Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: A critical role of E2F transcription factor 2 in proinflammatory cytokines-dependent proliferation and invasiveness of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid Arthritis
doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20782-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of cytokines on E2F2 nuclear translocation in RASFs and subsequent effects of nuclear translocation. ( A ), Nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins were fractionally extracted from RASFs stimulated with IL-6, TNF-α, and LPS for 6 h. Effects of cytokines on nuclear translocation of E2F2 were determined by Western blot. (Lamin A/C: reference for nuclear extraction; β-actin: reference for cytoplasmic extraction; control: C: Cytoplasmic extraction; N: Nuclear Extraction). ( B ), Nuclear translocation of E2F2 observed using confocal fluorescences microscopy. E2F2 was detected using anti-E2F2 antibody, and Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated IgG. Nuclei were stained with 4′,6′-diamidino-2-phenylinndole (DAPI, blue). The images showed more E2F2 translocation into the nucleus after stimulation with LPS (I), TNF-α(II), and IL-6 (III). ( C ), Measurement of cytokine levels affected by E2F2. mRNA expression and secretion of IL-6, IL-1α, IL-1β, and TNF-α was determined by real-time PCR and ELISA respectively. ( D ), Schematic representation of IL-6 promoters, primers for the ChIP assay, E2F2 binding motif in IL-6 promoter. ( E ), ChIP-PCR was used to determine whether E2F2 affect IL-6 secretion by binding to its promoter directly. Effects of TNF-α and LPS on the bindation between E2F2 and the promoter of IL-6 were also investigated. (Input, chromatin input before immunoprecipitation; Anti-E2F2: immunoprecipitated chromatin with anti-E2F2 antibody; IgG, immunoprecipitated chromatin with control IgG.) (F) , HEK293T cells stimulated with LPS and TNF-α, the luciferase reporter activity of E2F2 was then monitored. Values are expressed as mean ± SD of the mean and at least 3 independent experiments were performed. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.
Article Snippet: Anti-human E2F2 antibody was diluted at 1:1000 (Millipore, USA), and anti-human β-actin antibody diluted at 1:1000 (Beoytime, China).
Techniques: Translocation Assay, Western Blot, Extraction, Control, Microscopy, Staining, Expressing, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Binding Assay, Immunoprecipitation, Luciferase, Activity Assay