Figure 3.
Vorinostat upregulated TGFβ pathway genes and activates TGFβ pathway in cSAM cells. (a,b) cSAM cells were cultured with 1 or 4 µM vorinostat or vehicle control (DMSO) for 6 hours, and expression of TGFβ pathway genes (a) and Hox genes (b) was analyzed by qPCR. Results were normalized to GAPDH, with the relative mRNA level in vehicle-treated cells set at 1. Data are shown as mean ± s.e.m. of duplicate wells. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, Student’s t-test. (c) cSAM cells were treated with vorinostat (1 μM) for 24 hours, following TGFβ (100 ng/ml) stimulation for 45 minutes. TGFβ-induced phosphorylation of Smad2 was substantially increased in vorinostat-treated cSAM cells.