Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Mutational order and epistasis determine the consequences of FBXW7 mutations during colorectal cancer evolution
doi: 10.1101/2023.08.25.554836
Figure Lengend Snippet: Characterisation of W and F organoids. a. Brightfield microscopy of W and F organoids revealed no observable phenotypic differences. Scale bars represent 500μm. b. Western blot validation showing loss of FBXW7 protein in F organoids. c. Immunofluorescence of W and F organoids with DAPI nuclear stain (blue), F-actin (red), FBXW7 (orange). Scale bars represent 100μm. d. FBXW7 targets the phosphorylated substrates and ubiquitinates these substrates for proteasomal degradation. This included phosphorylated cJun, phosphorylated CCNE1, phosphosylated cMyc, and notch intracellular domain (NICD). The non-phosphorylated substrates were affected to varying degrees. While upregulation of cJun, was observed, there was no change in the quantities of CCNE1, cMYC and NOTCH. e. Volcano plot from bulk RNAseq of F vs W organoids revealed minimal differential expression of genes. Only HLA-DQB1 was found to be significantly downregulated, and GSTM1 significantly upregulated in F organoids. All experiments were performed with N = 3 biological replicates.
Article Snippet: Rabbit anti-human FBXW7 antibody (1:2500, BS-8394R, Bioss, USA), rabbit anti-human phosphor-CJUN antibody (1:2500, PA5-40193, Invitrogen, USA), rabbit anti-human CJUN antibody (1:2500, ab40766, Abcam, USA), rabbit anti-human phosphor-CCNE1 antibody (1:2500, ab52195, Abcam, USA), rabbit anti-human CCNE1 antibody (1:2500, ab33911, Abcam, USA), rabbit anti-human phosphor-CMYC (1:2500, ab185655 and ab185656, Abcam, USA), rabbit anti-human CMYC (1:2500, ab32072, Abcam, USA), rabbit anti-human NICD (1:2500, #4147, Cell signalling technologies, USA), rabbit anti-human NOTCH1 (1:2500, ab52627, Abcam, USA), and rabbit anti-human GAPDH (1:2500, ab52627, Abcam, USA) was used.
Techniques: Microscopy, Western Blot, Biomarker Discovery, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Quantitative Proteomics