Journal: bioRxiv

Article Title: Molidustat Targets a Synthetic Lethal Vulnerability in APC-Mutant Colorectal Cancer through GSTP1 and PHD2 Co-Inhibition

doi: 10.64898/2026.01.31.702998

Figure Lengend Snippet: A. Percentage of Cleaved Caspase 3/7 positive HT29 (top), and RKO (bottom) cells. Cells were treated with Molidustat for 48 hours at indicated concentrations, 10uM Staurosporine was used as a positive control (100% cell death). Mean + SEM is assessed by unpaired two tailed Student’s t-test, **p<0.01, (ns) non-significant. B. Representative images of Cleaved Caspase-3/7 signal in DMSO, Molidustat (90 μM), and Staurosporine treated cells. Scale bar: 300 μm. C. Representative Western Blot of PHD2 levels in HT29 cells. D. Percentage confluency of HT29 cells post-transfection with the indicated guide RNAs. E. Cleaved Caspase-3/7 signal in HT29 cells post-transfection with the indicated crRNAs. Mean + SEM is assessed by two-way ANOVA, *p<0.05. N = 3 biologically independent experiments.

Article Snippet: Human colorectal cancer cell lines HT29 and RKO were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and maintained in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM; Sigma-Aldrich, D6429) supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS; Gibco, 16000044), 1% (v/v) penicillin-streptomycin (Gibco, 15140122), and 2 mM L-glutamine (Sigma-Aldrich, G7513).

Techniques: Positive Control, Two Tailed Test, Western Blot, Transfection

Journal: Discover Oncology

Article Title: Bioinformatics mining and experimental validation of prognostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer

doi: 10.1007/s12672-025-03301-9

Figure Lengend Snippet: The clinical significance of TIMP1 in CRC and in vitro study. A , B . Evaluation of silencing efficiency of siRNA in CRC cell lines; C . MTT and Cell colony forming assays are used to assess the influence of blocking TIMP1 expressions on proliferative abilities of HCT116 and HT29 cells; D . The transwell assays revealed that silencing of TIMP1 inhibited the migration and invasion of CRC cells; E . The apoptosis observed after knocking down TIMP1 in CRC cells. All experiments and analyses were performed in triplicate to ensure accuracy and reliability. Numerical data are displayed as the mean ± standard deviation (SD). siRNA Small interfering RNA; Control: Blank control group; NC : Negative control group; ** means p value < 0.01; *** means p value < 0.001

Article Snippet: HCT116 and HT29 human colorectal cancer cell lines were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA) and were cultured in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM; Gibco, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA) with 10% fetal bovine serum, and 1% penicillin and streptomycin.

Techniques: In Vitro, Blocking Assay, Migration, Standard Deviation, Small Interfering RNA, Control, Negative Control