Journal: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research : CR
Article Title: MiR-137 and miR-34a directly target Snail and inhibit EMT, invasion and sphere-forming ability of ovarian cancer cells
doi: 10.1186/s13046-016-0415-y
Figure Lengend Snippet: MiR-137 and miR-34a modulate EMT, invasion and sphere-forming ability of OC cells through targeting Snail. MiR-137 or miR-34a inhibitor or Neg inhibitor was co-transfected into SKOV-3 cells, together with (or without) Snail siRNA. MiR-137 or miR-34a mimic or Neg mimic was co-transfected into ES-2 cells, together with (or without) Snail cDNA vector lacking the 3′-UTR region. Cell invasion assay ( a ), sphere formation assay ( b ) and Western blotting analysis of indicated proteins ( c ) in OC cells treated as described above were performed. ** P < 0.01
Article Snippet: MiRNA mimic and miRNA inhibitor for miR-137 or miR-34a (30 nM, Ambion), Snail siRNA (5 nM, Ambion) and Snail cDNA plasmids (OriGene) were transfected using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer’s protocol.
Techniques: Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Invasion Assay, Tube Formation Assay, Western Blot