Journal: Chinese Medical Journal
Article Title: Deficiency of two-pore segment channel 2 contributes to systemic lupus erythematosus via regulation of apoptosis and cell cycle
doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000001893
Figure Lengend Snippet: TPCN2 -knockdown inhibits the proliferation in SLE. (A) Expression level of TPCN2 in PBMCs of SLE cases ( n = 6) and healthy controls ( n = 7). ∗ P < 0.05, Student's t test. Knockdown of TPCN2 with two independent shRNA in Jurkat (B) and THP-1 (C) cells; the left panel represents the relative expression levels of TPCN2 assessed by qRT-PCR; the right panel represents protein expression level of TPCN2 that was detected by Western blotting. The data represent the mean ( n = 3) ± SD. ∗ P < 0.05, Student's t test. Cell viability of silencing TPCN2 in Jurkat (D) and THP-1 (E) cells were determined by CCK-8 assay. The results represent the means ( n = 5) ± SD. Significant differences were evaluated using Student's t test. ∗ P < 0.05. CCK-8: Cell count kit-8; GAPDH: Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; NC: Normal control; PBMCs: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; qRT-PCR: Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; SD: Standard deviation; Sh#1: shTPCN2#1; Sh#2: shTPCN2#2; shRNA: Short hairpin RNA; SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus; TPCN2 : Two-pore segment channel 2.
Article Snippet: The membranes were blocked with 5% nonfat dry milk for 1 h, and then incubated with rabbit anti- TPCN2 monoclonal antibodies (1:200; Alomone Labs, Jerusalem, Israel) overnight at 4°C.
Techniques: Expressing, shRNA, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, CCK-8 Assay, Cell Counting, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Standard Deviation