Research Paper Volume 13, Issue 3 pp 4045—4062

Figure 6. FOXM1 is involved in ALKBH5-induced EMT in UM cells. (A) The FOXM1 knockdown efficiency was verified at the protein level in UM cells by western blot assay. Downregulation of FOXM1 decreased cell migration (B) and invasion (C) of UM cells. (D) Downregulation of FOXM1 increased E-cadherin expression and decreased the protein levels of N-cadherin, vimentin, Snail, Slug, and β-catenin. (E) Western blot of FOXM1, E-cadherin, and vimentin in C918 cells with or without ALKBH5 stable knockdown transfected with wild-type or H204A mutation plasmid of ALKBH5. (F) The protein levels of E-cadherin and vimentin were measured using western blot in C918 cells stable transfected with shControl and shFOXM1 plasmid with or without ALKBH5 overexpression. Mean ± SEM, t-test, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.