Skip to main content
. 2014 Mar 10;9(3):e91307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091307

Figure 6. CSF1 is a direct target of miR-214.

Figure 6

(A) The complementary sequences of the CSF1 mRNA 3′-UTR are shown with the miR-214 sequence. (B) Luciferase activity in MKN45 and BGC823 cells transfected with miR-214 and pmirGLO-CSF1 was significantly deceased compared with the negative controls (P = 0.0227 and 0.0093, respectively). (C) After miR-214 inhibitor was transfected, luciferase activity was dramatically increased in MKN45 and BGC823 cells compared with the controls (P = 0.0115 and 0.0085, respectively). (D) The effect of miR-214 on CSF1 levels were tested in GC cell lysates by western blot. (E). Our data showed that the relative CSF1 expression was significantly decreased in cells transfected with miR-214 precrusor as compared to the cells transfected with negative control (P = 0.0037 and 0.0066, respectively).