Journal: Oncotarget
Article Title: Elevation of β-galactoside α2,6-sialyltransferase 1 in a fructose-responsive manner promotes pancreatic cancer metastasis
doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.13845
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A – D ) ST6Gal1 was transiently overexpressed in low invasive pancreatic cancer cells, Pa8 (A–B) and HPAC (C–D). The expression level of st6gal1 was confirmed by real-time quantitative RT-PCR (A and C) and compared with that of cells expressing the control construct (CMV-GFP). The invasive ability conferred by both constructs was verified by matrigel-coated transwell invasion assay (B and D). ( E ) Real-time quantitative RT-PCR was performed to determine the relative mRNA expression of st6gal1 in each clone stably overexpressing ST6Gal1 (clone 23 and 13) as compared with that in clones expressing the control construct (CMV-GFP CTL). ( F ) Protein levels of ABCG2, GLUT5, and ST6Gal1 (right panel) in each clone stably overexpressing ST6Gal1 (clone 23 and 13). ( G ) The invasive abilities of the control and stable clones overexpressing ST6Gal1 are shown as a bar graph. ( H – J ) H&E stain of orthotopic tumor (H), lung (I), and liver (J) sections from mice injected with the ABCG2-positive subpopulation of PANC-1 cells transformed with control vector (CMV-GFP ABCG2+) or ST6Gal1 construct (CMV-ST6Gal1 ABCG2+). Table summarizing the tumorigenicity in the two groups (H). White arrows indicate nodules in the lung (I) or liver (J). Lung lesions are shown as the number of lesions per lobe (I). Liver metastatic incidence is shown (J). Values are shown as the mean ± SEM, ns indicate non-significant, * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The pCMV6-AC-GFP-ST6Gal1 vector (Origene) was transfected into the indicated cancer cells using polyJet transfection reagents (SignaGen) and incubated in G418 (MDBio)-containing medium.
Techniques: Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Construct, Transwell Invasion Assay, Stable Transfection, Clone Assay, Staining, Injection, Transformation Assay, Plasmid Preparation