Journal: Oncology Letters
Article Title: MicroRNA-9 enhances sensitivity to cetuximab in epithelial phenotype hepatocellular carcinoma cells through regulation of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A-2
doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.7399
Figure Lengend Snippet: miR-9 modulates expression of eIF-5A-2 in HCC cell lines. (A) miR-9 target site in eIF-5A-2 predicted by TargetScan. (B) Expression of miR-9 and eIF-5A-2 mRNA in HCC cells as determined by RT-qPCR. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 vs. Huh7; # P<0.05, ## P<0.01 vs. Hep3B. (C) eIF-5A-2 expression in HCC cells following treatment with a miR-9 mimic or inhibitor as determined by RT-qPCR. **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 vs. the control. (D) Expression levels of miR-9 following treatment with a miR-9 mimic or inhibitor as determined by RT-qPCR. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 vs. the control (E) Western blot analysis was used to detect eIF-5A-2 expression in the various HCC cell lines in the presence of the miR-9 mimic, inhibitor and control. *P<0.05 vs. negative siRNA. miR-9, microRNA-9; eIF-5A-2; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A-2; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; RT-qPCR, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction; miRNA, microRNA; UTR, untranslated region.
Article Snippet: Human HCC cell lines (Hep3B, Huh7, SNU387 and SNU449) were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC; Manassas, VA, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control, Western Blot, Reverse Transcription, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction