Journal: Journal of Cancer
Article Title: Upregulation of nucleoprotein AHNAK is associated with poor outcome of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma prognosis via mediating epithelial-mesenchymal transition
doi: 10.7150/jca.31291
Figure Lengend Snippet: AHNAK mediates the EMT via TP53 signaling pathway. A: Western blot analysis showed that after knockdown of AHNAK, only expression of TP53 was altered, while other markers, including AKT and ERK. The phosphorylated level of TP53, AKT and ERK also showed no alterations. B: qRT-PCR showed the alteration of markers in TP53 signaling pathway. C: GSEA suggested an enrichment of TP53 signaling pathway in PDAC by analyzing the GEO database. D: Western blot showed after the recombinant TP53 protein was added into the AHNAK deficiency cell lines, E-cad, the epithelial markers of EMT phenotype was restored. E and F: CCK-8 and Transwell assays showed that recombinant TP53 could restore cellular proliferation and migration.
Article Snippet: Recombinant p53 protein was purchased from Origene (Catalog: TP710022) and Cell culture experiments were used to verify the predictions.
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Recombinant, CCK-8 Assay, Migration