Journal: Communications Medicine
Article Title: S100A8/A9 predicts response to PIM kinase and PD-1/PD-L1 inhibition in triple-negative breast cancer mouse models
doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00444-8
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Representative western blots showing protein expression levels of S100A8 and -A9 in the indicated human TNBC cell lines and non-tumorigenic human mammary epithelial cells (HMEC). b Schematic representation of the ELISA screen performed in this study. MDA-MB-468 cells were treated with 30 targeted anticancer agents at their respective half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) (Supplementary Table ) or 10 μM, whichever was lower. c Results from the ELISA screen described in Fig. 2b ( n = 3). d Representative western blots showing the effects of the indicated pan-PIM kinase inhibitors on S100A8 expression in the indicated TNBC cell lines (72 h). e Representative western blots showing expression of PIM1, -2, -3, S100A8, and -A9 in the cells transiently transfected with Cas9 proteins and the indicated PIM -specific, synthetic multi-guide sgRNA or a nonspecific control sgRNA. The resulting cells represent heterogenous KO pools and not single-cell clones. f Relative S100A8/A9 secretion (72 h) in Cas9/ PIM -specific, sgRNA-transfected MDA-MB-468 cells shown in Fig. 2e ( n = 3). g Relative mRNA expression of S100A8 (left) and - A9 (right), as determined by qPCR, in Cas9/ PIM -specific, sgRNA-transfected MDA-MB-468 cells shown in Fig. 2E ( n = 3). h Representative western blots showing the effects of exogenously introduced PIM1 on S100A8 and -A9 expression in the cells transiently transfected with Cas9/ PIM1,2,3 -specific sgRNAs. i The effects of exogenously introduced PIM1 on relative S100A8/A9 secretion in MDA-MB-468 cells transiently transfected with Cas9/ PIM1,2,3 -specific sgRNAs ( n = 3). j The effects of exogenously introduced PIM1 on relative mRNA expression of S100A8 (left) and - A9 (right), as determined by qPCR, in MDA-MB-468 cells transiently transfected with Cas9/ PIM1,2,3 -specific sgRNAs ( n = 3). Throughout this figure, actin serves as a loading control. Error bars represent means +/- the standard error of the mean. A two-tailed t -test was used to calculate p- values; ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001. NS: not significant. In (c), only the drugs that achieved p < 0.001 are indicated.
Article Snippet: The antibodies used for western blotting in this study and their working concentrations are: βActin (clone C4, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-47778 HRP, 1:10000), human PIM1 (clone ZP003, Abcam, ab54503, 1:500), mouse PIM1 (clone C93F2, Cell Signaling Technology, 3247, 1:750), human PIM2 (clone D1D2, Cell Signaling Technology, 4730, 1:500), mouse PIM2 (clone EPR6987, Abcam, ab129057, 1:10000), PIM3 (clone D17C9, Cell Signaling Technology, 4165, 1:500), human S100A8 (clone C-10, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-48352 HRP, 1:500), mouse S100A8 (R&D Systems, AF3059, 1:500), human S100A9 (clone 6B4, Millipore Sigma, MABF854, 1;500), mouse S100A9 (clone 372510, R&D Systems, MAB2065, 1:500), STAT3 (clone 124H6, Cell Signaling Technology, 9139, 1:1000), STAT3 pS727 (Cell Signaling Technology, 9134, 1;1000), C/EBPβ (clone H-7, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-7962 HRP, 1:200), C/EBPβ pT235 (Cell Signaling Technology, 3084, 1:1000), c-MYC (clone Y69, Abcam, ab32072, 1:2000), PPARG (clone C26H12, Cell Signaling Technology, 2435, 1:1000), Ubiquitin (clone P4D1, Cell Signaling Technology, 14049, 1:1000), CD45 (clone EPR20033, Abcam, ab208022, 1:1000).
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Concentration Assay, Transfection, Control, Clone Assay, Two Tailed Test