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. 2021 Sep 27;11:711735. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.711735

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Otubain 2 (OTUB2) promotes the maintenance of gastric cancer (GC) stem cell properties. (A) Relative protein expression levels of OTUB2 in GC cells (MKN-45, SGC-7901, SNU-1, HGC-27, and AGS) and gastric epithelial cells-1 (GES-1) were detected by Western blot. Actin served as internal control. (B) The protein levels of OTUB2, Nanog, ALDH, and Oct4 in GC cells were measured by Western blot after transfected with OTUB2 overexpression vector (MKN-45 and SGC-7901 cells) or shRNA targeting OTUB2 (HGC-27 and AGS cells). Actin served as internal control. (C) The effects of OTUB2 overexpression (MKN-45 and SGC-7901 cells) or knockdown (HGC-27 and AGS cells) on spheroid-forming ability were detected by sphere formation assay. (D) After cells were transfected with OTUB2 overexpression vector (MKN-45 and SGC-7901 cells) or shRNA targeting OTUB2 (HGC-27 and AGS cells), percentage of CD44 and CD133 double positive cells was detected by flow cytometry. Data was represented as mean ± SD. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001.