Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Transcriptomic analysis of melanoma cells reveals an association of α-synuclein with regulation of the inflammatory response
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-78777-6
Figure Lengend Snippet: RT-qPCR validation of RNA-seq data using SK-MEL-28 and WM983B cells. ( A ) Representative western blots of α-syn and α-tubulin in lysates of the control, KO8, and KO9 cells cultured in vitro. ( B ) RT-qPCR analyses of differentially expressed genes in the control and KO cells. Relative mRNA levels in fold-change of IL-1β , IGFBP5 , SAA1 , CXCL8 , CXCL10 , and SNCA normalized to housekeeping gene GAPDH . Relative expression was calculated using the comparative CT method (2 −ΔΔCT ). Triplicates were used per biological sample. Data are mean ± s.d. A one-way ANOVA with Dunnett post hoc test was used to determine p values ( n = 3). * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; **** p ≤ 0.0001. ( C ) Representative western blot of α-syn and α-tubulin in lysates of the control and α-syn KO WM983B cells cultured in vitro. ( D ) RT-qPCR results show gene expression in control and α-syn KO cells on selected transcripts. The comparative CT method (2 −ΔΔCT ) was adopted to calculate the relative mRNA levels of respective genes normalized to the housekeeping gene GAPDH and represented in graphs. Transcripts analyzed are IL-1β , IGFBP5 , SAA1 , CXCL8 , CXCL10 , and SNCA . Data are mean ± s.d. Statistical analysis was performed by using a one-tailed Student’s t-test with unequal variances ( n = 3). * p < 0.05, *** p < 0.001. Uncropped blots are shown in Fig. .
Article Snippet: The secretion of cytokines IL-1β and IGFBP5 was quantified using human IL-1β/IL-1F2 Quantikine ELISA Kit (DLB50, RD Systems) and Human IGFBP5 Duo set Quantikine ELISA kit (DY875, RD Systems).
Techniques: Quantitative RT-PCR, RNA Sequencing Assay, Western Blot, Control, Cell Culture, In Vitro, Expressing, One-tailed Test