Figure 4. PAD4 indirectly regulates PU.1 during differentiation process.
(A) and (B) Effect of silencing PAD4 A or its inhibitor, Cl-amidine B on the PU.1 expression was assayed by Western blot during ATRA-induced differentiation. (C–E) The expression of PAD4 and PU.1 was examined by qRT-PCR and Western blot after electroporation-induced PAD4 overexpression in HL-60 with or without ATRA treatment. (F) Different regions (1–12) of the SPI1 promoter are depicted. (G) ChIP-qPCR detection of the binding of PAD4 to the SPI1 promoter in the ChIP assay. 13 indicates the positive control, which was a known PAD4 binding site of p21. 14 represents IgG as the negative control. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. Data are representative of triplicate experiments.