Journal: Regenerative Therapy
Article Title: Tanshinone IIA protects motor neuron-like NSC-34 cells against lipopolysaccharide-induced cell injury by the regulation of the lncRNA TCTN2/miR-125a-5p/DUSP1 axis
doi: 10.1016/j.reth.2023.03.007
Figure Lengend Snippet: TCTN2 targets miR-125a-5p to regulate the expression of DUSP1. (A) Sequence of miR-125a-5p, the binding sites for miR-125a-5p in DUSP1 3′UTR and the mutation of the target sites. (B) Dual-luciferase reporter assays in NSC-34 cells with DUSP1 3′UTR luciferase reporter construct (WT-DUSP1 3′UTR) or mutant DUSP1 3′UTR reporter construct (MUT-DUSP1 3′UTR). (C) Relative expression of DUSP1 protein by western blot in NSC-34 cells exposed to 100 ng/mL of LPS or control for 24 h. (D) Western blot for DUSP1 protein level in NSC-34 cells treated with LPS or LPS + TSIIA (8 μM). (E) DUSP1 protein level by western blot in NSC-34 cells transfected with si-NC or si-DUSP1. (F) qRT-PCR for miR-125a-5p expression in NSC-34 cells transfected with inhibitor NC or miR-125a-5p inhibitor. (G) Western blot for DUSP1 protein level in LPS-exposed NSC-34 cells transfected with inhibitor NC, miR-125a-5p inhibitor, miR-125a-5p inhibitor + si-NC or miR-125a-5p inhibitor + si-DUSP1. (H) DUSP1 protein level by western blot in LPS-treated NSC-34 cells transfected with pc-NC, pc-TCTN2 (TCTN2 overexpression plasmid), pc-TCTN2+miRNA NC mimic or pc-TCTN2+miR-125a-5p mimic. LPS: lipopolysaccharide, TSIIA: Tanshinone IIA. ∗ P < 0.05.
Article Snippet: The mouse motor neuron-like NSC-34 cell line was provided by Cedarlane (Burlington, NC, USA) and cultivated at 37 °C, 5% CO 2 in Dulbecco's modified Eagle Medium (Life Technologies, Scotland, UK) plus 1% penicillin/streptomycin (Life Technologies) and 10% fetal calf serum (Biosera, Boussens, France).
Techniques: Expressing, Sequencing, Binding Assay, Mutagenesis, Luciferase, Construct, Western Blot, Transfection, Quantitative RT-PCR, Over Expression, Plasmid Preparation