Mucus production in human mucoepidermoid cells transfected with
gob-5 or hCLCA1. (A) PAS
staining was performed on NCI-H292 cells after transfection with
control vector (pcDNA3.1), gob-5 expression vector
(pcDNA-gob-5), or hCLCA1 expression vector
(pcDNA-hCLCA1). (B) Induction of MUC5AC
gene expression by transfection with gob-5 or
hCLCA1 genes in NCI-H292 cells. Total RNA was extracted
from transfected cells 3 days after transfection, and reverse
transcription (RT)-PCR amplification was performed for
hCLCA1, gob-5, and MUC5AC
gene detection. Amplification of the GAPDH gene was used
as a control for RNA loading. cDNA reactions in which the RT was
omitted (− lanes) were used as negative controls for each condition.
These data are representative of three independent experiments.