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. 2021 Feb 18;40(10):1896–1908. doi: 10.1038/s41388-021-01686-9

Fig. 2. Identification of porcine TP53 promoters and expression of Δ152p53α isoform in osteosarcomas.

Fig. 2

a Dual-luciferase assay: luciferase was expressed from the SV40 promoter and used to normalise the Renilla expression under the control of the putative promoter fragments. Their location relative to the gene structure is depicted. Values represent mean ± standard deviation, six transfections per construct. Promoterless luciferase vector was used as a negative control. bmMSC bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, osb porcine flTP53R167H/R167H osteoblasts, OS porcine flTP53R167H/R167H osteosarcoma cells, KDNF porcine kidney fibroblasts, HEK293 human embryonic kidney cell line. b Quantitative PCR results of Δ152p53α mRNA expression in OS (n = 48) and matched healthy bone samples. c Representative western blots showing Δ152p53α protein and MDM2 expression in OS and healthy matched bone samples of homozygous flTP53R167H pigs. d Quantitative measurements of proteins in OS (n = 10) and healthy matched bone samples from homozygous flTP53R167H pigs. e The Δ152p53α mRNA expression in small (<5 cm, n = 29) vs. large (>5 cm, n = 19) tumours. f Age-dependent Δ152p53α mRNA expression in healthy bones of homozygous flTP53R167H (n = 10) and wild-type (n = 3) pigs. g Western blots showing Δ152p53α isoform expression kidney and spleen tumours and healthy matched tissues of flTP5R167H/R167H pigs. h QPCR analysis of Δ152p53α mRNA expression in blood exosomes from flTP53R167H heterozygous (n = 6), homozygous (n = 6) and wild-type (n = 3) pigs aged 3 and 10 months. i Migration and invasion Transwell assays for pig OS cells transfected with mutant R167H Δ152p53α isoform or a GFP control vector. Left, representative microscopic image (scale bars, 200 μm). Right, quantification of the indicated migrated and invaded cells numbers.