Journal: PLOS ONE
Article Title: The NF-κB-HE4 axis: A novel regulator of HE4 secretion in ovarian cancer
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314564
Figure Lengend Snippet: TNFα promoted HE4 secretion through the NF-kB signaling pathway (A) A2780 cells were incubated with TPCA-1 (25 μM, an IKK2 inhibitor), BIRB-769 (1 μM, a p38 inhibitor), JNK-IN-8 (1 μM, a JNK inhibitor), or CI-1040 (20 μM, a MEK inhibitor) for 1 hour, after which cells were subjected to TNFα treatment (30 ng/mL) for 15 minutes. Subsequently, protein expression and phosphorylation were assessed via immunoblot analysis using target-specific antibodies, with α-tubulin serving as a loading control. (B) A2780 cells underwent the same inhibitor treatment as in (A), after which cells were treated with TNFα (30 ng/mL) for 24 hours. HE4 levels in culture medium were determined using HE4 ELISA. (C) A2780 cells were transfected with a construct encoding luciferase under the control of an NF-κB response element or HE4 promoter construct (HE4-652), and luciferase activity was assessed following TNFα (30 ng/mL) or IL-1β (10 ng/mL) treatment for 7 hours. (D) Same as (C), but HCH-1 cells were employed.
Article Snippet: Santa Cruz Biotechnology siRNAs for control (cat. No. sc-37007) and HE4 (cat. No. sc-43826); Vectors: empty (addgene, cat. No. 24165), p65 (addgene, cat. No. 21966), IKK2-EE (addgene, cat. No.11105); antibodies: p53 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology cat. No. sc-126), HE4 (OriGene cat. No. UM870019), p50 (BioLegend cat. No. 603901), P-c-Jun (BioLegend cat. No. 605551).
Techniques: Incubation, Expressing, Western Blot, Control, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Transfection, Construct, Luciferase, Activity Assay