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. 2021 Dec 8;8:1579–1596. doi: 10.2147/JHC.S327339

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Association between p62, autophagy status, and glypican 3 (GPC3) expression in HCC cell lines and normal hepatocytes. (A) A panel of HCC cell lines and primary human hepatocytes (PHH) immunostained for p62. Scale bars = 20 μm. (B) Relative optical density (OD) of p62 immunostaining per representative view field. The results are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (SD). ***P < 0.001. For each cell line 10 view fields were quantified. (C) Representative Western blot of whole cell extracts for p62 and loading control. (D) The images of DQ-Red BSA uptake and processing in autophagy-deficient (Huh-7, Huh-7PX, and Huh-7.5) and an autophagy-competent (HLE) HCC cell lines ± Torin1 treatment (200 nM). Scale bars = 20 μm. (E) Representative Western blot analysis of p62 degradation after Torin1 treatment in autophagy-deficient (Huh-7, Huh-7PX, and Huh-7.5) and an autophagy-competent (HLE) HCC cell lines. (F) GPC3 and glypican 1 (GPC1) immunostaining in autophagy-deficient (Huh-7, Huh-7PX, and Huh-7.5) and an autophagy-competent (HLE) HCC cell lines. Scale bars = 20 μm. (G) Relative OD of GPC3 and GPC1 immunostaining per representative view field. Data indicate mean ± SD. ***P < 0.001. (H) Representative Western blot analysis showing the expression of GPC3 and GPC1 in autophagy-deficient (Huh-7, Huh-7PX, and Huh-7.5) and an autophagy-competent (HLE) HCC cell lines. The data are resulted in three independent experiments.