Journal: Cancers
Article Title: Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide Receptor (GIPR) Overexpression Reduces the Tumorigenic Potential of Retinoblastoma Cells
doi: 10.3390/cancers16091656
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of administration of a GIPR inhibitor and recombinant TFF1 on GIPR-overexpressing RB cells. ( a , d ) Cell viability was significantly decreased following GIPR overexpression (GIPR OE; blue bars) in the retinoblastoma (RB) cell lines Weri ( a ) and Y79 ( d ), as revealed by WST-1 assays after 24 h. After the administration of the GIPR inhibitor MK0893, the effect was reversed. The addition (+) of recombinant TFF1 (rTFF1) or a combination of MK0893 and rTFF1 did not lead to changes in cell viability compared to untreated GIPR-overexpressing cells (−). ( b , e ) Cell proliferation in Weri ( b ) as well as in Y79 ( c ) cells was decreased after GIPR overexpression, as revealed by the quantification of BrdU stains. Following the administration of MK0893, the effect was reversed, and the proliferation levels exceeded those of the control cells, transduced with a control vector (CTRL). The addition of rTFF1 did not lead to changes in proliferation compared to the untreated GIPR-overexpressing cells. ( c , f ) Changes in the cell death levels after GIPR overexpression were revealed by the counting of trypan blue-positive cells. GIPR overexpression resulted in an increased apoptosis level of Weri ( c ) and Y79 ( f ) cells. Following the administration of MK0893, the cell death levels dropped significantly in Y79 ( f ) but not in the Weri cell line. The addition of rTFF1 did not lead to significant changes compared to the cell death levels of the untreated controls. The legends in a and d also apply to all the other graphs. Values represent the means ± SEM; significances are calculated by an unpaired Student’s t -test. ns = p > 0.05; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; and *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The RB cell lines WERI-Rb1 (Weri [ ] and Y79 [ ], initially acquired from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ (German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures), were generously supplied by Dr. H. Stephan.
Techniques: Recombinant, Over Expression, Control, Transduction, Plasmid Preparation