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. 2021 Jun 5;7:135. doi: 10.1038/s41420-021-00520-1

Fig. 4. PGK1 regulates cancer migration in lung cancer.

Fig. 4

A Western blot analyses for endogenous expression of PGK1 in various lung adenocarcinoma cells. Tubulin was used as the internal control for protein loading. B Representative Giemsa staining of several lung adenocarcinoma cells including H23, CL1-0, H441, and CL1-5, after migration through a Boyden’s chamber. Scale bar: 100 μm. C Quantification of the migration ability of the lung adenocarcinoma cells panel. D The correlation of PGK1 expression and the metastatic lung cancer cell lines was analyzed by the nonparametric Spearman method. E The determination of PGK1 and PGK2 protein levels in CL1-0 cells with vector control or with PGK1 overexpression. The determination of PGK1 protein levels in CL1-5 cells after transfection with nonsilencing and PGK1 shRNAs. F Migration ability of the PGK1-overexpressing stable clone of CL1-0 cells was determined compared to the vector control stable clone (upper). Migration ability of the PGK1 knockdown stable clones of CL1-5 cells was determined, compared to the nonsilencing shRNA control stable clone (lower). Scale bar: 100 μm. G Quantitation the migration ability of the PGK1 knockdown models. The migration activities of the CL1-5 cells transfected with the designated shRNA clones of PGK1 (bottom). The data from three independent experiments are shown as the mean ± SD. The symbol ***p < 0.001 in the nonparametric Mann–Whitney test.