Journal: Cancer Communications
Article Title: P300/CBP‐associated factor (PCAF)‐mediated acetylation of Fascin at lysine 471 inhibits its actin‐bundling activity and tumor metastasis in esophageal cancer
doi: 10.1002/cac2.12221
Figure Lengend Snippet: Acetylation of Fascin‐K471 by PCAF impairs cancer cell migration and tumor metastasis. A, Western blotting after restoration of GFP‐vector (Vector), Fascin‐GFP (WT), Fascin K471R ‐GFP (K471R), and Fascin K471Q ‐GFP (K471Q) expression in stable Fascin‐knockdown KYSE150 and SHEEC cells. Endogenous Fascin and Fascin‐GFP were detected using anti‐Fascin and GFP‐tag antibodies, respectively. β‐actin was used as a loading control. B and C, The migration of Fascin‐knockdown KYSE150 (B) and SHEEC (C) cells restored GFP‐vector (Vector), Fascin‐GFP (WT), Fascin K471R ‐GFP (K471R), and Fascin K471Q ‐GFP (K471Q) was investigated by using the xCELLigence Real‐Time Cell Analysis DP instrument. Left panel, real‐time detection of impedance response/cell index curves determined over 42 h (B) and 49 h (C). Right panel, the slope of the cell profiles. The experiments were performed independently in triplicate. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation (SD). The Student's t ‐test was used for statistical analysis. D, Representative mice inoculated with cells in (B) (upper images), and bioluminescent images (lower images) at 32 days after injection in the left footpad. The invasion sites on the thigh are magnified. E, Representative excised primary tumors (from the footpad to the heel of the foot; upper images) and invaded tumors (from the heel of the foot to the inguinal lymph node; lower images) of mice in (D). Primary and invaded tumor weights were compared among the four groups. Data are presented as the mean ± SD of 8 mice in each group. The Student's t ‐test was used for statistical analysis. F, Representative H&E and IHC staining for GFP was used to detect the primary tumor (upper images) and representative IHC staining of cytokeratin (CK) in the inguinal lymph nodes (lower images). G, Number of mice with and without lymph node metastases after 32 days of inoculation. * P < 0.05. Abbreviations: PCAF: P300/CBP‐associated factor; GFP: Green fluorescent protein; sh: short hairpin; NC: negative control; HE: hematoxylin‐eosin; IHC: immunohistochemistry; LN: lymph node; CK: cytokeratin; SD: standard deviation
Article Snippet: The denatured proteins were separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS‐PAGE) followed by Western blotting with anti‐Fascin rabbit polyclonal antibody (PA513696; Life Technologies).
Techniques: Migration, Western Blot, Plasmid Preparation, Expressing, Standard Deviation, Injection, Immunohistochemistry, Negative Control