Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Knockout or inhibition of DHPS suppresses ovarian tumor growth and metastasis by attenuating the TGFβ pathway
doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85466-5
Figure Lengend Snippet: KO or inhibition of DHPS using lentiviral CRISPR/Cas9 nickase vector suppressed primary ovarian tumor growth and metastasis in orthotopic OC mouse model. ( a ) Primary ovarian tumors dissected one month after intrabursal injection of DHPS KO and control OVCAR8 cells. Tumor weight in DHPS KO is significantly lower than in the control group ( n = 5, ** P < 0.01). ( b ) Bioluminescence imaging of metastatic tumors in the liver of mice xenografted with DHPS KO and control cells ( n = 3, ** P < 0.01). ( c ) Histopathological characterization of metastatic tumors from the liver of mice xenografted with DHPS KO and control cells using H&E staining. ( d ) Western blot analysis of DHPS, Hypusine, EIF5A2, p-SMAD2, and EMT markers in primary tumors of mice xenografted with DHPS KO and control cells. ( e ) Significant reduction in primary ovarian tumor weight in mice treated with GC7 compared to control (*** P < 0.001). ( f ) Bioluminescence imaging of metastatic tumors in the liver of mice xenografted with GC7 treatment and the control group (*** P < 0.001). ( g ) Histopathological characterization of metastatic tumors from the liver of mice xenografted with GC7 treatment and the control group using H&E staining. ( h ) Western blot analysis of DHPS, EIF5A2, p-SMAD2, and EMT markers in primary tumors of mice treated with GC7 and the control group (** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001).
Article Snippet: The membranes were then blocked with 5% nonfat milk for 1 h and incubated with primary antibodies against the following proteins: DHPS (Novus), Hypusine (Millipore Sigma), EIF5A2, Cytokeratin-7 (Abcam), GAPDH (Santa Cruz; St. Louis, MO), Vimentin, E-cadherin, β-catenin, total-Smad2, or p-Smad2 (Cell Signaling).
Techniques: Inhibition, CRISPR, Plasmid Preparation, Injection, Control, Imaging, Staining, Western Blot