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Goutham Narla, Analisa DiFeo, Yolanda Fernandez, Saravana Dhanasekaran, Fei Huang, Jaya Sangodkar, Eldad Hod, Devin Leake, Scott L. Friedman, Simon J. Hall, Arul M. Chinnaiyan, William L. Gerald, Mark A. Rubin, John A. Martignetti
Published in Volume 118, Issue 8
J Clin Invest. 2008; 118(8):2711–2721 doi:10.1172/JCI34780
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Overexpression of KLF6-SV1 in PCa cell lines.

(A) qRT-PCR analysis of pBABE and KLF6-SV1 vector–retrovirally infected PC3 and P3M cell lines demonstrated 12- and 27-fold overexpression, respectively, of KLF6-SV1 in pBABE-SV1 vector–infected cell lines compared with control. (B) KLF6-SV1–overexpressing cell lines proliferated significantly more than control cell lines, assessed by tritiated thymidine incorporation at 24 and 72 h of the PC3 and PC3M cell lines. Mean change in cell growth rate from 3 independent experiments is shown. (C) Increased expression of the oncogene c-myc and antiapoptotic Bcl-2, with concomitant reduction of the cyclin-dependent inhibitor p21, in KLF6-SV1–expressing cell lines. RNA and protein were harvested from 3 independent experiments, and qRT-PCR and Western blotting were performed. Overexpression of KLF6-SV1 increased Bcl-2 expression 50%, increased c-myc expression 80%, and reduced p21 expression 50% in PCa cell lines at the mRNA and protein levels. Actin was used as loading control for KLF6-SV1 and p21; tubulin was used for c-myc. (D) Increased invasion in KLF6-SV1 cell lines was associated with increased expression of MMP9. Gelatin zymography of the supernatant isolated from PC3 and PC3M cell lines is shown. Overexpression of KLF6-SV1 increased MMP9 expression in both PC3 and PC3M lines. KLF6-SV1–expressing stable PC3 cell lines (PC3-SV1) were 2-fold more invasive through a Matrigel basement membrane. The number of invasive cells was counted from 4 fields from 3 independent experiments. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 versus control.