Journal: Genome Biology and Evolution
Article Title: Expression of Truncated Products at the 5′-Terminal Region of RIPK2 and Evolutive Aspects that Support Their Biological Importance
doi: 10.1093/gbe/evae106
Figure Lengend Snippet: Human RIPK2 mRNA expression in cells under temperature stress conditions. a-b) RT-PCR assays were performed in triplicates to evaluate the level of human RIPK2 transcripts 1 and 2 in cells under heat/cold conditions. Temperature stress induced a significant increase in transcript 2 expression level at lower temperatures and a decrease at a higher temperature ( P < 0.0001, unpaired t test), but no effect on transcript 1 expression was observed (control cells at 37 °C as the calibrator sample; TUBA1C as the expression reference). c ) HSPA1A showed elevated levels at 40 °C ( P = 0.03, unpaired t test) ( TUBA1C as the expression reference. Values were log2 transformed (y-axis) so that all values below −1 indicate downregulation in gene expression while values above 1 represent upregulation. The error bar represents the mean ± S.E.M (standard error of the mean). d-f) Western blot analysis of human RIP-2 expression in cells under stress conditions by anti-RIP-2 ab8428 (N-terminus), cstD10B11 and ab57954 (C-terminus) antibodies. In FaDu cell line under temperature stress, a reduced isoform 1 expression was observed at 5 °C or 17 °C compared to control cells. Normalization controls: β-tubulin and COX IV. L = Protein Ladder.
Article Snippet: The antibodies against housekeeping proteins were (a) a rabbit monoclonal anti-COX IV (3E11) antibody (#4850, CST, diluted 1:1000); (b) a rabbit monoclonal anti-β-tubulin (9F3) antibody (#2128, CST, diluted 1:1000); (c) a rabbit monoclonal anti-histone H3 (D1H2) XP® antibody (#4499, CST, diluted 1:1000); (d) a rabbit monoclonal anti-GAPDH (D16H11) XP® antibody (#5174, CST, diluted 1:1000); (e) a mouse monoclonal anti-β-actin antibody (A5441, Sigma−Aldrich, diluted 1:5000).
Techniques: Expressing, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Control, Transformation Assay, Gene Expression, Western Blot