Journal: Heliyon
Article Title: PRAME promotes proliferation of multiple myeloma cells through CTMP/Akt/p21/CCND3 axis by ubiquitinating CTMP and p21
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34094
Figure Lengend Snippet: PRAME increases sensitivity of MM cells to bortezomib by targeting CTMP and p21. (A) Apoptosis analysis by flow cytometry in PRAME knockdown and overexpression cells with corresponding vector controls after bortezomib treating for 48h (LP-1, 10 nM; RPMI8226 20 nM). Data are the means ± SD of 3 assays. ns , no significance; * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001. (B) CTMP and p21 were degraded more intensely by proteasomes in PRAME high expression group than that in PRAME low expression group. PRAME knockdown and the control RPMI8226 cells were treated with 10 μmol/L MG-132 versus DMSO in combination with 50 μg/mL CHX for indicated time (0, 2h, 4h and 8h, respectively), and then were subjected to immunoblotting using anti-PRAME, anti-CTMP and anti-p21 with GAPDH as a loading control (related to - ). (C, D) The expression of CTMP and p21 in B was quantified by densitometric analysis using ImageJ software, respectively. Significance was shown between the fold changes of shCtrl PRAME MG132+CHX/DMSO + CHX group compared to shPRAME MG132+CHX/DMSO + CHX group at each time point. Data are the means ± SD of 3 assays. ns , no significance; * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Cell extracts were incubated with primary antibodies PRAME (ab219650, Abcam) for co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP), p21 (ab109520, Abcam) and CTMP (14692-1-AP, Proteintech, Hubei, China) for endogenous ubiquitination assay or control IgG in a rotating incubator overnight at 4 °C, followed by incubation with protein A/G Plus-Agarose (sc2003, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, TX, USA) for another 2 h. The immunoprecipitates were washed three times with lysis buffer and analyzed by immunoblotting with anti-CTMP and anti-p21 for co-IP assay, as well as anti-ubiquitin (sc8017, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, TX, USA) for ubiquitination testing.
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Knockdown, Over Expression, Plasmid Preparation, Expressing, Control, Western Blot, Software