Journal: Experimental & molecular medicine
Article Title: REDD1 is a determinant of low-dose metronomic doxorubicin-elicited endothelial cell dysfunction through downregulation of VEGFR-2/3 expression.
doi: 10.1038/s12276-021-00690-z
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 3 REDD1 overexpression suppresses Vegfr-2 translation and angiogenesis. a–f VEGFR-1/2 expression and VEGF-A-induced angiogenesis were examined in the HUVECs infected with control adenovirus (Ad-C) or Ad-Redd1 (Ad-R) at an MOI of 50. a, b Western blots of VEGFR-1/2, EGFR, and IGF-1Rβ (a) as well as phosphorylated mTOR, 4E-BP1, and S6K (b). c Polysome profiling using sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation. d qRT-PCR of Vegfr-1/2 mRNAs associated with high-molecular-weight polysomes (n = 4). e Western blots of phosphorylated VEGFR-2, ERK, and Akt in the HUVECs stimulated with VEGF-A. f Quantitative migration and tube formation of HUVECs in response to VEGF-A were assessed using Boyden chamber and Matrigel-based morphogenesis assays, respectively. (n = 4). g Schematic representation of the 5′-UTRs of Egfr, Vegfr-1, Vegfr-2, and Vegfr-3; clover-like structures in the 5′-UTRs of Egfr (-54 to -25) and Vegfr-1 (−87 to −1) indicate authentic IRES and putative IRES sequences, respectively; +1 indicates the AUG start codon, and dotted lines indicate deleted regions of 5′-UTRs. NF, not found. h HEK-293 cells were cotransfected with the pGL4.13/5′-UTR-Firefly luciferase construct and Renilla luciferase pGL4.74 vector, followed by treatment with or without DOX or infection with Ad-C or Ad-Redd1. Reporter activities were measured in cell lysates using a Dual Luciferase Assay Kit (n = 5). Data are presented as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001; NS, not significant.
Article Snippet: Some cells were infected with Redd1 (Ad-Redd1) or empty adenovirus (Ad-Control; Genenmed, Inc., Seoul, South Korea) at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 50 for 4 h or transfected with 80 nM small interfering RNA (siRNA), either the control (#SC-37007) or Redd1 (#SC45806; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX), using Lipofectamine RNAiMAX (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions, followed by continuous culturing in fresh medium for 24 h. Tumor cells (HeLa, B16F1, and B16F10 cells) were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium supplemented with FBS (10%), penicillin (100 U/ mL), and streptomycin (100 μg/mL).
Techniques: Over Expression, Expressing, Infection, Control, Western Blot, Quantitative RT-PCR, High Molecular Weight, Migration, Luciferase, Construct, Plasmid Preparation