Figure 1.
MPC1 is downregulated in U87 cells and upregulated by COUP-TFII suppression. (A) MPC1 mRNA expression was significantly decreased in U87 cells compared with normal brain cell line (HEB). *P<0.05 vs. the normal brain cell line. (B) COUP-TFII mRNA expression was significantly decreased by siCOUP-TFII in U87 cells compared with siNC and untreated cells. *P<0.05 vs. siNC and untreated group (C) MPC1 mRNA was significantly increased by siCOUP-TFII in U87 cells compared with siNC and untreated, *P<0.05 vs. siNC and untreated group as evaluated by a reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. COUP-TFII, chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II; MPC1, mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 1; NC, negative control; si, small-interfering.