Journal: Molecular Medicine Reports
Article Title: miR-145 suppresses ovarian cancer progression via modulation of cell growth and invasion by targeting CCND2 and E2F3
doi: 10.3892/mmr.2019.10004
Figure Lengend Snippet: Restoration of CCND2 and E2F3 expression reverses the effects of miR-145. (A) SKOV3 and ES-2 cells were transfected with CCND2 and E2F3 overexpression plasmids, and the expression was then examined by western blot analysis. The 2 cells lines were also cotransfected with miR-145 mimic + CCND2 and E2F3 overexpression plasmids or the control vector. (B) Cell viability was measured by Cell Counting Kit-8 assay. (C) SKOV3 and ES-2 cells were stained with propidium iodide and subjected to flow cytometry to determine the distribution of cells at each phase of the cell cycle, and were compared with the NC group. The proportion of G1 phase decreased in the cells transfected with CCND2 and E2F3 overexpression plasmids. (D) Quantification of cell cycle distribution results presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean of 3 independent experiments. *P<0.05 and **P<0.01. (E) Wound healing assay was performed at 24 h post-transfection (magnification, 200×). (E-a) SKOV3 cells at 0 h. Following 24 h, the migration of SKOV3 cells transfected with (E-b) NC was not significantly altered compared with cells transfected with (E-c) miR-145, E2F3 and CCND2. The results indicated that the effects of miR-145 were reversed by CCND2 and E2F3. (F) Invasion assays were performed. Experiments were performed in triplicate. *P<0.05 and **P<0.01 vs. the control. CCND2, cyclin D2; E2F3, E2F transcription factor 3; miR, microRNA; NC, negative control.
Article Snippet: Following blocking using 5% non-fat milk for 2 h at room temperature, the membranes were incubated with anti-CCND2 monoclonal antibody (cat. no. SC-56305; 1:500; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Dallas, TX, USA), anti-E2F3 polyclonal antibody (cat. no. SC-879; 1:500; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.), anti-B cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2; cat. no. 4223; 1:1,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, MA, USA), anti-Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax; cat. no. 5023; 1:1,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) and anti-β-actin (cat. no. 4970; 1:2,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) overnight at 4°C, which was followed by incubation with anti-mouse (cat. no. 7076; 1:4,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) or anti-rabbit (cat. no. 7074; 1:5,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) horseradish peroxidase-conjugated immunoglobulin G at 4°C for 2 h. The blots were developed using an enhanced chemiluminescent system (Amersham; GE Healthcare, Chicago, IL, USA), and the density of bands was detected using ImageJ 1.42q software (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Transfection, Over Expression, Western Blot, Control, Plasmid Preparation, Cell Counting, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Wound Healing Assay, Migration, Negative Control