Journal: Heliyon
Article Title: Comprehensive analysis of the expression of the IGF2BPs gene family in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Association with prognostic value and tumor immunity
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20659
Figure Lengend Snippet: The proliferation, migration, and invasion capacities of the SCC4 cell line were inhibited by the knockdown of IGF2BP2 expression. (a) IGF2BP2 is highly expressed in HNSCC cell lines relative to non-malignant oral cells (HOK). (b–c) The expression of IGF2BP2 in the SCC4 cell line was knocked down by siRNA and the knockdown efficiency was verified by RT-qPCR and Western blot assays. (d–e) CCK8 and EDU proliferation assays revealed that the knockdown of IGF2BP2 expression considerably inhibited the proliferation behavior in SCC4 cell lines compared to si-NC. (f) Wound healing assay demonstrated that knockdown of IGF2BP2 expression significantly inhibited migration behavior in the SCC4 cell line compared to si-NC. (g) Transwell assay showed that knockdown of IGF2BP2 expression significantly inhibited migration and invasion behavior in the SCC4 cell line compared to si-NC. (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001).
Article Snippet: The human HNSCC cell line SCC4 was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and cultured in DMEM (Gibco, USA) medium supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum(Gibco, USA) and 1 % penicillin-streptomycin(Gibco, USA) at 37 °C and 5 % CO2 in a cell culture incubator.
Techniques: Migration, Knockdown, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, Wound Healing Assay, Transwell Assay