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. 2022 Nov 2;13:6575. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34251-3

Fig. 7. FOXA1 KO increases expression of IRF1 and enhances IRF1 binding to the CD274 promoter.

Fig. 7

Western blotting (a) and quantification (b) following DNA affinity purification for FOXA1 (n = 3) and IRF1 (n = 2) in parental UM-UC-1 treated in the presence and absence of IFNɣ. In the absence of IFNɣ, FOXA1 exhibits significantly greater binding to the wild-type CD274 probe relative to scrambled negative control DNA probe (Student’s t-test; p = 0.0319) or mutant (Student’s t-test; p = 0.0256) CD274 probes. In the presence of IFNɣ, FOXA1 still showed significantly greater binding to wild-type CD274 promoter relative to scrambled DNA probe (Student’s t-test; p = 0.0319) and FOXA1-binding mutant (Student’s t-test; p = 0.0256) CD274 probes. There were no significant differences in FOXA1 binding relative to IFNɣ treatment. Following IFNɣ treatment, IRF1 shows increases in binding to wild-type CD274 relative to scrambled and mutant probes. Q-RT-PCR data are expressed as the mean ± S.D. from independent experiments of FOXA1 (n = 3), IRF1 (n = 2), respectively. Source data are provided as a Source Data file (c) and western blotting (d) shows that FOXA1 KO in UM-UC-1 results in significant increases in IRF1 expression at the mRNA and protein levels, respectively. Data of Q-RT-PCR are expressed as the mean ± S.D. from independent experiments (n = 3). Source data are provided as a Source Data file. Western blotting (e) and quantification (f) following DNA affinity purification for FOXA1 and IRF1 in parental UM-UC-1 (Ctrl) and FOXA1 KO UM-UC-1 (FOXA1 KO) cell lines. IRF1 purified from FOXA1 KO UM-UC-1 exhibited a 26-fold increase in binding to the CD274 promoter fragment relative to parental UM-U-C1. IRF1 was unable to be purified from parental and FOXA1 KO UM-UC-1 cells with scrambled negative control oligo (n = 2). Ectopic expression of IRF1 in parental UM-UC-1 cells followed by Q-RT-PCR (n = 4). Data are expressed as the mean ± S.D. from independent experiments (g) and western blotting (h). Source data are provided as a Source Data file. Overexpression of IRF1 significantly increased expression of i CD274 (n = 4, Student’s t-test; p = 0.0344), j STAT2 (n = 4, Student’s t-test p = 0.0321), k ISG15 (n = 4, Student’s t-test p = 0.0008), l IFIT2 (n = 3 Student’s t-test; p = 0.0338), m IFIT3 (n = 4, Student’s t-test; p = 0.0009) and n IFI35 (n = 4, Student’s t-test; p = 0.0406). Data are expressed as the mean ± S.D. from independent experiments. *p < 0.05 was considered as a statistically significant. ns not significant. All tests are unpaired two-sided Student’s t-test.