Journal: Oncotarget
Article Title: Ell3 stabilizes p53 following CDDP treatment via its effects on ubiquitin-dependent and -independent proteasomal degradation pathways in breast cancer cells
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Figure Lengend Snippet: A. To confirm ERK phosphorylation, control (C) and Ell3-overexpressing (OE) MCF7 cells were pretreated with the ERK inhibitor PD980589 (50 μM) or DMSO vehicle for 24 h and p53 levels were analyzed by western blotting 16 h after CDDP treatment. B. The effect of PD98059 on apoptosis of control and Ell3-OE cells was quantified by annexin V staining and flow cytometry at 48 h after CDDP treatment. C. The five most up-regulated genes in ELL-OE cells, compared with control cells, determined by microarray analysis. D. The effect of si IL20 on ERK phosphorylation and p53 stabilization in Ell3-OE cells after CDDP treatment. Non-specific siRNA (siNS) or siRNA targeting IL20 (si IL20 ) was transfected into control and Ell3-OE cells for 24 h. Total p53 and phospho-ERK were analyzed by western blotting at 16 h after CDDP treatment. E. The effect of si IL20 on the apoptosis of control and Ell3-OE cells following CDDP treatment for 48 h was quantitatively measured by flow cytometry. F. The effect of anti-IL20 antibodies added to the culture media of Ell3-OE on CDDP-induced p53 protein accumulation. To neutralize IL20, 4 μg IL20 antibody was added to the medium containing 6 × 10 4 cells for 4 h, and the p53 protein level was analyzed by western blotting at 4 h after CDDP treatment with culture medium containing 1% FBS. G. The effect of si Ell3 on the expression of IL20 in Ell3-OE cells was analyzed by real-time PCR. Total RNA was analyzed 48 h after siRNA transfection. H. The effect of si Ell3 and si IL20 on the amount of secreted IL20 from Ell3-OE cells. After 24 h of siRNA transfection, IL20 in the culture media of control and Ell3-OE cells was measured using an IL20 immunoassay kit. I. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis of the transcription initiation region of the IL20 promoter in control and Ell3-OE using antibodies against IgG (negative control), Ell3, and acetylated histone H3 (Ace-H3). Binding of Ell3 to the promoter of IL20 was quantified by PCR and real-time PCR. The error bars represent the SE from three independent experiments, each performed with triplicate samples. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, Student's t -test.
Article Snippet: A human IL20 immunoassay kit was used (DL200, R&D Systems).
Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Control, Western Blot, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Microarray, Transfection, Expressing, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Negative Control, Binding Assay