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. 2021 Jun 4;12:695009. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.695009

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

USP1 knockdown inhibits VEGF-induced endothelial permeability and stabilizes junctional proteins. (A) Expression of USP1 mRNA by RT-PCR following transfection with USP1 siRNA. (B) Western blot analysis shows USP1 expression in cells transfected with USP1-siRNA. Treatment with both VEGF and siUSP1 resulted in decreased endothelial permeability of TEER (C) and 70 kDa dextran (D) as compared with that obtained with VEGF treatment alone in HUVECs. n ≥ 3 independent experiments. siUSP1 cells were fixed, permeabilized, and subsequently immunostained for VE-cadherin (E) and F-actin (F). All data are presented as means ± SEM. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.0005, ****p < 0.0001. Scale bar = 20 μM.