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. 2021 Feb 26;12(2):220. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-03511-3

Fig. 1. Translocation of TFE3 promoted metastasis of sunitinib-resistant RCC by mediating lysosome synthesis.

Fig. 1

a CT scans of different disease stages from a ccRCC patient: sunitinib sensitive stage, one month after radical nephrectomy, new metastatic lesions occurred in left lymph node by 4 years’ sunitinib treatment (from left to right). b Heat map of TMT proteomics from cancer tissues from different disease stages. c GO functional annotation analyzed the up-regulated proteins and the most differentially expressed proteins were enriched in the lysosome. d GO functional annotation analyzed the down-regulated proteins and the most differentially expressed proteins were enriched in CAMS, ECM receptor interaction, and focal adhesion. e Representative images of hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining and TFE3 staining by immunohistochemical (IHC) in sunitinib sensitive tissues and sunitinib resistant tissues. Scale bar, 100 μm and 400 μm. f Representative TEM images of lysosome (red dotted circle) in sunitinib sensitive tissues and sunitinib resistant tissues Scale bar 50 μm. Higher magnification insets showed the autophagosome (yellow) was engulfing the ER fragment (blue) in sunitinib-resistant tissues compared with sunitinib-sensitive tissues. Scale bar 5 μm.