Figure 7
From: SNAI1 is critical for the aggressiveness of prostate cancer cells with low E-cadherin
Low E-cadherin is associated with high SNAI1 and prostasphere formation. (A-B) E-cadherin and SNAI1 expression was analyzed in RWPE-1, WPE1-NA22, WPE1-NB14, and DU-145 cells via immunoblotting and confocal microscopy methods. Representative confocal pictures are shown (at 1500x) where Alexa Fluor 555-red is for E-cadherin, Alexa Fluor 488-green is for SNAI1, while DAPI-blue stains nuclei. (C) RWPE-1, WPE1-NA22, WPE1-NB14, and DU-145 cells were plated on 6 well Corning ultra-low attachment plates in DMEM/F-12(Ham) media containing supplements B27 and N2. Prostasphere formation was measured after 8 days. Representative prostasphere pictures are shown at 100x. Data shown is mean ± SEM of 3 samples. * p ≤ 0.001 (compared to RWPE-1 prostasphere number).