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. 2015 Jun 29;43(16):7838–7849. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv667

Figure 7.

Figure 7.

DDB2 promotes TGF-β-induced ovarian cancer cell growth inhibition through downregulation of NEDD4L. (A) Overexpression of DDB2 sensitized CP70 cells to TGF-β-induced cell proliferation inhibition. CP70 and DDB2-stably overexpressing CP70-3H cells were treated with TGF-β for 2 days, and the BrdU incorporation assay was conducted to determine the cell proliferation. (B) Overexpression of NEDD4L in DDB2-overexpressing cells compromised TGF-β signaling in ovarian cancer cells. NEDD4L was stably overexpressed in DDB2-stably overexpressing CP70-3H cells (3H + NEDD4L) and treated with TGF-β for 4 h. Immunoblotting analysis was conducted to determine the phosphorylation of Smad2. (C and D) CP70, CP70-DDB2-3H (3H) and CP70-DDB2 cells with NEDD4L stable overexpression (3H + NEDD4L) were treated with TGF-β for 72 h (C) and 96 h (D). Cell growth was measured using the methylene blue assay. N = 5, Error bars represent SD. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01 compared with non-TGF-β treated cells.