Journal: Bioengineered
Article Title: Effects of runt-related transcription factor 2 ( RUNX2 ) on the autophagy of rapamycin-treated osteoblasts
doi: 10.1080/21655979.2022.2037881
Figure Lengend Snippet: Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) overexpression enhanced the viability of rapamycin-treated MC3T3-E1 cells by regulating autophagy-related genes and osteoblast differentiation-related genes. (a) Viability of MC3T3-E1 cells without rapamycin treatment after transfection with si-NC and si-RUNX2. (b) Viability of rapamycin-treated MC3T3-E1 cells with RUNX2 overexpression or knockdown. *: P < 0.05, compared with the control group; # : P < 0.05, compared with si-RUNX2 group. The mRNA expression levels of p38 map kinase ( p38 MAPK ) (c), microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha ( LC3-II ) (d), Beclin-1 (e), heat shock 90-like protein ( p62 ) (f), alkaline phosphatase ( ALP ) (g), Sp7 transcription factor ( OSX ) (h), bone gamma-carboxyglutamate protein ( OCN ) (i) and collagen, type I, alpha 1 ( COL1A1 ) (j). *: P < 0.05, compared with the control group; # : P < 0.05, compared with pcDNA3.1(+)-RUNX2 group.
Article Snippet: After 2 h of blockage, the membranes were incubated with anti-RUNX2 antibody (1:1000, ProteinTech Group, Inc.), anti-p38MAPK anti-body (1:1000, ProteinTech Group, Inc.), anti-phosphorylation (p)-p38MAPK antibody (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-LC3 antibody (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-Beclin-1 antibody (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-p-Beclin-1 antibody (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-p62 antibody (1:1000, ProteinTech Group, Inc.), anti-Autophagy-related protein 1 (ATG1) antibody (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-Autophagy-related protein 5 (AGT5) antibody (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), and anti-GAPDH (1:5000, ProteinTech Group, Inc.) at 4 °C overnight.
Techniques: Over Expression, Transfection, Knockdown, Control, Expressing