Journal: International journal of molecular sciences
Article Title: Silencing PROK2 Inhibits Invasion of Human Cervical Cancer Cells by Targeting MMP15 Expression.
doi: 10.3390/ijms21176391
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 3. Effect of knockdown PROK2 on MMP15 expression and cell invasion in human cervical cancer HeLa cells. (A) Human HeLa cells were transfected with or without PROK2 shRNA, then followed by measuring the capacity of cell migration and invasion. (B,C) The protein and mRNA expression of MMP15 were inhibited by shPROK2-HeLa cells were measured by western blotting and R-qPCR assay. (D) Validation of MMP15 gene expression in matched cervical cancer tissues and adjacent noncancerous cervical tissues from the GEPIA databases. T: cervical tumour tissue (n = 306); N: normal cervical tissue (n = 13), * p < 0.05 versus normal cervical tissue. (E) Overall survival rate (OS) in patients with high or low MMP15 expression. The red line indicates high expression, and black line indicates low expression. (F) MMP15 expression was correlated with PROK2 expression in human cervical cancer patients. ** p < 0.01 versus shLuc cells.
Article Snippet: Antibodies against MMP15 (130522, 1:500) was obtained from Novus Biologicals (Briarwood, CO, USA) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated anti-mouse (AP124P, 1:10,000) were purchased from Merck Millipore (Burlington, MA, USA).
Techniques: Knockdown, Expressing, Transfection, shRNA, Migration, Western Blot, Biomarker Discovery, Gene Expression