Insulin-like growth factor 2 targets IGF1R signaling transduction to facilitate metastasis and imatinib resistance in gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Figure 3 Insulin-like growth factor 2 activated the IGF1R signaling in gastrointestinal stromal tumors cells. A: Quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR assay of IGF1R mRNA expression in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) 882 and GIST-T1 cells after OE-insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) or sh-IGF2 transfection; B: Detection of protein levels (IGF1R, p-IGF1R, PI3K, AKT, and p-AKT) involved in the PI3K/AKT in OE-IGF2 or sh-IGF2 transfected-GIST-T1 cells by western blot assay; C: Detection of protein levels (IGF1R, p-IGF1R, PI3K, AKT, and p-AKT) involved in the PI3K/AKT in GIST-T1 cells after sh-IGF2 and OE-IGF2R transfection by western blot assay. ^bP < 0.01; ^cP < 0.001.