Two USP43 shRNA vectors and USP43 overexpression vector were designed and cloned into transfer plasmids. Lentiviral particles were produced using 293T cells and harvested to infect HEY and OV-90 cells. Puromycin was added into the medium to obtain stably infected cells. For cisplatin sensitivity experiments, cells were treated with the indicated concentrations of cisplatin (meilunbio) for 48 h. To investigate the effect of USP43 on the stability of HDAC2, stable transfected cells were treated with 10 µM cycloheximide (Med Chem Express) for 0, 2, 4 and 6 h, respectively. For the detection of HDAC2 ubiquitination levels, stable transfected cells were pretreated with 20 µM MG132 (Aladdin) for 8 h.
HDAC2 knockdown in HEY cells were carried out using HDAC2 siRNA (si-HDAC2: 5’-GGUCAAUAAGACCAGAUAATT-3’) via Lipofectamine 3000 (Invitrogen), and si-NC as the negative control.