Journal: Frontiers in Oncology
Article Title: Loss of TARBP2 Drives the Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via miR-145-SERPINE1 Axis
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.620912
Figure Lengend Snippet: SERPINE1 mRNA is a target of miRNA-145 linked to TARBP2 . (A) Flow chart of selection and analysis of potential miRNAs. (B) Levels of 4 potential miRNAs in the oe/sh- TARBP2 HepG2 cells. (C) Comparison of miR-145 expression between HCC tumors and tumor adjacent tissues (N = 20) (paired t-test p-value = 0.038). (D, E) miR-145 levels in HCC tumors are positively associated with TARBP2 (Pearson r = 0.47, p-value = 0.037) and negatively associated with SERPINE1 (Pearson r = -0.45, p-value = 0.049) (N=20). (F) The binding sites of miR-145 in the 3’-UTR of SERPINE1 mRNA. (G) The effects of miR-145 on reporters, pmirGLO- SERPINE1 -wild-type and pmirGLO- SERPINE1 -mutant, were measured by luciferase reporter assays in HepG2 cells. *p-value < 0.05; **p-value < 0.01; NS, no significance; NC, negative control.
Article Snippet: The membranes were blocked in 5% non-fat milk followed by overnight incubation with primary antibodies including rabbit anti-TRBP (15753-1-AP; ProteinTech, Wuhan, China), rabbit anti-PAI-1 (SERPINE1) (13801-1-AP; ProteinTech, Wuhan, China) and rabbit anti-alpha TUBULIN (11224-1-AP; ProteinTech, Wuhan, China).
Techniques: Selection, Comparison, Expressing, Binding Assay, Mutagenesis, Luciferase, Negative Control