Figure 3.
Equimolar expression of human hnRNPC1 and C2 confers resistance to 1,25(OH)2D in mouse MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts. (a) Schematic representation of the mouse col1a1 2.3 kB promoter-driven piconoviral P2A sequence construct for the co-expression of human (hu) hnRNPC1 and C2 proteins with a GFP reporter. (b) Western blot analyses showing overexpression of hnRNPC1 and C2 proteins using the P2A construct enriched in the nuclear fraction of MC3T3-E1 cells at 96 h post transfection. Empty vector (E), and high (H, 2 μg per well) and low (L, 0.1 μg per well) levels of P2A expression vector cDNA were transfected into MC3T3 cells. (c) 1,25(OH)2D (0.1–10 nmol⋅L−1; 6 h) induction of mouse osteoblastic genes after transfection of empty vector or hnRNPC1/C2 P2A expression construct in MC3T3-E1 96 h post transfection.