Journal: PLOS One
Article Title: Inflammatory cytokines promote interferon regulatory factor (IRF) transcriptional activity in human pulmonary epithelial cells through the induction of IRF1 by nuclear factor-κB
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329244
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) A549 cells stably transfected with an IRF luciferase reporter were treated with increasing concentrations (0.01, 0.1, 1 or 10 nM) of; control siRNA pool (C4), the indicated IRF siRNA pool, or a lipid control (lipid) prior to either no stimulation or treatment with IL-1β (1 ng/ml). Cells were harvested at 0 h (i.e., no stimulation) for IRF2 and IRF3 protein or at 2 h for IRF1 protein, 24 h for IRF9 protein, and 8 h for luciferase determination. Blots representative of N independent experiments are shown. Following normalization to GAPDH, western blot data were plotted as log 2 IRF/GAPDH. IRF reporter data are plotted as log 2 fold of no stimulation. All data are shown as either mean ± SE or box-and-whisker plots. Using normalized IRF/GAPDH values or relative light units, significance was tested by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. * P ≤ 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01 or *** P ≤ 0.001 indicates significance relative to IL-1β treated cells (IRF1, IRF9) or non-stimulated cells (IRF2, IRF3). (B) A549 cells were treated with IL-1β (1 ng/ml) at the indicated times prior to fractionation into ‘Cytoplasmic’ and ‘Nuclear’ lysates, or harvested for total protein (T), prior to western blotting using fluorescently tagged antibodies. Images are representative of 3 or more fluorescent, or equivalent chemiluminescent, blots.
Article Snippet: Fluorescent antibodies were: GAPDH hFABTM Rhodamine (12004167, Bio-rad), Goat ANTI-RABBIT IgG StarBrightTM Blue (12004161, Bio-rad), and Goat anti Mouse IgG (H/L):DyLight®800 (SA5–10176, Bio-rad).
Techniques: Stable Transfection, Transfection, Luciferase, Control, Western Blot, Whisker Assay, Fractionation