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Lars Johan Nissen, Renhai Cao, Eva-Maria Hedlund, Zongwei Wang, Xing Zhao, Daniel Wetterskog, Keiko Funa, Ebba Bråkenhielm, Yihai Cao
Published in Volume 117, Issue 10
J Clin Invest. 2007; 117(10):2766–2777 doi:10.1172/JCI32479
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Figure 3
Regulation of PDGFR and FGFR promoter activity.

PDGFR-α (A) and PDGFR-β (B) promoters were fused with luciferase gene as a reporter system to detect promoter activity in ECs. After transfection, BCE cells were incubated with PDGF-BB or FGF2 for 40 hours, and luciferase activity was determined. NT, nontransfected. Dash indicates PBS treated. (C) Rat VSMCs were transfected with FGFR1-CAT construct and FGFR1 promoter activity was determined by measuring the CAT activity. (DG) The intact (D) and various mutated (EG) PDGFR-β promoters were fused with luciferase reporter gene, and promoter activity was measured in growth factor–stimulated BCE cells. A β-galactosidase construct was used as a control to standardize the transfection system in all experiments. The data represent means of average determinants ± SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001.