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. 2021 Jun 5;12(6):581. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-03871-w

Fig. 4. Pirh2 affects HuR stability, cellular survival, and cell cycle in HeLa cells during heat-shock response.

Fig. 4

A Knockdown of Pirh2 leads to an increase of HeLa cell viability after heat-shock exposition. Colony-formation assay of Pirh2 knockdown (Pirh2 KD), HuR knockdown (HuR KD), and control (scrambled) HeLa cells in normal condition (ctrl) and after 45 °C incubation for 3 h (HS). The test was performed in triplicates. B Statistical analysis of colony-formation assay. Error bars indicate ±SEM. C Western blot analysis demonstrating protein levels of Pirh2 and HuR in Pirh2 knockdown (Pirh2 KD), HuR knockdown (HuR KD), and control (scrambled) HeLa cells. D Pirh2 destabilizes HuR under heat shock. Western blot analysis of HuR level in HeLa cells with Pirh2 knockdown (Pirh2 KD) and control HeLa cells (scrambled) after incubating at 43 °C for 90 and 120 min. The normalized intensity ratios were calculated as ratios between the signals of proteins analyzed and the corresponding actin bands on the basis of three measurements. Error bars indicate ±SD. *p ≤ 0.05 vs. scrambled for the corresponding time points according to Student’s t-test. E Pirh2 stabilizes c-Myc protein in HeLa cells. Western blot analysis of Pirh2, HuR, and c-Myc levels in HeLa cells with Pirh2 knockdown (Pirh2 KD) and control HeLa cells (scrambled), both in normal condition and after incubating at 43 °C for 90 min. The normalized intensity ratios were calculated as ratios between the signals of proteins analyzed and the corresponding actin bands on the basis of three measurements. Error bars indicate ±SD. *p ≤ 0.05 vs. scrambled for the corresponding time points according to Student’s t-test.