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

Figure 4 Insulin-like growth factor 2/IGF1R-mediatedglycolysisis required for gastrointestinal stromal tumors with liver metastasis. A: Extracellular acidification rate was measured; B: Lactate production in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) 882 and GIST-T1 cells transfected with sh-insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) or OE-IGF2 were measured; C: Lactate production in OE-IGF2-GIST882 and GIST-T1 cells cotreated with 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) (0, 4, 8, and 16 mmol/L); D: Transwell assay of the migration ability of the OE-IGF2-cells cotreated with 2-DG (scar bar = 50 μm); E: Transwell assay of the invasiveness of OE-IGF2-cells cotreated with 2-DG (scar bar = 50 μm); F: Assay of proteins involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (vimentin, N-cadherin, E-cadherin, Twist1) in OE-IGF2-cells cotreated with 2-DG. Data are mean ± standard deviation. ^aP < 0.05; ^bP < 0.01; ^cP < 0.001.