Figure 4

Effect of p73α transient expression on p73α, p21, and E2F1 TA in Calu-1 cells. A) p73α TA was induced by over 3 orders of magnitude relative to mock transfected cells. Calu-1 cells were transfected with 5 μg of GFP control plasmid or HA-p73α. B) Total HA-p73 protein was analyzed in mock or p73α transfected cells. 20 μg of lysate were blotted on a PDVF membrane and incubated with an anti-hemagglutinin primary antibody conjugated to HRP. C) p21 was upregulated by 90% and E2F1 was reduced by 20% in p73α transfected cells. Results represent the mean value from triplicate measurements from three independent experiments. Error bars represent the S.E.M. RNA was extracted 24 hours post-transfection and treated with DNaseI. RNA was PCR amplified to rule out the possibility of plasmid contamination. No PCR products were detected.