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. 2019 Dec 10;8(12):73. doi: 10.1038/s41389-019-0182-7

Fig. 7. Competitive binding of MACC1-AS1 to PTBP1 affects PTBP1 target mRNA fate.

Fig. 7

a, b qRT-PCR was performed to assess the levels of MCL-1 and PKM-1 mRNAs in MACC1-AS1-expressing MDA-MB-231 cells and in cells expressing siRNA against MACC1-AS1. **P<0.01 and *P<0.05 as determined by Student’s t test. c MDA-MB-231 cells transfected with constructs expressing MS2, MACC1-AS1-MS2 or MACC1-AS1(m)-MS2 for 72 h were subjected to MS2 pulldown assays. Representative western blots indicate that MACC1-AS1(m) was unable to associate with PTBP1. d Cells transfected as in (c) were subjected to immunoprecipitation with PTBP1 antibody or control IgG. Precipitated PTBP1 is shown by western blots. GAPDH was used as a control. e Levels of MACC1-AS1 and MACC1-AS1(m) in the PTBP1 precipitates were measured by qRT-PCR. MACC1-AS1(m) was not able to co-precipitate with PTBP1, when the binding site for PTBP1 was mutated. **P<0.01 as determined by Student’s t test. f, g Levels of MCL-1 and PKM-1 mRNAs in the PTBP1 immunoprecipitates as in (d) were analyzed by qRT-PCR. Binding of MCL-1 and PKM-1 mRNAs to PTBP1 was significantly reduced in cells overexpressing MACC1-AS1. **P<0.01 and *P<0.05 as determined by Student’s t test.