Journal: Cancers
Article Title: HGF/MET Axis Induces Tumor Secretion of Tenascin-C and Promotes Stromal Rewiring in Pancreatic Cancer
doi: 10.3390/cancers13143519
Figure Lengend Snippet: Knocking-down of TNC expression blunts MET-mediated stromal activation. ( a ) TNC-specific qRT-PCR analysis of mRNA derived from HPAF-II cells (wild-type or genetically engineered to express TNC-shRNAs) treated with HGF. Data are expressed as fold-change values relative to the untreated control (wild-type HPAF-II). ( b ) α-SMA-specific qRT-PCR analysis of mRNA derived from human PSCs co-cultured with HPAF-II wild-type or genetically engineered to express TNC-shRNAs, treated with MvDN30 and decoyMET K842E in combination (Combo). Data are expressed as fold-change values relative to untreated control (PSCs co-cultured with wild-type HPAF-II). NT, untreated controls. Each bar represents the average value ± SD. Student’s t test: *, p ≤ 0.05; **, p ≤ 0.01; ***, p ≤ 0.001; ns, not significant. Data reported in figure are representative of at least two independent experiments.
Article Snippet: HPAF-II cells were plated in 6-well costar dishes (10 5 cells/well) and infected for 24 h with lentiviral vector particles expressing TNC shRNAs (NM_002160 from Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) in the presence of 8 μg/mL polybrene.
Techniques: Expressing, Activation Assay, Quantitative RT-PCR, Derivative Assay, Cell Culture