Figure 3.
GABPB1-AS1 negatively regulates GABPB1 through a post-translational mechanism. (A) Relative expression of GABPB1-AS1 determined by RT-qPCR in HepG2 cells transfected with pcDNA3.1 or GABPB1-AS1 overexpression vector. (B) RT-qPCR results showing GABPB1 mRNA expression in HepG2 cells transfected with pcDNA3.1 or GABPB1-AS1 overexpression vector. (C) Western blot analysis of GABPB1 in HepG2 cells transfected with pcDNA3.1 or GABPB1-AS1 overexpression vector. ACTIN was used as a loading control for RNA and total protein levels. (D) RT-qPCR confirmed the downregulation of GABPB1-AS1 using two different siRNAs compared with the negative control (NC). (E,F) RT-qPCR and western blot analysis of GABPB1 mRNA levels (E) and protein levels (F) after GABPB1-AS1 expression was reduced. (G,H) RT-qPCR (G) and western blot (H) confirmed the downregulation of GABPB1 mRNA and protein by two different siRNAs. (I) RT-qPCR analysis of GABPB1-AS1 mRNA levels after GABPB1 expression was reduced. Values are expressed as the means ± SD (n = 3). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.