Journal: Oncology Reports
Article Title: Crosstalk between histone modification and DNA methylation orchestrates the epigenetic regulation of the costimulatory factors, Tim-3 and galectin-9, in cervical cancer
doi: 10.3892/or.2019.7388
Figure Lengend Snippet: EZH2 and H3K27me3 regulate Tim-3/galectin-9 expression through DNMT3A. (A) The protein levels of EZH2, H3K27me3 and DNMT3A in cervical cancer (Ca), paracarcinoma (Cap) (n=24) and normal cervical tissues (NC) (n=16) detected by western blot analysis. Blot images of 4 representative samples are shown from each group. (B) Densitometric analysis of EZH2, H3K27me3 and DNMT3A protein levels in cervical cancer (n=24), paracarcinoma (n=24) and normal cervical tissues (n=16). (C and F) Western blot analysis of HeLa cells 48 h following transfection with siRNA against EZH2. β-actin protein was used as a loading control between lanes. (D) MS-PCR analysis was used to examine the methylation level of HAVCR2/LGALS9 . (E) Gray level analysis of HAVCR2/LGALS9 methylation levels in HeLa cells in which EZH2 was knocked down (M, methylated; U, unmethylated); the methylated and unmethylated levels were quantified as M/M+U% and U/M+U%, respectively. (G) Schematic representation of the 4 regions of the DNMT3A promoter amplified in the chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-quantitative PCR (qPCR) experiment. (H and I) Chromatin was cross-linked, fragmented and immunoprecipitated with either IgG (mock) or anti-EZH2 and anti-H3K27me3 ChIP-grade antibody and the purified DNA was used to amplify with respective primer pairs for indicated four regions in the DNMT3A promoters in qPCR. The enrichment of EZH2 and H3K27me3 on DNMT3A promoter relative to IgG in HeLa cells, and H3 against RPL30 was used as a positive control. **P<0.01; ns, not significant.
Article Snippet: The antibodies used were as follows: Rabbit polyclonal antibody against human Tim-3 (1:500 dilution, ab185703; Abcam), rabbit polyclonal antibody against human galectin-9 (1:100 dilution, ab123712; Abcam), mouse monoclonal antibody against human DNMT3A (1:200 dilution, sc-365769; Santa Cruz Biotechnology), rabbit monoclonal antibody against human EZH2 (1:1,000 dilution, 5246; Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal antibody against human H3K27me3 (1:1,000 dilution, 9733; Cell Signaling Technology), mouse monoclonal antibody against HPV18 E6 (1:250 dilution, NB100-2729; Novus Biologicals) and mouse monoclonal antibody against HPV18 E7 (1:250 dilution, NB110-17215; Novus Biologicals), β-actin mouse monoclonal antibody (1:500 dilution, 60008-1-lg; Proteintech).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Transfection, Control, Methylation, Amplification, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Immunoprecipitation, Purification, Positive Control