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Article Title: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha impairs intestinal phosphate absorption in colitis
doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.90722.2008
Figure Lengend Snippet: TNF-α response region on human NaPi-IIb gene promoter. A: Caco-2 cells were cotransfected with human NaPi-IIb promoter constructs (pGL3/-2783, pGL3/-1103, pGL3/-380, pGL3/-58) and pRL-CMV. TNF-α (20 ng/ml) was applied 40 h before measuring promoter activities. The degree of inhibition is shown as the ratio of luciferase activity in TNF-α-treated cells over luciferase activity in vehicle-treated cells. Results are means ± SE from 6 separate experiments. *P < 0.01 for control vs. TNF-α treatment. B: identification of nuclear protein bound on promoter region (−37 bp/−13 bp) by gel mobility shift assays (GMSAs). A 32P-labeled double-stranded oligonucleotide probe covering the proximal promoter region (−37 bp/−13 bp) was incubated with 5 μg of Caco-2 cell nuclear extract in the presence or absence of unlabeled 100 × excess NF1 consensus oligos (NF1 oligos), 4 μg rabbit IgG or anti-Elk antibody (αELK) or anti-NF1 antibody (αNF1). Image is representative of 3 independent experiments. C: identification of DNA region involving TNF-α regulation. Nuclear proteins were isolated from Caco-2 cells treated with normal medium or TNF-α medium. GMSAs were performed with DNA probe covering the basal promoter region (−37 bp/−13 bp). Results shown are representative of 4 separate experiments.
Article Snippet: A 1:4,000 dilution of mouse NaPi-IIb antibody ( 42 ) or 1:1,000 dilution of human NaPi-IIb antibody (Alpha Diagnostic International, San Antonio, TX) was used to detect NaPi-IIb protein.
Techniques: Construct, Inhibition, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Mobility Shift, Labeling, Incubation, Isolation