Figure 6.
Cx43-plasmid reverses the effects of miR-206 mimics on Cx43 expression in γ-radiation-induced HA-1800 cells. HA-1800 cells were transfected with mimics control, miR-206 mimics, control-plasmid or Cx43-plasmid for 24 h, and induced with 20 Gy γ-radiation for another 24 h. The cells were divided into six groups as follows: Control, irradiation, irradiation + mimics control, irradiation + miR-206 mimics, irradiation + miR-206 mimics + control-plasmid and irradiation + miR-206 mimics + Cx43-plasmid groups. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR analysis of (A) miR-206 and (B) Cx43 mRNA expression levels in the aforementioned six groups. (C) Detection of Cx43 protein expression levels in the aforementioned six groups. **P<0.01 vs. control; ##P<0.01 vs. irradiation + mimics control; &&P<0.01 vs. irradiation + miR-206 mimics + control-plasmid. miR, microRNA; Cx43, connexin 43.
