Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: The splicing factor SRSF6 mediates ferroptosis resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma through induction of stearoyl-CoA desaturase
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110509
Figure Lengend Snippet: FTO or SRSF6 silencing inhibits SREBF1/SCD expression. A – F , RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and bioinformatic analysis in CAL 27 cells transfected with siFTO, siSRSF6-1#, and siNC. Three biological replicates were conducted per group. A , flow chart of the RNA-seq. B , the Venn diagram of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was created through the online tool EVenn. The thresholds of significant DEGs were | log 2 Fold Change (log 2 FC) | > 0.3 and P adj < 0.05. C , the WikiPathways (WP) enrichment analysis of the common downstream genes of SRSF6 and FTO analyzed by the Venn diagram in ( B ) was conducted using the online website DAVID. The top 20 signaling pathways ( p < 0.05) were selected to draw the bubble diagram using the website Hiplot. D , the GSEA enrichment analysis of all genes in “WP-ferroptosis” pathways using the GSEA tool. E , heatmap of the log 2 FC values of genes in “WP-Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBP) signaling” and “WP-ferroptosis” pathways. P adj < 0.05. F , the GSEA enrichment analysis of all genes in “WP-Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBP) signaling” pathways using the GSEA tool. G , MeRIP-PCR analyzed the m6A modification on SREBF1 and SCD mRNA after CAL 27 cells transfected with siFTO and siNC. H – L , RT-PCR analysis of SREBF1 and SCD expression after cells treated with FB23-2 and DMSO ( H ), or transfected with siFTO and siNC ( I ), FTO-FLAG and control vector plasmids ( J ), siSRSF6 and siNC ( K ), as well as T7-SRSF6 and control vector plasmids ( L ). β-actin served as a loading control. Data are means ± SD, n = 3, 4, or 5. M , RT-PCR analysis of SREBF1 and SCD expression after CAL 27 cells stably cotransfected with T7-SRSF6 (empty vector as control) and shFTO (shNC as control) plasmids. β-actin served as a loading control. N and O , RT-qPCR analysis of the mRNA stability of SREBF1 ( N ) and SCD ( O ) in CAL 27 cells transfected with siNC or siFTO. β-actin served as a loading control. Data are means ± SD. P and Q , the analysis of mRNA levels of SREBF1 ( P ) and SCD ( Q ) in tumor tissues and normal tissues of HNSC from the TCGA database. The gene expression data were downloaded from the oncoDB website. ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001. DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; FTO, fat mass and obesity-associated protein; GSEA, Gene Set Enrichment Analysis; HNSC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; m6A, N6-methyladenosine; RT-qPCR, real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; SCD, stearoyl-CoA desaturase; SRSF, serine and arginine rich splicing factor; SREBF, sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor; TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas.
Article Snippet: After blocking with 5% skim milk, the membrane was probed with different specific primary antibodies as follows: rabbit anti-SRSF6 antibody (#ab140623, 1:2000, Abcam), rabbit anti-FTO antibody (#27226, 1:2000, Proteintech), rabbit anti-Flag antibody (#20543, 1:2000, Proteintech), mouse anti-GAPDH antibody (#sc-47724, 1:1000, Santa Cruz Biotechnology).
Techniques: Expressing, RNA Sequencing, Transfection, Protein-Protein interactions, Binding Assay, Modification, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Control, Plasmid Preparation, Stable Transfection, Quantitative RT-PCR, Gene Expression, Reverse Transcription