Journal: Burns & Trauma
Article Title: p53 promotes the expansion of regulatory T cells via DNMT3a- and TET2- mediated Foxp3 expression in sepsis
doi: 10.1093/burnst/tkad021
Figure Lengend Snippet: p53 directly regulates DNMT3a and TET2 expression. ( a , b ) WT and p53 f/f /CD4-Cre + mice were subjected to sham (n = 5) or CLP (n = 10) operation. After 24 h mice were sacrificed and CD4 + T cells were isolated from spleens. ( a ) Cells were subjected to mRNA extraction followed by qPCR analysis of DNMT3a and TET2 mRNAs. β-Actin was used as the loading control. The relative mRNA levels were normalized to that in the sham group ( * p < 0.01). ( b ) Cells were subjected to protein extraction and western blot analysis of DNMT3a and TET2. β-Actin was used as the loading control. The relative expression levels were quantified using ImageJ and normalized to that of the loading control ( * p < 0.01). ( c , d ) Predicted binding sites of p53 on DNMT3a or TET2 promoter regions are indicated with blue arrows or vertical lines. pcDNA3.1- p53 and pGL4.1 carrying WT promoter or mutant promoter with binding sites deletion (left panels) or segment of promoter sequence (right panels) were co-transfected into HEK293T cells. After 3 days, cells were lysed and subjected to luciferase activity detection ( * p < 0.01 vs blank group). CLP cecal ligation and puncture, m RNA messenger ribonucleic acid, qPCR quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, DNMT DNA methyltransferase enzyme, TET , ten–eleven translocation, HEK293T human embryonic kidney 293 T cells, WT wild type
Article Snippet: Lentivirus vectors expressing the DNA fragments encoding GFP-tagged full-length DNA methyltransferase enzyme (DNMT) 3a, DNMT3a mRNA-targeted small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA), ten–eleven translocation 2 (TET2) and TET2 mRNA-targeted siRNA were designed, constructed, packed and purified by Obio Technology Co. Ltd (Shanghai, China).
Techniques: Expressing, Isolation, Extraction, Control, Protein Extraction, Western Blot, Binding Assay, Mutagenesis, Sequencing, Transfection, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Ligation, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Translocation Assay