Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Pyrotinib promotes the antitumor effect of T-DM1 by increasing drug endocytosis in HER2-positive breast cancer
doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-03678-1
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pyrotinib promotes HER2 degradation via the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway. ( a ) HER2 mRNA expression in SK-BR-3 and JIMT-1 cells treated with pyrotinib (0.5µM) or lapatinib (1µM) as assessed using RT-qPCR. ( b – d ) SK-BR-3 and JIMT-1 cells were treated with the lysosomal inhibitor Baf-A1 (20nM) or proteasome inhibitors Velcade (0.5 µM) or MG-132 (10µM) for 0.5 h, with DMSO as the control, followed by the addition of pyrotinib (0.5µM) for 0, 2, and 4 h. ( e – f ) Cells were subjected to MG132 (10 µM) treatment for 0.5 h or DMSO as the control, followed by the addition of pyrotinib (0.5 µM) for 0, 2, and 4 h. HER2 was immunoprecipitated from the lysates, and the samples were analyzed by immunoblotting with an anti-ubiquitin, anti-HER2, and anti-HSP70 antibodies. GAPDH served as the loading control. Results are representative of 3 independent replicates.
Article Snippet: After blocking with 5% nonfat milk or 3% bovine serum albumin (BSA), the membranes were incubated at 4 °C overnight with the primary antibodies HER2 Rabbit mAb, Phospho-HER2 (Tyr1221/1222) Rabbit mAb, Phospho-p44/42 MAPK (Erk1/2) (Thr202/Tyr204) Rabbit mAb, and Phospho-Akt (Ser473) Rabbit mAb, which were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Beverly, MA, USA).
Techniques: Ubiquitin Proteomics, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control, Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot