Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: Discovery of NFκB2-Coordinated Dual Regulation of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genomes Leads to an Effective Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
doi: 10.3390/ijms25158532
Figure Lengend Snippet: New transgenic cell lines of NFκB -family genes reveal that NFκB2 overexpression (OE) promotes gene expressions of TFAM, TFB2M and NRF1 in vitro. (N = 3). ( A ) Schematic diagram of lentiviral expression constructs containing open-reading frames (ORF) of human NFκB2, RELB , or NFκB1 genes and eGFP or mCherry reporters, with promoters EF1a and IRES2, respectively; A bicistronic lenti-plasmid expresses both NFκB2 and RELB controlled by EF1a and IRES promoters, respectively; Six new transgenic cell lines overexpressing NFκB family transgenes in leukemia blast MV4-11 were generated, including: NFκB2 - eGFP -MV411, NFκB1-mCherry -MV411, RELB - mCherry -MV411, NFκB2 - RELB - eGFP -MV411, NFκB2 -eGFP/ RELB-mCherry -MV411, NFκB2 -eGFP/ NFKB1-mCherry -MV411; and GFP -MV411 will be the vector control without transgene ORF insert; ( B ) All new cell lines were purified by FACS-sorting (see Materials and Methods); A representative FC plot shows multiple populations with eGFP and/or mCherry expression which were identified as NFκB2 - eGFP -MV411, RELB - mCherry -MV411, NFκB2-eGFP/RELB-mCherry -MV411 before purification; ( C ) Gene expressions of NFκB2, NRF1, TFAM and TFB2M were analyzed by qPCR. Data of mRNA expressions show the fold change (normalized to β-actin ) of genes; ( D ) Representative FC plots show protein expressions of TFAM and/or TFB2M in NFκB2-eGFP -MV411 and GFP -MV411 (vector control); Right table: Cumulative percentage data of viable TFAM+/TFB2M+ cells in different groups; ( E ) Gene expressions of NFκB2 and TFAM after shRNA knockdown of NFκB2 in MV4-11 cells, analyzed by qPCR. Data of mRNA expressions show the fold change (normalized to β-actin ) of NFκB2 and TFAM in different treatment groups; Where applicable, data are means ± SEM. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.005.
Article Snippet: The lentiviral transfer plasmids ( ) contain a full-length open reading frame (ORF) of human NFκB2 (GeneCopoeia catalog#: EX-Z4293-Lv225, Rockville, MD, USA), NFκB1 (GeneCopoeia catalog#: EX-F0208-Lv224), RELB (GeneCopoeia catalog#: EX-G0029-Lv224), and NFκB2-RELB bicistronic plasmid (custom-built by GeneCopoeia with catalog#: CS-Z4293-Lv225-01).
Techniques: Transgenic Assay, Over Expression, In Vitro, Expressing, Construct, Plasmid Preparation, Generated, Control, Purification, shRNA, Knockdown