Journal: Molecular Medicine Reports
Article Title: MicroRNA-497 inhibits cellular proliferation, migration and invasion of papillary thyroid cancer by directly targeting AKT3
doi: 10.3892/mmr.2017.7345
Figure Lengend Snippet: AKT3 is a direct target of miR-497 in PTC. (A) The binding site for miR-497 in the 3′UTR of AKT3. (B) The relative luciferase activity was determined in HEK293T cells co-transfected with miR-497 mimics or miR-NC, and pGL3-AKT3-3′UTR Wt or pGL3-AKT3-3′UTR Mut. (C) Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of AKT3 mRNA expression levels. (D) Representative western blot images and quantification of AKT3 and p-AKT3 protein expression levels. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. *P<0.05 vs. miR-497 NC. PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; miR, microRNA; NC, negative control; Mut, mutant; Wt, wild-type; 3′UTR, 3′ untranslated region; AKT3, RAC-γ serine/threonine-protein kinase; p, phosphorylated.
Article Snippet: Membranes were then incubated with mouse anti-human AKT3 (cat. no. sc-134254; 1:1,000 dilution; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Dallas, TX, USA) or GAPDH (cat. no. sc-32233; 1:1,000 dilution; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.) monoclonal antibodies, at 4°C overnight.
Techniques: Binding Assay, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Transfection, Reverse Transcription, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Expressing, Western Blot, Standard Deviation, Negative Control, Mutagenesis