Fig. 8. miR-511-3p illustrates a direct binding to C3 and regulates C3 activity.
(A) Schematic representation of miR-511-3p-C3 mRNA biotin pulldown assay. (B) qPCR analysis of C3 expression in miR-511-3p-C3 mRNA complexes. n=4. (C) In silico prediction of miR-511-3p binding site in C3 mRNA by BiBiServ RNAhybrid. (D-F) Dual-luciferase assay in HEK293T cells transfected with C3-psicheck2 plasmid containing the binding site (D), mutant binding site (E), and control (F) and then treated with either NC-mimics or miR-511-3p mimics. n=3. All data were expressed as the means ± SEM. Statistical significance was calculated by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post-hoc test. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001.