Journal: Molecular Metabolism
Article Title: Genome-wide association study of adipocyte lipolysis in the GENetics of adipocyte lipolysis (GENiAL) cohort
doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2020.01.009
Figure Lengend Snippet: Functional validation of HIF3A function in human adipocytes. A) HIF3A gene expression during hMSC differentiation in vitro . Data retrieved from FANTOM5 dataset ( http://fantom.gsc.riken.jp/5/ ). B) and D-E) Expression of HIF3A was knocked down using siRNA in hMSCs 24 h after induction of differentiation and followed until differentiation days 6, 10, and 13, upon which B) the expression of HIF3A, LIPE, PLIN1 , and PNPLA2 was monitored, D) glycerol amount in medium was measured, E) accumulation of neutral lipids was evaluated, and F) the expression of ADIPOQ and FABP4 was measured. C) The expression of HIF3A was knocked down using siRNA in hMSCs 24 h before induction of adipogenic differentiation of hMSCs; 72 h post-transfection, the cells were collected, fractionated to the cytosolic and nuclear fraction, and the proteins were analyzed by Western blotting. The expression of HIF3A was normalized to the total protein amount. Results in B-E are based on four biological/independent experiments. The expression of genes was normalized to the reference gene 18s. The results were analyzed using t-tests and presented as fold change ± SD relative to negative control of a corresponding time point (Neg C). Results in C) were analyzed using one-sided t-tests and presented as fold change ± SD relative to negative control (Neg C). ∗∗∗P < 0.005, ∗∗P < 0.01, ∗P < 0.05.
Article Snippet: Antibodies against HIF3A were obtained from Proteintech (Rosemont, IL, USA) and Prosci (Poway, CA, USA), both used at 1:1000 dilution.
Techniques: Functional Assay, Biomarker Discovery, Gene Expression, In Vitro, Expressing, Transfection, Western Blot, Negative Control