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. 2020 Feb 10;9(2):15. doi: 10.1038/s41389-020-0195-2

Fig. 3. STAT3 induces transcriptional activation of MSK1 and forms a positive feedback loop with MSK1.

Fig. 3

a, b RT-PCR analysis of MSK1 expression after STAT3 overexpression or siRNA knockdown in GES-1 or NOC-transformed cells. c NOC-transformed cells were treated with vehicle or AG490. The binding of STAT3 in the specific sites of MSK1 promoter were analyzed by ChIP-qPCR with anti-STAT3 antibody. Ctr: control site. BS1: binding site 1. BS2: binding site 2. d pLG3-MSK1 promoter constructs and STAT3 full-length or muntants were co-transfected into the cells, and the transcriptional activity of MSK1 promoter was analyzed by the luciferase reporter assay. e STAT3 Y705 or S727 phosphorylation levels were examined by WB with the specific antibodies in malignantly transformed cells. f STAT3 phosphorylation levels in the transformed cells following MSK1 siRNA knockdown were detected by WB analysis. g TCGA database analysis of STAT3 expression. h The correlation between STAT3 and MSK1 expression of the TCGA database were generated by GEPIA (Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis, http://gepia.cancer-pku.cn/). The analyses were repeated three times, and the results were expressed as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.