Skip to main content
. 2020 Sep 14;11:4607. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18442-4

Fig. 3. FOXA1 is involved in osimertinib-induced IGF-1R mRNA expression in HCC827 cells.

Fig. 3

a Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis was performed to detect the expression of IGF-1R mRNA in HCC827 cells infected with lentiviruses expressing control shRNA (sh) or the shRNA for indicated molecules, with or without osimertinib treatment, for 24 h. b qRT-PCR of IGF-1R transcripts performed in HCC827 cells, similarly treated with osimertinib as in (a), introduced with three different shRNAs for FOXA1. c HCC827 cells with control or FOXA1 shRNAs were similarly treated with osimertinib, and the indicated proteins were detected by western blotting. d The expression of IGF-1R was detected by qRT-PCR in HCC827 cells infected with the control or the FOXA1 expressing retrovirus, following similar osimertinib treatment. e The indicated proteins were detected by western blotting in the indicated cells as in (d). f HCC827 cells with FOXA1 knockdown or overexpression were cultured for 18 days in the presence of osimertinib in a 60-mm dish. The dishes were stained with crystal violet, followed by imaging. The average number of drug-resistant colonies are presented in the right panel. g HCC827 cells were treated with osimertinib (Osim) and/or cycloheximide (CHX) (50 μg/mL) for 24 h. mRNA was harvested, and FOXA1 mRNA expression was evaluated by qRT-PCR. h qRT-PCR analysis was performed to detect the FOXA1 mRNA expression in HCC827 cells, as well as IGF-1R knockdown. i The promoter region of the IGF-1R gene is shown. The blue and purple bars represent the DNase I hypersensitivity site 1 (DHS1) and the consensus FOXA1 binding site (BS), respectively. The regions covered by primer sets used for ChIP assays are indicated as red bars, named Pro0 to Pro2. TSS: transcription start site. HCC827 cells with or without osimertinib (Osim) treatment for 24 h were cross-linked and the cell lysates were prepared. ChIP analyses of H3K4me3 and H3K27Ac on the indicated regions of the IGF-1R gene are shown below. j Schematic representation of the possible mechanism of osimertinib-induced expression of FOXA1 and IGF-1R. Me:methylation. Ac acetylation. Data shown are representative of three independent experiments. Data are presented as mean ± s.d. n.s. not significant. p values are provided (two-sided Student’s t-test).