2.12600
Figure Lengend Snippet: Reduction of the steatohepatitis‐induced hepatocarcinogenesis by LGALS3BP depletion. (A) Experimental outline of the HCC mouse model. LGALS3BP +/+ and LGALS3BP −/− mice were injected intraperitoneally with 25 mg/kg DEN at 2 weeks after birth and fed an HFD for 26 weeks beginning at 6 weeks of age. All the mice were euthanized at 32 weeks of age. (B) Body weights of control and LGALS3BP ‐KO mice on the day of euthanasia ( n = 12‐13). (C) Tumor scores of the control and KO mouse livers. Tumors ≤ 5 mm were assigned a value of 1 and tumors > 5 mm were multiplied by 2. Tumor scores were determined as the sum of the values. Data represented as mean ± SD, n = 12‐13. *** P < 0.001 (Student's t ‐test). (D) ELISA assays for the measurement of active or total TGF‐β1 levels in the serum at the time of the sacrifice. Data represented as mean ± SD, n = 12‐13. ** P < 0.01 (Student's t ‐test) (E) The correlation between the tumor score and serum LGALS3BP levels in the control mice ( n = 12). (F) The correlation between the TGFB1 and LGALS3BP in the tumor tissues of control mice. (G) Upper panels: whole tumor‐bearing mouse livers and its H&E‐stained sections; lower panels: liver sections stained with H&E, Sirius Red, MT, and α‐SMA IHC. Quantification of the positive stained areas were shown on the left. The stained areas were shown as percentages of the total area of each liver sections. Data represented as mean ± SD, n = 10‐12. ** P < 0.01 and *** P < 0.001 (Student's t ‐test). (H) qRT‐PCR analysis of the indicated genes in hepatic tumors isolated from control and LGALS3BP ‐KO mice. Data represented as mean ± SD, n = 10‐12. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01 and *** P < 0.001 (Student's t ‐test). (I) Representative western blottings to detect the expressions of indicated proteins in the cont. and KO mice liver tissues. (J) Representative immunohistochemical staining of TGF‐β1, JunB, and Ki‐67 in the indicated mouse liver tissues. Quantification of the positively stained area were shown below. The stained areas were shown as percentages of the total area of each liver sections. Data represented as mean ± SD, n = 16‐17 for TGF‐β1, n = 10‐11 for JunB and Ki‐67. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, and *** P < 0.001 (Student's t ‐test). Abbreviations: COL1A1 , collagen type I alpha 1; Cont., control; DEN, diethylnitrosamine; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde 3‐phosphate dehydrogenase; H&E, hematoxylin and eosin stain; H&E, hematoxylin and eosin stain; HFD, high fat diet; ITGaV, integrin subunit alpha V; KO, knockout; LGALS3BP , lectin galactoside‐binding soluble 3 binding protein; MT, Masson's trichrome stain; MT, Masson's trichrome stain; PDGFB , platelet derived growth factor subunit B; p‐FAK, phosphorylated focal adhesion kinase; SMA, alpha‐smooth muscle actin; TGFB1 , transforming growth factor beta 1; VCAM1 , vascular cell adhesion protein 1; α‐SMA, alpha‐smooth muscle actin.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies against phosphorylated Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2 (SMAD) family member 2 (p‐Smad2, #3108, 1:3,000, Cell signaling technology [CST], Danvers, MA, USA), Smad2 (#5339, 1:3,000, CST), JunB (#3753, 1:3,000, CST), β‐actin (#8457, 1:3,000, CST), Myc tag (M192‐3, 1:3,000, Medical & Biological Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan), Cyclophilin C‐associated protein (CyCAP)/mouse LGALS3BP (#28128, 1:1,000, Immuno‐Biological Lab, Japan, Fujioka, Japan), TGF‐β1 (ab215715, 1:3,000, Abcam), Integrin subunit alpha V (ITGaV, #60896, 1:3,000, CST), Phosphorylated focal adhesion kinase (FAK) (#3283, 1:3,000, CST), FAK (#3285, 1:3,000, CST) and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM1, ab134047, 1:3,000, Abcam).
Techniques: Injection, Control, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Staining, Quantitative RT-PCR, Isolation, Western Blot, Immunohistochemical staining, H&E Stain, Knock-Out, Binding Assay, Derivative Assay