Fig. 2: Proteasomal degradation of DUSP6 sustains HER2 phospho-activation.

a Western blots showing changes in the indicated DUSPs following treatment with trametinib or ulixertinib overnight (~16 h) in the two different PDAC lines. b Immunoprecipitation (IP) experiment showing polyubiquitination of stably expressed FLAG-tagged DUSP4 and DUSP6 in 293 T cells following 16 h treatment with ulixertinib followed by co-treatment with DMSO or bortezomib for 6 h. c Western blots showing changes in p-HER2 (Y1248), p-ERK1/2, DUSP4, and DUSP6 levels in Pa01c and HPAC cells treated with trametinib or ulixertinib for 16 h, followed by DMSO or bortezomib for 6 h. d Western blots showing changes in p-HER2 and p-ERK1/2 in Pa01c and HPAC cells stably expressing scramble control of two different shRNAs against DUSP4 or DUSP6. e Western blots showing changes in p-HER2 and p-ERK1/2 in Pa01c and HPAC cells stably overexpressing an empty vector, DUSP6, DUSP4, or DUSP7. f Western blots showing changes in p-HER2 and p-ERK1/2 levels in Pa01c and HPAC cells stably expressing wild-type (WT) or enzymatically inactive (C293S) DUSP6. All experiments were conducted two times, and one set of data for each was presented. Source data are provided in Source Data file.