Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Article Title: Quantitative proteomics identifies STEAP4 as a critical regulator of mitochondrial dysfunction linking inflammation and colon cancer
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1712946114
Figure Lengend Snippet: Steap4 is a direct target gene of HIF-2α. (A) qPCR analysis in HIOs under normoxic or hypoxic conditions. (B) Immunofluorescent costaining for STEAP4 and pimonidazole in the colon tissue from DSS-treated or control mice. (Magnification: Upper Left, 20×; Upper Middle, 20×; Upper Right, 40×; Lower Left, 40×; Lower Middle, 40×; Lower Right, 40×.) (C) qPCR analysis of Steap4 expression in intestinal tissues from VhlF/F (n = 5), VhlΔIE (n = 5), VhlF/F/Hif-2αF/F (n = 5), and VhlΔIE/Hif-2αΔIE (n = 5) mice. (D) Immunofluorescent staining for STEAP4 in the colon tissue from VhlF/F or VhlΔIE mice (n = 3). (Magnification: Upper Left, 20×; Upper Right, 20×; Lower Left, 40×; Lower Right, 40×.) (E) qPCR analysis in the colon tissues from wild-type (n = 3), Hif-1αLSL/LSL (n = 4), and Hif-2αLSL/LSL (n = 4) mice. (F) qPCR analysis and (G) immunofluorescent staining in the colon tissues from Hif-2αF/F (n = 3–5) or Hif-2αΔIE mice (n = 3–6) treated with or without 3% DSS for 3 d. (Magnification: Left, 20×; Right, 20×.) (H) Luciferase promoter activity assay. HCT116 cells were transiently transfected with the Steap4 promoter luciferase construct, and cotransfected with empty vector (EV), HIF-1α, or HIF-2α expression plasmids. (I) Schematic diagram of mouse Steap4 gene promoter depicting two potential putative HREs. Luciferase-reporter constructs under the control of the proximal 5′-flanking region of the mouse Steap4 gene (−2.7, −1.0, or −0.65 kb). (J and K) In vivo ChIP assays were performed on tissue extracts from VhlF/F and VhlKO mice using primers amplifying the proximal 5′-flanking region of the mouse Dmt1 or Steap4 gene. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001. NS, not significant. One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test or Student’s t test.
Article Snippet: Antibodies against STEAP4 (NB100-68162) were from Novus; Ltf (sc-53498), Lcn2 (sc-515876), GFP (SC-9996), NQO1 (sc-32793), CHOP (sc-7351), BiP (sc-376768), and GAPDH (SC-25778) were from Santa Cruz Biotechnology; VDAC1 (4866), Nrf2 (12721), p-ERK (4370P), t-ERK(9102), p-AKT(4060), t-AKT(9272), p-STAT3 (9145S), and t-STAT3(9139P) were from Cell Signaling Technology; and nitrotyrosine (05-233) and 4-HNE (AB5605) were from Millipore.
Techniques: Control, Expressing, Staining, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Transfection, Construct, Plasmid Preparation, In Vivo