Journal: International Journal of Oncology
Article Title: Inhibiting SSBP1 enhances ferroptosis and improves the effectiveness of sorafenib treatment for liver cancer
doi: 10.3892/ijo.2025.5778
Figure Lengend Snippet: Integrated analysis of the expression of SSBP1 in liver cancer. (A) Distribution of differential gene expression levels after mapping mitochondrial-located genes (MitoCarta3.0 list) onto the TCGA-LIHC dataset. (B) Enrichment analysis using the R language. The gene sets ranking at the top were predominantly implicated in mitochondrial organization and biogenesis. (C) mRNA levels of mitochondrial biogenesis genes (including ALAS1, SIRT3, TFAM, TFB2M, SSBP1, CYCS, POLRMT and POLG) in liver cancer and paracancerous tissue (n=5). (D) Expression profiles of POLG and SSBP1 in patients with liver cancer and corresponding controls derived from the GSE14520 (tumor, n=225; non-tumor, n=220) and GSE101685 datasets. (tumor, n=24; non-tumor, n=8). (E) Transcriptional expression levels of SSBP1 in the TCGA-LIHC dataset. (F) Association between SSBP1 expression and the prognosis of liver cancer in the overall population (n=364) using the Kaplan Meier Plotter online survival analysis tool. SSBP1, single-stranded DNA binding protein 1; TCGA-LIHC, The Cancer Genome Atlas liver hepatocellular carcinoma; ALAS1, aminolevulinic acid synthase 1; SIRT3, sirtuin 3; TFAM, transcription factor A, mitochondrial; TFB2M, transcription factor B2, mitochondrial; CYCS, cytochrome c, somatic; POLRMT, RNA polymerase mitochondrial; POLG, DNA polymerase γ; TPM, transcripts per million.
Article Snippet: Following blocking with 10% skimmed milk powder solution for 2 h at room temperature, the PVDF membrane was incubated with primary antibodies against SSBP1 (anti-rabbit; cat. no. 12212-1-AP), voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC; anti-rabbit; cat. no. 10866-1-AP; both 1:1,000; both Proteintech Group, Inc.), Flag (anti-mouse; cat. no. F1804; Merck KGaA; 1:10,000), translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane 20 (TOM20; anti-rabbit; cat. no. A19403; 1:5,000), glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4; anti-rabbit; cat. no. A11243), SLC7A11 (anti-rabbit; cat. no. A13685; both 1:1,000), and β-actin (anti-rabbit; cat. no. AC026; 1:100,000; all from ABclonal Biotech Co., Ltd.) at 4°C overnight.
Techniques: Expressing, Gene Expression, Derivative Assay, Binding Assay