Journal: Cell communication and signaling : CCS
Article Title: REG3A secreted by peritumoral acinar cells enhances pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression via activation of EGFR signaling.
doi: 10.1186/s12964-025-02103-4
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6 REG3A binds to EGFR-ECD region, requiring its C-type lectin domain. A Schematic diagram of full-length (FL), C-terminal deletion (△C), N-terminal deletion (△N) constructs of Flag-REG3A; FL, extracellular domain (ECD), intracellular domain (ICD) of His-EGFR; signal peptide (SP), transmembrane (TM), juxtamembrane (JM) regions, kinase domain (KD), C-terminal region (CR). B, C After the CHO cells were co-transfected with different REG3A/EGFR truncations, anti-His antibody immunoprecipitation (IP: His) was performed. Representative immunoblot of EGFR-His and REG3A-Flag in IP and in whole-cell lysate (input) is shown. D The in vitro binding activity of rhREG3A to the ECD or the ICD of EGFR protein by MST assay, n = 3. E The in vitro binding activity of rhREG3A to the ECD of EGFR protein in the presence/absence of 10 ng/mL EGF by MST assay, n = 3. F The PANC-1 cells were starved for 24 h, and treated with 10 ng/mL EGF in the present/absent of 10 μg/mL rhREG3A for 5 min, or different times, the phosphorylation of EGFR and ERK were determined by western blotting. All blots were repeated at least 3 times; tubulin was used as an internal reference; the integrated optical density (IOD) of each band in the independent blot was analyzed (**p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, as indicated, n = 3)
Article Snippet: After blocking with bovine serum albumin (BSA), the membranes were incubated with anti-REG3A (#ab192224, Abcam, Cambridge, UK), anti-tubulin (#2128, Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, US), anti-phosphorylated STAT3 (#9131, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-STAT3 (#4904, Cell Signaling Technology), antiphosphorylated tyrosine (#9411, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-phosphorylated EGFR (Y1068, #3777, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-EGFR (#4405, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-phosphorylated ERK (#4370, Cell Signaling Technology), or anti-ERK (#4695, Cell Signaling Technology) antibodies.
Techniques: Construct, Transfection, Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot, In Vitro, Binding Assay, Activity Assay, Phospho-proteomics