Journal: The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: ST6GalNAc-I regulates tumor cell sialylation via NECTIN2/MUC5AC-mediated immunosuppression and angiogenesis in non–small cell lung cancer
doi: 10.1172/JCI186863
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) The heatmap shows that ST6GalNAc-I is significantly overexpressed in genetically engineered LUAD KPA ( Kras G12D/+ Trp53 R172/+ Ad-Cre ) compared with KA ( Kras G12D/+ Ad-Cre ) lung tumors and normal mouse lung. ( B ) Quantification and representative images of immunohistochemistry of SNA lectin expression in normal, KA, and KPA mouse lung tumor tissues. Significance was determined by 1-way ANOVA ( n = 3). Original magnification, ×40. ( C ) TCGA dataset shows that ST6GalNAc-I is highly overexpressed in early-stage ( n = 421) and late-stage ( n = 110) LUAD compared with normal tissue adjacent to the tumor (NAT) ( n = 59). ( D ) ST6GalNAc-I is the top differentially overexpressed sialyltransferase in LUAD compared with other sialyltransferases or glycosyltransferases, which suggests that targeting ST6GalNAc-I may prevent tumor sialylation–mediated LUAD development. ( E ) The volcano plot represents the mass spectrometry–based proteomic analysis of A549 control versus ST6GalNAc-I–KO cells. NECTIN2 was significantly downregulated in ST6GalNAc-I–KO cells. Red represents significantly upregulated proteins [FDR < 0.05 and log 2 (fold-change) ≥ 1], and blue represents significantly downregulated proteins [FDR < 0.05 and log 2 (fold-change) ≤ 1]. ( F ) Gene Ontology–based pathway analysis using A549 ST6GalNAc-I–KO cells showed NK cell–mediated immune response, apoptosis signaling, protein stability, and metabolic pathways, suggesting that these pathways are associated with ST6GalNAc-I in LUAD.
Article Snippet: ST6GalNAc-I (catalog AB229816 , Abcam), MUC5AC (CLH2, catalog MAB2011, Millipore), NECTIN2 (catalog 27171-1-AP, ProteinTech), VCAN (catalog MA5-42721, Invitrogen), VCAN-V1 (catalog PA1-1748A, Invitrogen), CD31 (catalog AB222783 , Abcam), TIGIT (catalog NBP2-79794, Novus Biologicals), and Ki-67 (catalog AB15580, Abcam) antibodies were used as primary antibodies.
Techniques: Immunohistochemistry, Expressing, Mass Spectrometry, Control