Journal: Oncology Letters
Article Title: Sodium valproate affects the expression of p16 INK4a and p21 WAFI/Cip1 cyclin‑dependent kinase inhibitors in HeLa cells
doi: 10.3892/ol.2024.14563
Figure Lengend Snippet: H3Ac and HDAC activity in VPA-treated HeLa cells. (A) Confocal microscopy images. Images are representative of three independent experiments, comprising the analysis of 80 nuclei. Scale bars, 10 µm. (B) Graphs representing FI profiles along the red line drawn in the merged image of selected nuclear images to identify the immunofluorescence signals for H3Ac (green) and TO-PRO-3-stained DNA (blue). (C) Fluorescence intensity of H3Ac signals increased following treatment with 2 mM VPA. (D) Western blotting and respective densitometry of five independent experiments indicated increased abundance of the H3Ac protein following VPA treatment. β-actin was used as a loading control. (E) HDAC enzymatic activity was reduced after cell treatment with 2 mM VPA, evaluated from five independent experiments. Data are presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. *P<0.05. A.U., arbitrary units; Ctrl, control; FI, fluorescence intensity; H3Ac, histone H3 acetylation; HDAC, histone deacetylase; VPA, valproate.
Article Snippet: The proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose membranes (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), which were blocked in 4% BSA for 2 h, at 25°C and separately incubated with mouse anti-p16 INK4a , (1:150; cat. no. MA5-17054; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) mouse anti-p21 WAFI/Cip1 (1:100; cat. no. 1026-MSM11-P1; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and rabbit anti-H3Ac (1:4,000; cat. no. PA5-114693; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) primary antibodies overnight in 1X Tris-buffered saline −0.1% Tween 20 (TBST; cat. no. 91414; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA) blocking solution at 4°C.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Confocal Microscopy, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Fluorescence, Western Blot, Control, Histone Deacetylase Assay