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. 2020 Feb 18;9(2):24. doi: 10.1038/s41389-020-0209-0

Fig. 5. Phospho-kinase array profiling analysis showing involvement of JNK in PDK1-induced IL-8 expression, metastasis, and angiogenesis.

Fig. 5

a Left: Immunoblot analyses of the Proteome Profiler Human Phospho-Kinase Array comparing OVCAR-3 cells with and without PDK1 overexpression. Middle: The spot pixel density on the array was quantified using ImageJ software. The spot targets with >1.5-fold changes between the two groups were recorded. The mean pixel density of p-JNK1/2/3 (T183/Y185 and T221/Y223), p-c-Jun (S63), p-PCL-γ1 (Y783), and p-Stat3 (Y705) in OVCAR-3 cells with stable PDK1 overexpression. Right: Immunoblot analyses of p-JNK, p-c-Jun, and JNK in PDK1-overexpressing OVCAR-3 and PDK1-depleted A2780CP (shPDK1-316) cells. b IL-8 mRNA expression and protein secretion in control or PDK1-overexpressing OVCAR-3 cells treated with DMSO (vehicle) or the JNK inhibitor, SP600125, determined via qPCR (left) and ELISA (right), presented as fold change relative to controls; bars: mean ± SD of three experiments; *P < 0.05; Mann–Whitney test. c Upper: In vitro migration and invasion assays with control or PDK1-overexpressing OVCAR-3 cells treated with DMSO or SP600125. Cell migration and invasion are presented as a percentage of controls; bars: mean ± SD of three experiments; *P < 0.05; Mann–Whitney test. Lower: Capillary tube formation by HUVECs treated with conditioned medium from control or PDK1-overexpressing OVCAR-3 cells subjected to DMSO or SP600125 treatment.