Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: Oct4 is a gatekeeper of epithelial identity by regulating cytoskeletal organization in skin keratinocytes.
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113859
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 7. Phenotypic changes in skin keratinocytes are partially dependent on Oct4 transcriptional function (A) Schematic depicting Oct4 pCEP constructs: pCEP-OCT4-WT (top), pCEP-OCT4-AA resembles/mimics the WT construct (center), and the pCEP-OCT4-EE mutant does not bind to DNA (bottom). (B) Representative western blot images showing Oct4 protein expression in OCT4 knockout clones transfected with the constructs mentioned in (A). (C) RT-qPCR quantification of OCT4 mRNA levels, comparing WT cells with OCT4 knockout clones transfected with the constructs mentioned in (A). n = 3, mean ± SEM, one-way ANOVA. (D) Representative phase-contrast images demonstrating changes in cell size and morphology: OCT4 knockout clones left UT or transfected with the pCEP- OCT4-WT, pCEP-OCT4-AA, or pCEP-OCT4-EE construct compared with WT cells. Scale bar, 100 mm. (E) Quantification of cell size, comparing UT OCT4 knockout cells with clones transfected with the pCEP-OCT4-WT, pCEP-OCT4-AA, or pCEP-OCT4-EE construct. n = 3, mean ± SEM, one-way ANOVA. (F) RT-qPCR quantification of WASP, CDC42, and ROCK1 transcript levels in UT clone 1 compared with clone 1 transfected with the pCEP-OCT4-WT, pCEP- OCT4-AA, or pCEP-OCT4-EE construct. n = 3, mean ± SEM, one-way ANOVA. (G) RT-qPCR quantification of WASP, CDC42, and ROCK1 transcript levels in UT clone 3 compared with clone 3 transfected with the pCEP-OCT4-WT, pCEP- OCT4-AA, or pCEP-OCT4-EE construct. n = 3, mean ± SEM, one-way ANOVA. (H) RT-qPCR quantification of WASP, CDC42, and ROCK1 transcript levels in UT clone 4 compared with clone 4 transfected with the pCEP-OCT4-WT, pCEP- OCT4-AA, or pCEP-OCT4-EE construct. n = 3, mean ± SEM, one-way ANOVA. See also Table S2.
Article Snippet: HaCaT immortalized keratinocyte cell line frommale adult human skin (CLS, 300493) and HeLa human cervical cancer cell line (CLS, 300194) were cultured at 37 C in 5% CO2, in DMEM (Gibco, 41965039) supplemented with 10% FBS (Gibco, 10500064) and 1% penicillin-streptomycin (Gibco, 15070063).
Techniques: Construct, Mutagenesis, Western Blot, Expressing, Knock-Out, Clone Assay, Transfection, Quantitative RT-PCR