Journal: Cancer Research
Article Title: PRMT3 Drives IDO1-Dependent Radioresistance and Immunosuppression by Promoting Kynurenine Metabolism in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-4162
Figure Lengend Snippet: PRMT3 regulates IDO1 transcription through TFAP2A. A, Co-IP experiments showed that PRMT3 does not directly interact with IDO1. B, Predicted transcription factors of IDO1 intersected with PRMT3-interacting proteins. C and D, PRMT3 interacts with TFAP2A ( C ), and they colocalize ( D ). Scale bar, 20 μm. E, ChIP assays validated the binding of TFAP2A to the IDO1 promoter ( n = 3). F, Luciferase assays indicated that TFAP2A is a transcription factor for IDO1 ( n = 3). G, PRMT3 overexpression promoted the binding of TFAP2A to the IDO1 promoter ( n = 3). H and I, PRMT3 knockdown inhibited TFAP2A binding to the IDO1 promoter, whereas TFAP2A knockdown rescued the PRMT3-mediated upregulation of IDO1 ( n = 3). J, Overexpression of PRMT3 did not increase IDO1 expression in the absence of TFAP2A. K, PRMT3 did not affect TFAP2A mRNA levels ( n = 3). L and M, Overexpression of PRMT3 promoted ADMA generation in TFAP2A ( L ), whereas PRMT3 influenced TFAP2A protein levels ( M ). N, Construction of PRMT3 enzyme inactivation mutant. O, Overexpression of PRMT3 with enzyme inactivation did not increase ADMA production in TFAP2A. P, Observation of the effect of treating cells with PRMT3 inhibitor on ADMA production in TFAP2A. Q, Western blot is used to detect the regulatory effect of enzyme inactivation mutants on TFAP2A protein levels. R, PRMT3 inhibitors can rescue the upregulation of TFAP2A protein levels caused by overexpression of PRMT3. S, There was a positive correlation between PRMT3 and TFAP2A expression in the NSCLC cohort. Data represent the mean ± SD. Differences were tested using unpaired two-sided Student t test ( E and K ) and one-way ANOVA test ( F – I ). S, The correlation was determined using Pearson correlation test. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001; ****, P < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: Additionally, GeneChem was responsible for the construction of plasmids aimed at targeting IDO1 (shIDO1 and oeIDO1), TFAP2A (shTFAP2A and oeTFAP2A), and mutants, along with a negative control for comparison.
Techniques: Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Binding Assay, Luciferase, Over Expression, Knockdown, Expressing, Mutagenesis, Western Blot