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. 2020 Mar 13;10:4722. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61295-6

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Sox2 gene expression is regulated by Gli1 and HDAC11. (A) Double immunofluorescence assay with Gli1 and HDAC11 showed co-localization of both in A549 (upper panel) and H1650 (lower panel) cells. DAPI was used to stain the nucleus of the cells (B) Western blot analysis with PC9 parental and gefitinib resistant PC9 GR cells showed an increase in Sox2 and HDAC11 expression in the resistant cells. Increased Sox2 as well as HDAC11 proteins were also found in HCC827 erlotinib resistant (ER) cells as compared to the HCC827 parental cells. (C,D) A ChIP analysis in PC9/PC9 GR cells showed presence of HDAC11 with Gli1 binding site on Sox2 promoter (C) and this interaction was higher at the promoter in the resistant cells. Such a binding was not seen in the Myc promoter (D). (E,F) Similar ChIP analysis in HCC827/HCC827 ER cells showed increased association of HDAC11 with Gli1 at the Sox2 promoter in the erlotinib resistant HCC827 cells (E). No change was observed in the Myc promoter that was used as a control. (G,H) The ChIP analysis on H1650 side population cells showed the interaction of HDAC11 on the Sox2 promoter through the Gli1 binding site (G). Myc was used as a control (H). The ChIP qPCR was analyzed using two-way ANOVA test; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.