Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: Leptin-Upregulated Metastasis-Associated Protein 1 Promotes Vasculogenic Mimicry in Breast Cancer Cells
doi: 10.3390/ijms26125726
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 3. MTA1 overexpression promotes VM in human breast cancer cells. MDA-MB-231 (A,C,E) and Hs 578T cells (B,D,F) were transfected with the MTA1 CRISPR activation plasmid for 48 h. MTA1 protein expression was assessed using Western blot in MDA-MB-231 (A) and Hs 578T cells (B). VM was performed using a 3D culture assay for 16 h in MDA-MB-231 (C) and Hs 578T cells (D) (40× mag- nification; scale bar = 500 µm). Results are expressed as mean ± SD; *** p < 0.001 vs. control plasmid. Expression of VM-related proteins was evaluated using Western blot in MDA-MB-231 (E) and Hs 578T cells (F).
Article Snippet: MDA-MB-231 cells (1.5 × 105) and Hs 578T cells (2.0 × 105) were cultured under optimal conditions and transfected with 1 μg of the control or 0.5 μg of the MTA1 CRISPR activation plasmid (Santa Cruz, Danvers, MA, USA) for 48 h. Transfection was performed using the UltraCruz transfection reagent (Santa Cruz), according to the manufacturer’s protocol.
Techniques: Over Expression, Transfection, CRISPR, Activation Assay, Plasmid Preparation, Expressing, Western Blot, Control