Journal: International Journal of Oncology
Article Title: Fascin1 expression in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma is a prognostic marker and knockdown of fascin1 suppresses the proliferation of ovarian cancer cells
doi: 10.3892/ijo.2013.2232
Figure Lengend Snippet: The inactivation of fascin1 inhibits proliferation and invasive ability of ovarian cancer cell lines SKOV3, and OVCAR3. (A) Cell proliferation was measured by colony forming assay after fascin1 siRNA transfection. The colony formation of the transfected cells grew significantly slower than control cells at 72 h. Colony numbers of transfected cells decreased significantly to 95.7% (SKOV3), 78.1% (OVCAR3) compared with that in control cells (72 h) (P<0.05). (B) Wound-healing assays were performed to examine the effect of fascin1 inactivation on cell migration (×100). The migration activities of the transfected cells were decreased 51.3% (SKOV3), and 55.3% (OVCAR3) compared to control cells at 16 h (P<0.05). (C) Matrigel invasion assays were performed to examine the effect of fascin1 on cell invasion (×100). Diagram of the cell count in the membrane. Fascin1 siRNA transfected cells led to 35.8% (SKOV3), and 31.1% (OVCAR3) decrease in the number of invasive cells (P<0.05). The above results are from 3 independent experiments.
Article Snippet: After three rinses in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) for 5 min, each section was incubated for 1 h at room temperature with mouse monoclonal antibodies to human fascin1 (Epitomics, Burlingame, CA, USA; 1:100), and human β-catenin (Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO, USA) all diluted in PBS; washed three times in PBS for 5 min; incubated with horseradish peroxidase-labeled rabbit anti-mouse immunoglobulin (DAKO; 1 h at room temperature); washed three times; and incubated with a solution of diaminobenzidine (DAB) at room temperature to visualize peroxidase activity.
Techniques: Transfection, Control, Migration, Cell Counting, Membrane