Journal: Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS
Article Title: Loss of fragile WWOX gene leads to senescence escape and genome instability.
doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04950-1
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6 ROS inhibition results in senescence induction in late- passage Wwox−/− MEFs. a ROS levels in Wwox+/+, Wwox+/− and Wwox−/− MEFs at early- and late-passages were determined by DHE staining and flow cyto- metric analysis. b PCR amplifi- cation of mononucleotide repeat markers Bat26, Bat30, Bat37, Bat64 and Bat67 was performed using the genomic DNA sam- ples isolated from NAC-treated late-passage Wwox+/+ and Wwox−/− MEFs, and the length of PCR products was analyzed by capillary electrophoresis for detecting microsatellite insta- bility. c, d SA-β-gal staining was performed in late-passage Wwox+/+, Wwox+/−, Wwox−/−, and 1 mM NAC-treated Wwox−/− MEFs. The representa- tive images obtained from at least three independent experi- ments are shown in d. Scale bars = 100 µm. The percentages of SA-β-gal-positive senescent cells are shown in c. *P ≤ 0.05; ***P ≤ 0.005; Two-tailed t test. e Cellular morphology of Wwox+/+, Wwox+/−, Wwox−/−, and 1 mM NAC-treated Wwox−/− MEFs at early- and late-passages was examined. Scale bars = 100 µm. f DNA methylation of p16Ink4a pro- moter at specific CpG islands was analyzed. N.S. not sig- nificant; *P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.005; Two-tailed t test. g p16Ink4a, p21Cip1/Waf1, p53 and WWOX protein expression was examined in late-passage Wwox+/−, Wwox−/−, and 1 mM NAC-treated Wwox−/− MEFs. β-actin was used as an internal control in western blotting
Article Snippet: Human p21Cip1/Waf1 and p53 expression vectors were obtained from Addgene (#20814 and #11770, respectively; Watertown, MA, USA).
Techniques: Inhibition, Staining, Isolation, Electrophoresis, Two Tailed Test, DNA Methylation Assay, Expressing, Control, Western Blot