Journal: Oncology Letters

Article Title: Polyphyllin I and VII potentiate the chemosensitivity of A549/DDP cells to cisplatin by enhancing apoptosis, reversing EMT and suppressing the CIP2A/AKT/mTOR signaling axis

doi: 10.3892/ol.2019.10895

Figure Lengend Snippet: Characterization of A549 and A549/DDP cells. (A) A549 and A549/DDP cells were exposed to different concentrations of DDP (1–32 µg/ml) for 24 h, and cell viability was determined by Cell Counting Kit-8 assay. The protein expression levels of (B) E-cadherin, vimentin, α-SMA and (C) CIP2A, p-AKT, AKT, p-mTOR were measured using western blotting; E, epithelial; SMA, smooth muscle actin; p-mTOR, phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin; AKT, protein kinase B; DDP, cisplatin; CIP2A, cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A; IC 50 , half maximal inhibitory concentration.

Article Snippet: Human NSCLC cell lines A549 and DDP-resistant A549/DDP cells (OriGene Technologies, Inc.) were cultured in RPMI-1640 (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and penicillin (100 U/ml)-streptomycin (100 mg/ml) at 37°C, with 5% CO 2 .

Techniques: Cell Counting, Expressing, Western Blot, Concentration Assay

Journal: Oncology Letters

Article Title: Polyphyllin I and VII potentiate the chemosensitivity of A549/DDP cells to cisplatin by enhancing apoptosis, reversing EMT and suppressing the CIP2A/AKT/mTOR signaling axis

doi: 10.3892/ol.2019.10895

Figure Lengend Snippet: PPI and PPVII induce cytotoxicity in A549 and A549/DDP cells. (A) Chemical structure of PPI and PPVII. (B) A549 and A549/DDP cells were treated with different dose of PPI (0.5–8 µg/ml) and PPVII (0.5–8 µg/ml) for 24 h, respectively. In A549 cells, the cell inhibition rate of 0.5 µg/ml PPI was significantly different from other concentration groups (**P<0.01); 1.0 µg/ml was significantly different from 4.0 and 8.0 µg/ml (**P<0.01), and 2.0 µg/ml was significantly different from 8.0 µg/ml (**P<0.01). As for A549/DDP cells, the cell inhibition rates of 0.5 µg/ml PPI and 1.0 µg/ml were both significantly different from other concentration groups ( ## P<0.01), and 2.0 µg/ml was significantly different from 8.0 µg/ml ( ## P<0.01). In A549 cells, there were significant differences in cell inhibition rates of PPVII among different concentration groups (**P<0.01); as for A549/DDP cells, there were significant differences among different concentration groups except for 4.0 and 8.0 µg/ml ( ## P<0.01). PPI, Polyphyllin I; PPVII, polyphyllin VII; DDP, cisplatin.

Article Snippet: Human NSCLC cell lines A549 and DDP-resistant A549/DDP cells (OriGene Technologies, Inc.) were cultured in RPMI-1640 (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and penicillin (100 U/ml)-streptomycin (100 mg/ml) at 37°C, with 5% CO 2 .

Techniques: Inhibition, Concentration Assay

Journal: Oncology Letters

Article Title: Polyphyllin I and VII potentiate the chemosensitivity of A549/DDP cells to cisplatin by enhancing apoptosis, reversing EMT and suppressing the CIP2A/AKT/mTOR signaling axis

doi: 10.3892/ol.2019.10895

Figure Lengend Snippet: PPI and PPVII possess chemo-sensitizing effects on A549/DDP cells. (A) A549/DDP cells treated with indicated doses of DDP, or DDP plus either 0.375 µg/ml PPI or 0.75 µg/ml PPI, respectively for 24 h. (B) A549/DDP cells treated with indicated doses of DDP, or DDP plus either 0.375 µg/ml PPVII or 0.75 µg/ml PPVII, respectively for 24 h, cell viability was measured with Cell Counting Kit-8 assay. Data were presented as the mean ± standard deviation. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 and ***P<0.001 vs. DDP treated group. # P<0.05 and ## P<0.01. PPI, Polyphyllin I; PPVII, polyphyllin VII; DDP, cisplatin.

Article Snippet: Human NSCLC cell lines A549 and DDP-resistant A549/DDP cells (OriGene Technologies, Inc.) were cultured in RPMI-1640 (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and penicillin (100 U/ml)-streptomycin (100 mg/ml) at 37°C, with 5% CO 2 .

Techniques: Cell Counting, Standard Deviation

Journal: Oncology Letters

Article Title: Polyphyllin I and VII potentiate the chemosensitivity of A549/DDP cells to cisplatin by enhancing apoptosis, reversing EMT and suppressing the CIP2A/AKT/mTOR signaling axis

doi: 10.3892/ol.2019.10895

Figure Lengend Snippet: PPI and PPVII reduce the IC 50 value of cisplatin in A549/DDP cells

Article Snippet: Human NSCLC cell lines A549 and DDP-resistant A549/DDP cells (OriGene Technologies, Inc.) were cultured in RPMI-1640 (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and penicillin (100 U/ml)-streptomycin (100 mg/ml) at 37°C, with 5% CO 2 .

Techniques:

Journal: Oncology Letters

Article Title: Polyphyllin I and VII potentiate the chemosensitivity of A549/DDP cells to cisplatin by enhancing apoptosis, reversing EMT and suppressing the CIP2A/AKT/mTOR signaling axis

doi: 10.3892/ol.2019.10895

Figure Lengend Snippet: PPI and PPVII enhance DDP-induced apoptosis. A549/DDP cells were treated with DDP (6 µg/ml), PPI (0.75 µg/ml), PPVII (0.75 µg/ml), or DDP (6 µg/ml) in combination with either PPI (0.75 µg/ml) or PPVII (0.75 µg/ml) for 24 h, respectively. Apoptosis of cells was detected by Annexin V-FITC/PI staining and flow cytometry. The apoptotic percentage is shown as a bar graph. Data represents the mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments. **P<0.01 and ***P<0.001. PPI, Polyphyllin I; PPVII, polyphyllin VII; DDP, cisplatin; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; PI, propidium iodide.

Article Snippet: Human NSCLC cell lines A549 and DDP-resistant A549/DDP cells (OriGene Technologies, Inc.) were cultured in RPMI-1640 (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and penicillin (100 U/ml)-streptomycin (100 mg/ml) at 37°C, with 5% CO 2 .

Techniques: Staining, Flow Cytometry, Standard Deviation

Journal: Oncology Letters

Article Title: Polyphyllin I and VII potentiate the chemosensitivity of A549/DDP cells to cisplatin by enhancing apoptosis, reversing EMT and suppressing the CIP2A/AKT/mTOR signaling axis

doi: 10.3892/ol.2019.10895

Figure Lengend Snippet: PPI and PPVII enhance DDP-induced apoptosis through the P53 pathway and caspases-dependent pathway. A549/DDP cells were treated with DDP (6 µg/ml), PPI (0.75 µg/ml), PPVII (0.75 µg/ml), or DDP (6 µg/ml) in combination with either PPI (0.75 µg/ml) or PPVII (0.75 µg/ml) for 24 h, respectively. The protein expression levels of P53, Bax, Bcl-2 (A), PARP, C-PARP, pro-Caspase-3, C-Caspase-3 (B) were measured using western blotting. PPI, Polyphyllin I; PPVII, polyphyllin VII; DDP, cisplatin; C-PARP, cleaved-poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1.

Article Snippet: Human NSCLC cell lines A549 and DDP-resistant A549/DDP cells (OriGene Technologies, Inc.) were cultured in RPMI-1640 (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and penicillin (100 U/ml)-streptomycin (100 mg/ml) at 37°C, with 5% CO 2 .

Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot

Journal: Oncology Letters

Article Title: Polyphyllin I and VII potentiate the chemosensitivity of A549/DDP cells to cisplatin by enhancing apoptosis, reversing EMT and suppressing the CIP2A/AKT/mTOR signaling axis

doi: 10.3892/ol.2019.10895

Figure Lengend Snippet: PPI and PPVII reverse EMT and suppress the CIP2A/AKT/mTOR pathway. A549/DDP cells were incubated with DDP (6 µg/ml), PPI (0.75 µg/ml), PPVII (0.75 µg/ml), or DDP (6 µg/ml) in combination with either PPI (0.75 µg/ml) or PPVII (0.75 µg/ml) for 24 h, then cells were harvested for further western blotting analysis. (A) The protein expression levels of E-cadherin, vimentin, α-SMA in A549/DDP cells were measured. (B) The protein expression levels of CIP2A, p-AKT, AKT, p-mTOR, m-TOR were measured. PPI, Polyphyllin I; PPVII, polyphyllin VII; DDP, cisplatin; p-AKT, phosphorylated-protein kinase B; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; CIP2A, cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A; SMA, smooth muscle actin; E, epithelial.

Article Snippet: Human NSCLC cell lines A549 and DDP-resistant A549/DDP cells (OriGene Technologies, Inc.) were cultured in RPMI-1640 (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and penicillin (100 U/ml)-streptomycin (100 mg/ml) at 37°C, with 5% CO 2 .

Techniques: Incubation, Western Blot, Expressing

Journal: Heliyon

Article Title: Human intestine and placenta exhibit tissue-specific expression of RAGE isoforms.

doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18247

Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 5. RAGE immunoblotting analysis of human intestine. SDS-PAGE of lung lysate (1.5 μg/lane) as well as lysates from small intestine (SI) and colon (50 μg/lane) was performed under reducing conditions. Membranes were stained with three different anti-RAGE antibodies; SC A11 (A), AF1145 (B), and AB D01P (C). Membranes were also stained with the respective secondary antibodies only (negative control). GAPDH was used as a loading control. The uncropped images are shown in the supplementary material of the manuscript.

Article Snippet: Human Lung Whole Tissue Lysate (Adult Whole Normal) was obtained from Novus Biologicals and protein extracts from healthy human small intestine and colon were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology.

Techniques: Western Blot, SDS Page, Staining, Negative Control, Control

Journal: Heliyon

Article Title: Human intestine and placenta exhibit tissue-specific expression of RAGE isoforms.

doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18247

Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 4. (A) RAGE immunoblotting analysis of human lung lysate. SDS-PAGE of lung lysate (1 μg/lane; PNGase F -) and deglycosylated lung lysate (1 μg/lane; PNGase F +) was performed under reducing conditions. Membranes were stained with four different anti-RAGE antibodies. Membranes were also stained with the respective secondary antibodies only (negative control). GAPDH was used as a loading control. (B) RAGE immunoblotting analysis of RAGE overexpressing (+) and control (−) HEK293T cells. SDS-PAGE was performed under reducing conditions. For WB analysis membranes were stained with anti-FLAG and anti-RAGE (AB D01P) antibodies. The uncropped images are shown in the supplementary material of the manuscript.

Article Snippet: Human Lung Whole Tissue Lysate (Adult Whole Normal) was obtained from Novus Biologicals and protein extracts from healthy human small intestine and colon were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology.

Techniques: Western Blot, SDS Page, Staining, Negative Control, Control

Journal: Heliyon

Article Title: Human intestine and placenta exhibit tissue-specific expression of RAGE isoforms.

doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18247

Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6. RAGE immunoblotting analysis of human placenta derived from different healthy (H) as well as GDM-, FGR- and PE-affected pregnancies. SDS-PAGE of lung lysate (1 μg/lane) as well as lysates from the placentas (25 μg/lane) was performed under reducing conditions. For WB analysis membranes were stained with three different anti-RAGE antibodies; SC A11 (A), AF1145 (B), and AB D01P (C). Membranes were also stained with the respective secondary antibodies only (negative control). Ponceau S staining was used as a loading control. The uncropped images are shown in the supplementary material of the manuscript.

Article Snippet: Human Lung Whole Tissue Lysate (Adult Whole Normal) was obtained from Novus Biologicals and protein extracts from healthy human small intestine and colon were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology.

Techniques: Western Blot, Derivative Assay, SDS Page, Staining, Negative Control, Control

Journal: bioRxiv

Article Title: Sperm-specific COX6B2 enhances oxidative phosphorylation, proliferation, and survival in lung adenocarcinoma

doi: 10.1101/2020.04.09.030403

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A-C) Kaplan-Meier curves for OS and FP in NSCLC (A) LUAD (B) and LUSC patients (C). (D) COX6B2 mRNA expression (RNA-seq RSEM, log2(norm count +1)) from TCGA Lung Cancer dataset. Bars represent median (normal: n = 110; tumor: n = 1017). P values calculated by Mann-Whitney test. (E-F) Whole tissue homogenates of LUAD tumors (E) and LUAD cell line lysates (F) were immunoblotted with indicated antibodies. Molecular weight (MW) markers are indicated. (G) IHC staining of non-malignant testis (a positive control), non-malignant lung (adjacent normal) and LUAD tissues. Scores ranged from 0 to 3. Scale bar, 50 μm. Bars represent mean ± SEM. P values calculated by Mann-Whitney test. (H) Representative confocal images of endogenous COX6B2 in HCC515 cells. Tom20 is used as a mitochondrial marker. Images were shown as Z-stack maximum projection from 0.3 μm-thick-image. Scale bar, 10 μm.

Article Snippet: Human normal lung whole tissue lysate was purchased from Novus Biologicals (NB820-59237).

Techniques: Expressing, RNA Sequencing, MANN-WHITNEY, Molecular Weight, Immunohistochemistry, Positive Control, Marker