Figure 5.
ChIP and luciferase assays confirm that Kibra is regulated by Notch3 at the transcriptional level. (a) The ChIP assay used normal IgG (IgG) or anti-Notch3 antibody to determine whether Notch3 can bind the RBP-Jk binding site in the Kibra promoter in MDA-MB-231 cells. After ChIP, PCR shows that the Notch3/RBP-Jk does not bind to the RBP-Jk binding site in the sense orientation. (b) After ChIP, PCR reveals that the Notch3/RBP-Jk complex binds to the RBP-Jk binding site in the antisense orientation. (c) MDA-MB-231 cells were co-transfected with pCLE, pCLE/N3, pGL-Wt-Luc or pGL-Mut-Luc. All cells were also co-transfected with a Renilla luciferase plasmid. Luciferase activity was normalized to that of Renilla. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 and ****P<0.0001 (Student's t-test) as compared with control cells. Data are presented as mean±s.e.m. (n=3).