Journal: Biochemical pharmacology
Article Title: m 6 A modification impacts hepatic drug and lipid metabolism properties by regulating carboxylesterase 2.
doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114766
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 4. Posttranscriptional regulation of CES2 by RNA methylation via m6A reader protein YTHDC2. The stability of CES2 mRNA in siRNA-transfected HepG2 cells was examined (A-C). HepG2 cells were treated with 10 ng/µL α-amanitin 48 h after transfection with siMETTL3 and siMETTL14 (A), siFTO (B), siALKBH5 (C), or siControl (A-C). Total RNA was prepared after 0, 12, 24, and 36 h. The CES2 mRNA level was determined by using real-time RT-PCR. The CES2 mRNA levels at time 0 (the time of addition of α-amanitin) in each treatment were assigned values of 100%. YTHDC2 mRNA, YTHDF2 mRNA (D), CES2 mRNA (E), and CES2 protein (F) levels in siYTHDC2- or siYTHDF2-transfected HepG2 cells were determined by real-time RT-PCR and Western blotting. The mRNA and protein levels were normalized to β-actin levels. The values represent the levels relative to siControl. (G) Cell lysates from HepG2 cells were immunoprecipitated with an anti-human YTHDC2 antibody or normal rabbit IgG. An electropherogram of the PCR amplicon using primers for CES2 mRNA is shown. The length of the PCR product was 316 bp. Each point and column represent the means ± SD of three independent experiments. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.01 compared with siControl.
Article Snippet: The rabbit anti-human YTHDC2 polyclonal antibody was from Bethyl Laboratories (Montgomery, TX).
Techniques: Methylation, Transfection, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, Amplification