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. 2017 Jan 17;6:e19671. doi: 10.7554/eLife.19671

Figure 8. Autophagy inhibition overcomes molecularly distinct mechanisms of BRAFi resistance.

(A) to (D) Representative long-term clonogenic assays (A and C) and quantified collated data (B and D) for cells treated with combination drug therapy as indicated; Vem with an increasing dose of 1, 2 or 3 μM, CQ at 5 μM; or a combination of Vem 1 μM and CQ 5 μM. Two way ANOVA; mean ± s.e.m. # p<0.001, n = 3. (E) Representative Westerns showing increased pERK expression in cells with KRASG12V and NRASQ61K compared to NT or KRASWT. (F) Percent growth at 140 hr in AM38 (parental), AM38R (resistant) and AM38 NRASQ61K (resistant) cell lines treated with autophagy inhibition through RNAi against ATG5, ATG7 or a combination of RNAi and vemurafenib. Growth measured by continuous IncuCyte monitoring. mean ± s.e.m, n = 3.

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Figure 8—source data 1. Long term growth assay quantifications and incucyte timecourse data.
(B and D) Quantification of long-term clonogenic growth assays in for 794R and AM38R cells with and without inserted mechanisms of resistance treated with increasing doses of vemurafenib and vemurafenib, CQ, or a combination of the two drugs. (F) Quantification of % growth over time for AM38, AM38R and AM38 NRASQ61K cells treated with RNAi to ATG5 #1, ATG5#2, ATG7#1 and ATG7#2 with and without vemurafenib.
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Figure 8.

Figure 8—figure supplement 1. Autophagy inhibition overcomes molecularly distinct mechanisms of BRAFi resistance.

Figure 8—figure supplement 1.

(A–B) Percent growth over time in AM38 parental, AM38R (resistant) and AM38 NRASQ61K (resistant) cell lines treated with control non-targeted (NT) RNAi, autophagy inhibition through RNAi against ATG5 (required autophagy protein) or a combination of RNAi and vemurafenib. Growth measured by continuous IncuCyte monitoring. mean ± s.e.m, n=3. (C) Percent growth over time in AM38 parental, AM38R (resistant) and AM38 NRASQ61K (resistant) cell lines treated with control non-targeted (NT) RNAi, autophagy inhibition through RNAi against ATG7. Growth measured by continuous IncuCyte monitoring. mean ± s.e.m, n=3. (D–E) Western blot analysis demonstrating level of knockdown in NT, shATG5 and shATG7 treated cells.
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Figure 8—figure supplement 1—source data 1. Full image of ATG7 Western with associated actin blot for control to demonstrate shATG5 bands cut out of image.
All ATG7 bands shown were run and developed on the same blot.
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DOI: 10.7554/eLife.19671.024