Fig. 6. SCD1-driven lipid droplets alleviate chemotherapy-induced ER stress.
a Representative immunofluorescence images and quantification of BODIPY staining of lipid droplet in parental and resistant GX006 GC organoids treated with DMSO, 5FU + CDDP, SSI4 and combination of 5FU + CDDP and SSI4 (COMBO). Scale bar, 50 μm (low magnification) and 20 μm (high magnification). b Representative immunofluorescence images and quantification of ER tracker staining in the indicated treatment groups in GX006 parental and GX006 5FU + CDDP resistant organoids. Scale bar, 50 μm. c Western blot analysis for expression of ER stress markers including total and phosphorylated eIF2α, ATF4, and CHOP upon indicated treatment groups in GX006 parental and GX006 5FU + CDDP resistant organoids. β-actin is used as loading control. d Representative immunofluorescence images and quantification of BODIPY staining of lipid droplet in the indicated treatment groups in GX006 parental and GX006 5FU + CDDP resistant xenografts. e Haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and IHC staining for phosphorylated eIF2α and ATF4 in the indicated treatment groups in GX006 parental and GX006 5FU + CDDP resistant xenografts. Scale bar, 100μm. (a) n = 4 independent experiments; (b) n = 3 independent experiments. (c) n = 3 independent experiments; (d) n = 10-12 randomly captured field of view. Parental-DMSO, Resistant-DMSO, Resistant-5FU + CDDP, n = 12 images; Parental-5FU + CDDP, n = 11 images; Resistant-SSI4 and Resistant-COMBO, n = 10 images. (e) n = 8-10 randomly captured field of view. For p-eIF2α, Parental-DMSO, Parental-5FU + CDDP, Resistant-DMSO, Resistant-5FU + CDDP, Resistant-SSI4, n = 9 images; Resistant-COMBO, n = 8 images. For ATF4, Parental-DMSO and Resistant-5FU + CDDP, n = 10 images; Parental-5FU + CDDP, Resistant-DMSO and Resistant-SSI4, n = 9 images; Resistant-COMBO, n = 8 images. Significance were calculated by (a, b) two-way ANOVA; (d, e) one-way ANOVA. Data was presented as mean ± standard deviation. COMBO for combination, IRS for immunoreactive score, MFI for mean fluorescence intensity. ns for not significant. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.