Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: The Application of Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNA) in the Inhibition of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin 9 ( PCSK9 ) Gene Expression in a Cell-Free Transcription/Translation System
doi: 10.3390/ijms25031463
Figure Lengend Snippet: Western blot image of an in vitro transcription/translation reaction product resolved by electrophoresis with appropriate integrated optical density (I.O.D) values ( A ) and the relative amount of protein with respect to control sample ( B ). 1–4: Samples that contained InitPNA, Ex1PNA, Ex2PNA, and control (non-PCSK9 specific) PNA, respectively. M: Color Prestained Protein Standard, Broad Range (New England Biolabs, no. Cat. P7712). The PCSK9-specific band is depicted with an arrow. A total amount of 10 µg (25 µL sample volume) of purified products from the transcription/translation reaction was loaded onto the gel. The initial protein concentration in the samples was assessed spectrophotometrically. Measurements were made using ImageJ 1.53t software [ , ] *: p < 0.05 vs. control.
Article Snippet: A circular pCMV6-AC-GFP plasmid containing the coding sequence for PCSK9 (OriGene Technologies, Rockville, MD, USA, Cat No. RG220000) served as a template.
Techniques: Western Blot, In Vitro, Electrophoresis, Control, Purification, Protein Concentration, Software