Figure 4.
Elevated expression levels of MALAT-1 in pancreatic cancer cells induced endothelial cell migration and tube formation. (A) Transwell migration assay showed that conditioned media from M-si groups decreased HUVEC migration significantly compared to those from M-nc groups (Scale bar, 25 μm); (B,C) HUVEC tube formation assay. Significant decreases in the tube number (B) and tube length (C) were observed in conditioned media from M-si groups compared with those from M-nc groups (Scale bar, 200 μm); (D) VEGF concentration was detected by ELISA. ELISA values were corrected for total cell protein; (E) Western blotting analysis was employed to detect VEGF protein expression of cells lysate. Data are shown as mean ± SD. * p < 0.05 compared with the control group.