Figure 4

The effect of PIP knockdown on cell invasion and viability. (A) qPCR to demonstrate PIP-knockdown efficiencies with siRNA-duplex1 (D1) and siRNA-duplex2 (D2) in MDA-MB-453 cell line. PIP expression following knockdown was assessed relative to non-targeting siRNA control (CTL) and fold change is shown for each duplex. (B) Western blot analysis to show PIP protein level following PIP-knockdown in MDA-MB-453 cell line as described in (A). Fold changes (RR) in band densities were measured relative to the control (CTL). (C) The effect of PIP expression on cell invasion. Cell invasion assays were carried out after PIP-knockdown with PIP-D1 and PIP-D2 in MDA-MB-453 cell line. Transfection with non-targeting siRNA control (CTL) was used as a control. *, P <0.03 is for each PIP-knockdown versus CTL. Error Bars: ± 2SEM. (D) MTT assay to measure cell viability following PIP-knockdown with PIP-D1 and PIP-D2 in MDA-MB-453 cell line. CTL: non-targeting siRNA control. *, P <0.03 is for each PIP-knockdown versus CTL. Error Bars: ± 2SEM. MTT, 3-(4,5-dimethythiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide; qPCR, quantitative PCR; RR, relative risk; SEM, standard error of the mean.