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. 2020 Apr 23;11(4):265. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-2432-1

Fig. 2. The importance of p21CIP1 up-regulation in RAGE-overexpressed A549 cells.

Fig. 2

a Western blotting analysis of cell-cycle-related regulators in RAGE-overexpressed subclones of A549 was shown; b p21CIP1 mRNA expression was measured by quantitative real-time PCR in A549 cells after transient transfection of RAGE; c A549 subclones were transfected with control siRNA or siRNA against CDKN1A (p21CIP1). Cell growth was measured to evaluate the effect of p21CIP1 knockdown in RAGE-overexpressed A549 subclones; d protein interactions between p21CIP1-CDK2/4 and RB-CDK2/4 were evaluated by immunoprecipitation; e the kinase activities of CDK2 or CDK4 were detected by in vitro kinase assay while Histone H1 was used as the specific substrate; f the levels of CDK2-specific T821 residue phosphorylation of RB(P-RBT821) and CDK4-specific S780 residue (P-RBS780) were detected by western blotting analysis; g p53 was knockdown by transfection of siRNA in A549 subclones and the protein levels of p21CIP1 and p53 were measured. β-actin served as the internal control. P stands for parental and Rlow/Rhigh stands for different clones of the cells. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01 compared to parental cells.