Journal: Cancer Biology & Therapy
Article Title: Fatty acid binding protein 5 promotes the proliferation, migration, and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells by degradation of Krüppel-like factor 9 mediated by miR-889-5p via cAMP-response element binding protein
doi: 10.1080/15384047.2022.2094670
Figure Lengend Snippet: FABP5 knockdown inhibited cell growth, migration and invasion in HCC cells. a, the mRNA and protein expression levels of FABP5 were analyzed in FABP5-knockdown HepG2 and SK-Hep-1 cells by RT-qPCR and western blotting. b, the growth curve of HCC cells was determined by CCK-8 assay. c, PI fluorescence pattern was applied for cell-cycle distribution in HCC cells transfected with shFABP5 or shNC. d, HCC cells transfected with shFABP5 or shNC were stained with Annexin-V FITC and PI to be measured apoptosis. Apoptotic cells are presented in the right-lower (Q3, early apoptosis) and right-upper (Q2, late apoptosis) quadrants of the plots. e, transwell assay revealed the migration abilities of HCC cells transfected with shFABP5 or shNC. f, transwell assay revealed the invasive abilities of HCC cells transfected with shFABP5 or shNC. Results are presented as mean ± S.E.M. (N = 3). Results were averaged from three independent experiments and presented as percentage of control levels. * p < .05, ** p < .01 and *** p < .001 as compared with the vehicle control. FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; PI, propidium iodide.
Article Snippet: Nonspecific antigens were blocked in 5% skimmed milk for 1 h. Subsequently, the membranes were incubated overnight at 4°C with the different primary antibodies as follows: anti-FABP5 rabbit polyclonal antibody (Abcam, Cat. no. ab84028), anti-KLF9 rabbit polyclonal antibody (Abcepta, Cat. no. Ap16249a), anti-PI3K rabbit polyclonal antibody (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat. no. 3811), anti-Phospho-PI3K rabbit polyclonal antibody (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat. no. 13857), anti-AKT rabbit monoclonal antibody (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat. no. 4685), anti-Phospho-AKT rabbit monoclonal antibody (Abways, Cat. no. cy6569), anti-mTOR rabbit monoclonal antibody (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat. no. 2986), anti-Phospho-mTOR rabbit monoclonal antibody (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat. no. 5536), anti-CREB rabbit monoclonal antibody (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat. no. 9197), anti-Phospho-CREB rabbit monoclonal antibody (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat. no. 9198), anti-β-actin mouse monoclonal antibody (Santa Cruz, Dallas, Cat. no. sc-8432), and anti-GAPDH mouse monoclonal antibody (Abcam, Cat. no. ab59164).
Techniques: Migration, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, CCK-8 Assay, Fluorescence, Transfection, Staining, Transwell Assay