Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: CCN1 Induces Oncostatin M Production in Osteoblasts via Integrin-Dependent Signal Pathways
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106632
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Osteoblasts were incubated with various concentrations of CCN1 (3–30 ng/ml) in NF-κB luciferase activity. (B&C) Osteoblasts pretreated with FAK inhibitor, PP2, Wortmannin, Ly294002, PDTC, and TPCK for 30 min or transfected with FAK, c-Src, PI3K, and p65 siRNA were treated with CCN1. NF-κB luciferase activity measured, results normalized to β-galactosidase activity and expressed for three independent experiments performed in triplicate. (D) Osteoblasts pretreated with FAKi, PP2, Wortmannin, LY294002 for 30 min were stimulated with CCN1 for 60 min, followed by chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. (E) Schematic diagram of signal pathway showed CCN1-induced OSM expression in osteoblasts. Data represent mean ± S.E. *, p<0.05 compared with control; #, p<0.05 compared with CCN1-treated group.
Article Snippet: Human recombinant CCN1 was obtained from PeproTech (Rocky Hill, NJ), FAK inhibitor (FAKi) and c-Src inhibitor (PP2), PI3K inhibitors (Wortmannin and Ly294002), NF-κB inhibitors pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) and L-1-tosylamido-2-phenylenylethyl chloromethyl ketone (TPCK) from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO).
Techniques: Incubation, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Transfection, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Expressing