Quercetin Enhances the Anti-Tumor Effects of BET Inhibitors by Suppressing hnRNPA1
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Quercetin Enhances the Anti-Tumor Effects of BET Inhibitors
2.2. hnRNPA1 Knockdown Enhances the Anti-Tumor Effects of BET Inhibitors
2.3. hnRNPA1 Mediates the Anti-Tumor Effects of Quercetin
2.4. Co-Treatment with Quercetin and JQ1 Decreases Survivin
2.5. Co-Treatment with hnRNPA1 Knockdown and JQ1 Decreases Survivin
2.6. Quercetin Enhances the Anti-Tumor Effects of JQ1 In Vivo
2.7. Expression of hnRNPA1 and BRD4 in Human Tumor Specimens
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Cell Culture
3.2. Chemicals
3.3. Embedding Cells in Three-Dimensional Type I Collagen Gels
3.4. Sphere Forming Assay
3.5. WST-1 Proliferation Assay
3.6. Transfection
3.7. Immunoblotting
3.8. Immunohistochemistry
3.9. Proteome Profiler Human Apoptosis
3.10. In Vivo Study
3.11. Statistical Analysis
3.12. Study Approval
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Pham, T.N.D.; Stempel, S.; Shields, M.A.; Spaulding, C.; Kumar, K.; Bentrem, D.J.; Matsangou, M.; Munshi, H.G. Quercetin Enhances the Anti-Tumor Effects of BET Inhibitors by Suppressing hnRNPA1. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 4293. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20174293
Pham TND, Stempel S, Shields MA, Spaulding C, Kumar K, Bentrem DJ, Matsangou M, Munshi HG. Quercetin Enhances the Anti-Tumor Effects of BET Inhibitors by Suppressing hnRNPA1. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(17):4293. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20174293
Chicago/Turabian StylePham, Thao N.D., Sophie Stempel, Mario A. Shields, Christina Spaulding, Krishan Kumar, David J. Bentrem, Maria Matsangou, and Hidayatullah G. Munshi. 2019. "Quercetin Enhances the Anti-Tumor Effects of BET Inhibitors by Suppressing hnRNPA1" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 17: 4293. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20174293