Western blotting showed that SOD2 was increased relative to total cellular SOD2 detection in the cytosol of the infected cells compared with their mock counterparts (Fig. 4B).
Previously, we have shown unchanged ROS levels in overall populations of infected cells compared with their mock counterparts during chronic prion infection; however, the cells in the acute or apoptotic terminal phase had higher ROS levels than the mock control cells (Haigh et al., 2011).
SAOS-2-DMPK cells were characterized by a lower level of mitochondrial superoxide with respect to their mock counterparts, without any detectable change in the mitochondrial membrane potential or mass, in intracellular ATP levels or in oxygen consumption rate (OCR; Supplementary Figure S1).
Using a Boyden chamber assay, a classical method to assess invasiveness also named trans-well migration assay [17], [32], [33], [34], we found that XRCC3 over-expressing MCF-7 and BT20 cells (XRCC3 OE hereafter) were two-fold more invasive than their mock transfected counterparts (MOCK hereafter) (Fig. 1B C).
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Similar results were obtained in monocytic MonoMac-6-siAgo2-infected cells compared with the mock-infected counterpart.
After the initial slowdown in growth during the first two weeks of treatment, rapamycin and RAD001 treated cells showed a greatly improved proliferation rate, better than their mock treated counterparts [ 15], which is consistent with the previously established role of rapamycin in preventing the loss of proliferative potential in cultured cells [ 27].
However, when compared with the mock-infected counterpart, RA-treated HL60-siAgo2 cells showed a strong dose-dependent induction of two RA target genes related to granulocytic differentiation, such as the retinoic-acid-receptor beta (RAR β) and the transglutaminase type-II (TGase-II).
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To investigate the significance of the RANTES/S100A4 pathway in tumor development and metastases, we generated RANTES-expressing VMR and CSML0 cell lines and the corresponding mock-infected counterparts.
WNT7A over-expressing clones also had significantly greater invasion ability than their mock-transfected counterparts (Fig. 3D).
