Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Article Title: Allopregnanolone Promotes Migration and Invasion of Human Glioblastoma Cells through the Protein Tyrosine Kinase c-Src Activation

doi: 10.3390/ijms23094996

Figure Lengend Snippet: AKR1C1-4 are differentially expressed in GB cells. The expression of AKR1C1-4 was detected in a total protein extract from normal human astrocytes (HA) and different human GB cell lines. ( a ) Representative Western blots of AKR1C1-4 and α-Tubulin, which was used as a loading control. ( b ) Densitometric analysis graph. Each column represents the mean ± SEM. n = 3; * p < 0.05 U251, T98G, and LN229 vs. HA and U87 cell lines.

Article Snippet: For Western blot determination of AKR1C1-4 (37 kDa), 20 μg of normal human primary astrocytes lysate (HA; 1806, ScienCell, Carlsbad, CA, USA), and 20 μg of protein lysate of the cell lines were mixed with Laemmli 2X buffer (100 mM Tris-base pH 6.8, 20% glycerol, 4% SDS, 10% β-mercaptoethanol, and bromophenol blue) were boiled for 5 min and separated in a 12% SDS-PAGE gels at 80 V. The separated proteins were then transferred to nitrocellulose membranes (Millipore, Burlington, MA, USA) by electrophoresis in semi-dry conditions at 30 mA per membrane for 2 h. Membranes were blocked in agitation at 37 °C with a blocking solution (TBS buffer-0.1% Tween with 5% bovine serum albumin; InVitro, MEX) for 2 h; then, membranes were incubated with a mouse monoclonal AKR1C1-4 antibody (1:1000; sc-390419, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) overnight.

Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Control