Journal: Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
Article Title: CTCF variant begets to short stature by down-regulation of IGF1
doi: 10.1530/JME-22-0193
Figure Lengend Snippet: The CTCF R567W variant inhibition of IGFs gene expression. (A) qPCR analysis of the expression level of CTCF mRNA in the wild and mutant groups in three different cell lines. (B) Western blot analysis of the expression level of CTCF protein in the wildtype and mutant groups in LO2 cells. FLAG is a label protein of vectors. (C) In HEK-293T, LO2, and LCLs, mRNA levels of IGF1 were measured using quantitative PCR. (D) IGF1 protein levels were analyzed with ELISA. (E) In HEK-293T, LO2, and LCLs, mRNA levels of IGFBP3 were measured using quantitative PCR. (D) IGFBP3 protein levels were analyzed with ELISA. For quantitative PCR, results were normalized to β-actin as a reference and compared with control cells transfected with an empty vector plasmid ( n ≥ 3; mean ± s.e.m. shown; *** P < 0.001 by Student t -test). For Western blotting, results were normalized to β-actin as a reference ( n = 3; mean ± s.e.m. shown; * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, and *** P < 0.001). A full color version of this figure is available at https://doi.org/10.1530/JME-22-0193 .
Article Snippet: The protein expression levels of IGF1 and IGFBP3 were quantified using Human IGF1 ELISA Kit (Elabscience, Wuhan, China) and Human IGFBP-3 ELISA Kit (Elabscience), respectively.
Techniques: Variant Assay, Inhibition, Gene Expression, Expressing, Mutagenesis, Western Blot, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Control, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation