Figure 7.
Retention of epithelial differentiation in Smad4-deficient PDAC. (A) Western blot showing E-cadherin (top panel) and slug expression (middle panel) in PDAC cell lines from Cre LSL-KrasG12D Ink4a/Arflox/lox Smad4+/+ mice (lanes 1–5) and Cre LSL-KrasG12D Ink4a/Arflox/lox Smad4lox/lox (lanes 6–9) mice. (B) qRT–PCR for E-cadherin expression in primary PDAC from Cre LSL-KrasG12D Ink4a/Arflox/+ Smad4+/+ mice and Cre LSL-KrasG12D Ink4a/Arflox/+ Smad4lox/lox mice. (C) IHC analysis of S100A4 expression in PDAC from a Ptf1-Cre LSL-KrasG12D Ink4a/Arflox/+ Smad4+/+ mouse and a Ptf1-Cre LSL-KrasG12D Ink4a/Arflox/+ Smad4lox/lox mouse; note the staining of stromal fibroblasts in both genotypes (arrows) and staining of tumor glands in the Smad4+/+ tumors but not those lacking Smad4 (asterisks).