Journal: Cancer Science
Article Title: UBE 2 C ‐Mediated CD 147‐ CTLA ‐4 Axis Promotes T Cell Exhaustion and Immunosuppressive Microenvironment in Bladder Cancer
doi: 10.1111/cas.70430
Figure Lengend Snippet: UBE2C promotes the expression of CTLA‐4 by regulating CD147 and induces T cell exhaustion. (A, B) CD147 expression in T24 cells (A) and mouse tumor tissue (B). (C) CD147 expression in T24 cells. (D, E) T cell apoptosis. (F) T cell proliferation activity. (G) UBE2C expression in T24 cells and CTLA‐4 expression in T cells. (H) T cell exhaustion proteins. (I–K) ELISA assay for IFN‐γ (I), TNF‐α (J), and TGF‐β (K) levels in cell culture supernatants. (L) ELISA detection of soluble CD147 (sCD147) levels in the conditioned medium. (M) Western blot analysis of exosomal markers CD63 and CD9 in isolated extracellular vesicles. (N) Western blot analysis of CD147 expression in tumor‐derived exosomes. *si‐NC versus si‐UBE2C or si‐CD147, # si‐UBE2C versus si‐UBE2C + oe‐CD147. ### p < 0.001 and *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: One to two weeks after inoculation, the mice were randomly grouped as shNC ( N = 3), shNC + anti‐CTLA‐4 ( N = 3), shUBE2C ( N = 3), and shUBE2C + AAV‐CTLA4 ( N = 3). shNC + anti‐CTLA‐4 mice were treated with anti‐mouse CTLA‐4 (9D9) Antibody (HY‐ P99132 , MCE, USA; 200 μg per mouse) The shUBE2C + AAV‐CTLA‐4 group received CD8 promoter‐specific AAV‐CTLA‐4 treatment (Genomeditech; 30 μg per mouse), and the administration method was peritumoral injection at d7, d10, and d13, while the remaining groups of mice were injected with the same dose of sterile PBS solution.
Techniques: Expressing, Activity Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Cell Culture, Western Blot, Isolation, Derivative Assay