Figure 3.
Effect of P2Y12 gene knockdown in murine ovarian cancer cells on the growth of orthotopic ovarian tumors. (A) Expression of P2Y12 mRNA in control and mP2Y12 CRISPR-Cas9 ID8-VEGF cells before the injection into mice (n = 3 triplicate experiments). (B) Representative images of necropsy in mice carrying control or mP2Y12 CRISPR-Cas9 ID8-VEGF cell–induced tumors. (C) Mean aggregate tumor weight in mice carrying control or mP2Y12 CRISPR-Cas9 ID8-VEGF cell–induced tumors (n = 10 per group). (D-E) Effect of ecto-apyrase (CD39) gene knockdown using hCD39 siRNA on the platelet-induced increase in the proliferation rate in A2780ip2 (D) and SKOV3ip1 (E) human ovarian cancer cells (n = 3 triplicate experiments). (F) Expression of CD39 in tumor nodules induced by WT A2780ip2 or A2780ip2-CD39 CRISPR-Cas9 cells. (G) Mean tumor weight aggregate in mice carrying tumors induced by WT or A2780ip2-CD39 CRISPR-Cas9 cells (n = 6 mice per group).