Fig. 4.
Chemical inhibition of CREB3L1 blocks metastasis. a A western blot of CREB3L1 expression in full-length CREB3L1 or CREB3L1Δ375–519 transduced SUM159 cells that were treated with solvent control or a S1P inhibitor, AEBSF. b SUM159 cells transduced with control or CREB3L1Δ375–519 were treated with solvent control or AEBSF. qPCR analyses were performed to quantify the expression of ECM genes: COL1A1 and COL1A2. The gene expression was normalized to the solvent-treated control transduction samples, n = 3. c Western blot of phosphorylated FAK (pY397 and pY576), total FAK, and Tubulin in cells of b. d Quantification of cell invasion of cells from b in a basement membrane-coated transwell assay, n = 3. e Two weeks after orthotopical transplantation with control or CREB3L1Δ375–519 transduced MDA.MB.231-Luc-LM2 cells, NOD/SCID mice were treated with solvent control or AEBSF for another 4 weeks. Lung metastases of the animals were gauged by radiance from the whole lung in each animal, n = 9. Data are represented as mean ± SEM or geometric mean alone. * indicates p < 0.05; ** indicates p < 0.01 (Student’s t-test)