Journal: Biomolecules
Article Title: Induced Tumor-Suppressing (iTS) Cell-Based Approach for Protecting the Bone from Advanced Prostate Cancer
doi: 10.3390/biom16020240
Figure Lengend Snippet: Tumor selectivity and anti-tumor action of extracellular moesin. MSN = moesin, CN = control, CM = conditioned medium, MSC = mesenchymal stem cells, siFN1 = fibronectin 1 siRNA, siCD44 = CD44 siRNA, A5 = MLO-A5 osteocytes, EO = EO771 mammary tumor cells, and Lrp5 = Lrp5 overexpression. The double and triple asterisks indicate p < 0.01 and p < 0.001. Scale bar: 10 µm. ( a ) Tumor selectivity, λ, of A5 CM, A5 Lrp5 CM, and moesin. A value λ larger than 1 indicates that the MTT-based inhibition is greater in tumor cells (TRAMP prostate tumor cells and EO771 mammary tumor cells) than in non-tumor cells (MSCs and MC3T3 osteoblasts). ( b ) MSN immunoprecipitated CD44 from TRAMP protein extracts and FN1 from TRAMP ECM protein extracts. ( c , d ) Suppression of MSN-driven inhibition of MTT-based viability of TRAMP cells by silencing CD44 and FN1. ( e ) Suppression of the downregulation of MMP9, TGFβ, and Snail in TRAMP cells by silencing CD44 and FN1. ( f ) Decrease in Src activity and β-catenin nuclear localization in response to MSN in TRAMP cells, and the blockage of their MSN-driven inhibition by silencing CD44.
Article Snippet: We used antibodies against CD44 (37259T), cleaved caspase 3 (9661S), Lrp5 (5731S), MSN (3726T), Snail (3879S), TGFβ (3711S), Vimentin (5741T) (Cell Signaling), Fibronectin 1 (sc-271098), cathepsin K (sc-48353), MMP9 (sc-393859), NFATc1 (sc-7294) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology), LIMA1 (Nbp1-87947), TRAIL (NB500-220) (Novus, Centennial, CO, USA), ANXA6 (ab199422) (Abcam, Cambridge, UK), p53 (MA5-12557) (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA), and β-actin (Sigma).
Techniques: Control, Over Expression, Inhibition, Immunoprecipitation, Activity Assay