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Figure 6

From: p8 inhibits the growth of human pancreatic cancer cells and its expression is induced through pathways involved in growth inhibition and repressed by factors promoting cell growth

Figure 6

p8 transcription is repressed by the Raf→MEK→ERK pathway. Panc-1 and BxPc-3 were cultivated in 30 mm diameter culture dishes for 24 hours and then transiently transfected with 0.5 μg of p8-CAT and 0.5 μg of pCMV/βgal plasmids. Expression plasmids pcDNA RAF BXB encoding the wild-type RAF, pcDNA RAF 301 K375W encoding a dominant negative RAF, and pcDNAIII HA ERK2 encoding wild-type ERK2 (0.5 μg) were co-transfected with p8-CAT and pCMV/βgal plasmids as indicated. Cell extracts were prepared 24 hours after transfection and CAT and β-galactosidase activities were measured. CAT activity was normalized to β-galactosidase activity. Experiments were carried out in triplicate and repeated two or three times.

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Molecular Cancer

ISSN: 1476-4598