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. 2017 Mar 21;12(3):e0174224. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174224

Fig 4. Overexpression of sirtuins has no effect on steroidogenesis in H295R cells.

Fig 4

H295R cells were transfected with human SIRT1, SIRT3 and SIRT5, respectively and grown under normal conditions (GM) or under resveratrol (RSV) (5μM) treatment. Transfection with empty vector pcDNA3 was used as a control. A. Representative steroid profile obtained from transfected H295R cells. Steroid production was labeled with [3H]-pregnenolone for 90min and extracted steroids were resolved by TLC. B. Quantitative analysis of steroid production showed no alterations after overexpression of sirtuins. Data are indicated as the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. TLC, thin layer chromatography; Prog, progesterone; Δ4A, androstenedione; Preg, pregnenolone; 17OHPreg, 17-hydroxypregnenolone; 17OHP, 17-hydroxyprogestertone, 11DOC, 11-deoxycortisol.