Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: Alternative mRNA splicing events and regulators in epidermal differentiation
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113814
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Sashimi plot showing enriched relative expression of exon-12-containing isoforms of MAP3K7 upon epidermal differentiation. (B) Scheme of RT-PCR primers (red triangles) to discern MAP3K7 isoforms containing (MAP3K7-long) or excluding exon 12 (MAP3K7-short). Purple bars represent isoform-targeting siRNAs for short and long MAP3K7 transcripts. Bottom, RT-PCR of in vitro progenitor (P) and differentiated (D) keratinocytes and in vivo laser capture microdissected skin tissue of basal (Bs) progenitor and suprabasal (Sb) differentiated layers. CCND1 and LOR are control transcripts enriched in progenitor and differentiated states, respectively. (C) RT-PCR evaluating MAP3K7 isoform expression after transfection of isoform-targeting siRNAs against short and long isoforms. RPL32 is an invariant expression control. (D) Immunoblot for proteins in the NF-κB signaling pathway in progenitor keratinocytes after treatment with control or MAP3K7-isoform-targeted siRNAs, in the presence or absence of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α; 10 ng/mL), to stimulate NF-κB signaling. TNF-α was applied for 30 min, and protein lysates were harvested 48 h later. (E) Intensity quantitation of phospho-p65/RelA from immunoblot experiments. Phosphorylated p65 was normalized internally to total p65, and the unstimulated siCTRL signal was set to 1 for each biological replicate. Data are means ± SEM (n = 3) (one-way ANOVA with a Tukey’s honestly significant difference [HSD] post hoc test), *p < 0.05. (F) RT-PCR and immunoblot for TAK1, the protein product of MAP3K7, after overexpression (OE) of each isoform. (G) ELISA for phosphorylated p65 in keratinocytes after OE of empty vector or MAP3K7 short/long isoforms. Data are means ± SEM (n = 3) (one-way ANOVA with a Tukey’s HSD post hoc test), *p < 0.05.
Article Snippet: TransAM NF-κB p65 Transcription Factor ELISA Kit , Active Motif , Cat# 40097.
Techniques: Expressing, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, In Vitro, In Vivo, Control, Transfection, Western Blot, Quantitation Assay, Over Expression, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Plasmid Preparation