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. 2019 Jan 18;10(2):53. doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-1279-1

Fig. 5. LOX-1 splice variants affects p53, Ku70, and histone H4 acetylation pattern in different breast cancer cell lines.

Fig. 5

a A downregulation of p53 expression was observed in all transfected cells. In LOX-1Δ4-transfected cells we observed a strong increase of Ku70 expression in the cytoplasm. A significant reduction of histone H4 acetylation was observed in LOX-1-transfected cells. b A decrease of p53 level in the nucleus is evident in LOX-1Δ4-transfected cells and a decrease of Ku70 level was observed in the nucleus in LOX-1Δ4transfected cells. A strong decrease in histone H4 acetylation in MDA-MB-231 LOX-1Δ4transfected cells was detected. c In the cytoplasm we observed a light p53 augmentation in LOX-1-transfected cells. Ku70 increases in the nucleus. The overexpression of LOX-1 seems to increase histone H4 acetylation, on the contrary LOX-1Δ4 induce a decrease of acetylation pattern. In all cell lines analyzed, histone H4 was used as internal control. Student’s t tests were used to verify statistically significant (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01)