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. 2023 Sep 7;4(9):1362–1381. doi: 10.1038/s43018-023-00628-6

Fig. 7. CYP3A protein expression is positively associated with irinotecan drug tolerance.

Fig. 7

a, Multiplexed IF of representative PDOs showing high relative CYP3A protein expression in resistant (h20) versus sensitive (h3) PDOs. b, Multiplexed IF of an irinotecan-resistant PDO (h19) showing mosaic GATA6/CYP3A/KRT17 protein expression. The ROI demarcated by a white box and labeled with i is shown at higher magnification. c, Western blot showing protein expression of CYP3A between PDOs exhibiting resistance or susceptibility to irinotecan. GAPDH is used as a loading control. d, Drug response curves showing half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values for both irinotecan and SN-38 in selected PDOs that are either relatively resistant or relatively susceptible. The results represent n = 3 independent biological experiments. Data are presented as mean values ± s.e.m. e, Relative enrichment of CYP3A+ ‘hybrid’ cell phenotypes in PDOs. Top, heat map showing mRNA expression of coexpressed genes associated with drug metabolism and phase I functionalization of compounds. Bottom, bar charts showing the percent tumor enrichment of GATA6/CYP3A/KRT17 cell populations as determined by multiplexed IF. PDOs in the top and bottom are identical and are ordered according to increasing irinotecan IC50 values. A LOESS regression line has been added to each bar plot.

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