Journal: Cancer letters
Article Title: PI3K inhibitor idelalisib enhances the anti-tumor effects of CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib via PLK1 in B-cell lymphoma.
doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.216996
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 3. Pharmacological targeting of CDK4/6 by palbociclib inhibited B-NHL cell proliferation and upregulated PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway A. Dose-response curves for PAL in 10 B-NHL cell lines. PAL was diluted with threefold gradient dilution from original concentration of 50 μM and treated 3 × 103 cells/ 100 μL/well for 72 h. Control group was treated with the same concentration DMSO. Cell viability was assessed via Cell Titer-Glo luminescent assay. 72 h 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values were calculated with SPSS and listed. All experiments were tested for independent times. Data are shown with mean ± SD. MCL, mantle cell lymphoma. DLBCL, diffuse large B cell lymphoma. GCB-DLBCL, germinal center B cell-like DLBCL. ABC-DLBCL, activated B cell-like DLBCL. BL, burkitt lymphoma. FL, follicular lymphoma. B. Average IC50 values generated from dose-response curves for PAL. C. The relationship between CDK4 relative in- tensity quantified by WB and 72 h IC50 for PAL (Log10, μM), and Pearson correlation coefficients was calculated to describe the correlations (Pearson R = −0.648, p = 0.029). D, E. 2 × 105 cells/2 mL/well cells were cultured in the presence of indicated concentration of PAL (0–0.32 μM for Z-138 and 0–9.6 μM for OCI-Ly8) or DMSO for 48 h. Cell apoptosis (D) and cell cycle (E) were assessed by flow cytometry. Each column represents mean ± SD from three independent experiments. Experiment group were compared to DMSO control using One-Way ANOVA and LSD post hoc multiple comparisons. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. F. Senescence β-Galactosidase staining in cells after the treatment of the indicted agents or DMSO for 96 h. Scale bar = 50 μm. G. GSEA plot of PI3K_AKT pathway gene set of comparison between PAL and DMSO group in OCI-Ly8 (PAL 2.4 μM, 24 h). H. Western blotting images showing increased protein level of PI3K p110δ, phosphorylated AKT (p-AKT) at Ser473 and phosphorylated mTOR (p-mTOR) at Ser2448 after PAL treatment (OCI-Ly8, 2.4 μM and Z-138, 0.05 μM, 2 × 105 cells/2 mL/well) with indicated time compared with DMSO. β-Actin was used as a loading control. I. Schematic diagram for CDK4/6 inhibitor PAL triggers the pro-survival compensatory activation of the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway. See also Fig. S3.
Article Snippet: In western blotting (WB) detection, antibodies against PI3K p110δ (Abcam, MA, USA, #ab302958), Phospho-Ser473AKT (CST, #9271), AKT (CST, #4691), Phospho-Ser2448-mTOR (CST, #2971), mTOR (CST, #2972), Active forms of poly-ADP ribose polymerase (Cleaved PARP, CST, #9532), Cleaved-caspase3 (CST, #9664), Caspase8 (CST, #9746), BCL2 antagonist/killer (BAK, CST, #12105), BCL-2 (CST, #2870), BCL-xL (CST, #2764), X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP, CST, #2045), MCL-1 (CST, #5453), Rb (CST, #9309), Phospho-Ser807/811-Rb (CST, #8516), CDK4 (CST, #12790), CDK6 (CST, #13331), Cyclin D1 (CST, #2978), cell division cyclerelated protein 2 (CDC2, CST, #9116), Phospho-Try15-CDC2 (CST, #4539), CDK2 (CST, #2546), Cyclin B1 (CST, #12231), Cyclin A (CST, #4656), PLK1 (CST, #4513), CDC25A (Affinity Biosciences, OH, USA, #AF6252), β-Actin (CST, #3700) were used.
Techniques: Concentration Assay, Control, Luminescence Assay, Generated, Cell Culture, Flow Cytometry, Staining, Comparison, Western Blot, Activation Assay