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19 February 2021: Lab/In Vitro Research

Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Destruction Enhances the Inhibitive Efficacy of miR-21 Silencing in HeLa Cells

Shengli Zhao 1AE* , Jing Xie 2AB* , Changhua Zhao 3C , Wen Cao 4D , Yangping Yu 5F*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923660

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e923660

Figure 4 Effects of UTMD-mediated miR-21 transfection on apoptosis, metastasis, and Wnt/Akt pathway-related genes. (A) Western blot was used to detect the effects of the miR-21 plasmid on phosphorylated (p)-Akt, Akt, Bax, Bcl-2, Wnt, β-catenin, MMP-9, and EGFR expression in HeLa cells; β-actin was an internal reference (ultrasonic intensity of 1.5 W/cm2). (B) RT-qPCR was used to detect the effects of miR-21 plasmid on Akt, Bax, Bcl-2, Wnt, β-catenin, MMP-9, and EGFR expression in HeLa cells; β-actin was an internal reference (ultrasonic intensity of 1.5 W/cm2). * P<0.05, ** P<0.01, and *** P<0.001 vs untreated; @ P<0.05, @@ P<0.01 and @@@ P<0.001 vs mimic+EGFP; ## P<0.01 and ### P<0.001 vs inhibitor+EGFP. UTMD – ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction; RT-qPCR – reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction; EGFR – epidermal growth factor receptor; EGFP – enhanced green fluorescent protein.

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