Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Upregulation of Intermediate-Conductance Ca 2+ -Activated K + Channels (KCNN4) in Porcine Coronary Smooth Muscle Requires NADPH Oxidase 5 (NOX5)
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105337
Figure Lengend Snippet: Nucleofection with siNOX2 significantly reduced NOX2 expression but did not prevent upregulation of KCNN4 mRNA expression by bFGF (25 ng/mL) in CSMCs (A, n = 5–9). Similarly, nucleofection with siNOX4 significantly reduced NOX4 expression but did not prevent upregulation of KCNN4 mRNA expression by bFGF (25 ng/mL) in CSMCs (B, n = 5–9). *P<0.05 vs control.
Article Snippet: 4 day serum-starved cultured CSMCs were trypsinized, placed in basic smooth muscle nucleofection solution (Amaxa), and transfected with pAP-1 Luc Cis-Reporter plasmid in which firefly luciferase gene expression in the reporter plasmid is controlled by a synthetic promoter containing direct repeats of the AP-1 transcription recognition sequence (1.0ug, Stratagene 219074).
Techniques: Expressing, Control