Journal: Thoracic cancer
Article Title: NSUN4 Facilitates the Activity of Oncogenic Protein CDC20 to Promote NSCLC Development by Mediating m5C Modification of CDC20 mRNA.
doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.70023
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 2 | NSUN4 inhibition affects cell growth, apoptosis, stemness, invasiveness, and migratory ability in vitro. (A–H) Various experiments were conducted using different treatment methods and cell types (A549 and SK-MES-1 NSCLC cells), with three groups: Sh-ctrl, sh-NSUN4#1, or sh-NSUN4#2. (A) Evaluation of NSUN4 protein expression by immunoblotting in cells transfected as indicated. (B) Assessment of the number of formed colonies with cells transfected as indicated. (C) Determination of cell apoptotic ratio with cells transfected as indicated by flow cytometry. (D and E) Examination of cell migratory rate and invasiveness with transfected cells. Scale bars: 100 μm. (F) Measurement of sphere formation with transfected NSCLC cells. Scale bars: 100 μm. (G and H) Expression of SOX2, CD133, and KLF4 proteins using immunoblot analysis in transfected A549 and SK-MES-1 NSCLC cells. n = 3 in (A–G). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: We harvested protein extracts from collected tissue specimens (~50 mg) or cultivated cells (1 × 107) and conducted immunoblot analysis as described previously [18] with rabbit anti- NSUN4 polyclonal (#29786- 1- AP, 1–4000, Proteintech), rabbit antiCDC20 polyclonal (#10252- 1- AP, 1–8000, Proteintech), rabbit anti- SOX2 polyclonal (#11064- 1- AP, 1–600, Proteintech), rabbit anti- CD133 monoclonal (#ab222782, 1–2000, Abcam), rabbit anti- KLF4 polyclonal (#11880- 1- AP, 1–6000, Proteintech), or mouse anti- β- actin monoclonal (#66009- 1- Ig, 1–50 000, Proteintech).
Techniques: Inhibition, In Vitro, Expressing, Western Blot, Transfection, Flow Cytometry