Fig. 6: YBX1 regulates LDHA transcriptional activation.

A qRT-PCR analysis of LDHA mRNA expression levels in ACHN and 786-O cells following YBX1 knockdown and overexpression. B CUT&Tag peak plots and heatmap showing YBX1 binding intensity in ACHN cells. C Pie chart showing the distribution of YBX1 binding regions. D IGV plot showing the occupancy of YBX1 in the LDHA promoter region. E Motif diagram of YBX1 binding sequences from the JASPAR database. F Molecular docking analysis of YBX1 with four predicted binding sites (BS) in the LDHA promoter sequence. G The LDHA promoter sequence was divided into 3 fragments containing the predicted BS, followed by primer design and ChIP-qPCR to verify YBX1 binding to the LDHA promoter region. H The LDHA promoter sequence was divided into 4 fragments, and the BS-1 site that was mainly bound was mutated, the luciferase-tagged truncated plasmids were designed. After co-transfection of the target and control Renilla plasmids into ccRCC cells, YBX1 binding to the LDHA promoter region was verified using dual-luciferase reporter assays. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001, ns: no significant difference. Unpaired two-sided Student’s t-test in A, G and H. Data are presented as mean ± SD.