Figure 3.
IMPA1/inositol maintains ALDHhigh organoids with AR low expression from TRAMP mouse model. (A) The flow chart shows an experimental outline to demonstrate ALDHhigh tumor organoids sorted from TRAMP mouse. (B) Dot plot of sorted ALDHhigh and ALDHlow/− cell population from TRAMP mouse. (C) The phase contrast shows the images of sorted ALDHhigh and ALDHlow/− organoids from TRAMP mouse. Scale bar, 50 μm. (D) Immunoblotting of ALDHhigh and ALDHlow/− organoids from TRAMP mouse with indicated antibodies. Immunoblotting data were verified in at least two independent experiments. (E) Inositol levels were determined by K-INOSL assay kit. The inositol levels were normalized by protein concentration in each experimental group. Three independent experiments were performed. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01 by two-tailed unpaired t test. (F) The phase contrast shows the images of ALDHhigh organoids upon shLuc, shIMPA1 (#1 and #2). Scale bar, 50 μm. H&E staining and IHC analysis of ALDHhigh organoids upon shLuc, shIMPA1 (#1 and #2) with indicated antibodies. Scale bar, 20 μm. (G) Quantification of ALDHhigh organoids upon shLuc, shIMPA1 #1 and shIMPA1 #2. The data were shown as the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments for each group. **, P < 0.01 by two-tailed unpaired t test. Source data are available for this figure: SourceData F3.
