Figure 7

Phosphorylated state and total interferon regulatory factor (IRF)3 and IRF7 changes in CHME3 cells treated with TatC and transfected with miR-32. (a) Western blot analysis for phosphorylated (p)-IRF7 and total IRF7 in CHME3 cells after Tat C treatment and miR-32 transfection. Expression levels of both p-IRF7 and total IRF7 expression levels increased with both treatments. (b) Western blot analysis for p-IRF3 and total IRF3 in Tat C-treated and miR-32-transfected samples of CHME3 cells. Both total IRF3 and pIRF3 were upregulated with both treatments. Tat C at 500 ng/ml was applied for 24 hours. After 24 hours of miR-32 transfection, cells were harvested and lysed for protein samples and RNA isolation. (c,d) Densitometry analysis of p-IRF3, total IRF3, p-IRF7, and total IRF7 normalized to β-tubulin. All experiments were repeated three times, and data are presented as mean ± SE (error bars). Results were significant (*P ≤ 0.05).