Scrambled (SCR) siRNA and ZHX1 siRNA were purchased from Dharmacon (Lafayette, CO, USA) and Bioneer Corporation (Daejeon, Korea). The siRNA sequences used were as follows: ZHX1 siRNA, 5′-CUGACUUUUGAUG GUAGUU(dTdT)-3′, 5′-GAAAGUAAUGCAGGUAGUU (dTdT)-3′, and SCR siRNA, 5′-CAGUUCAUCAUAACU CAGU(dTdT)-3′ and 5′-GAUCCGCAAAAGAGCGAAA (dTdT)-3′. For ZHX1 knockdown, glioblastoma cell lines were seeded at 1500 cells/well in a 96-well plate or 70,000 cells/well in a 6-well plate. Cells were transfected with 100 nM of SCR or ZHX1 siRNA within 1 day of seeding.
DharmaFECT 1 (Thermo Scientific, Kafayette, CO, USA) was used for the transfection as directed by the manufacturer. The ZHX1 gene was obtained from Invitrogen and was amplified using ZHX1 primers including NotI and XbaI restriction site. The amplified ZHX1 gene and the
3XFlag CMV-10 vector (Sigma, E4401) were digested by NotI and XbaI restriction enzyme, and then ZHX1 was inserted into the vector. To create a stable cell line, U373MG cells were seeded at 100,000 cells/well in a sixwell plate and transfected with empty vector as control or the vector containing the ZHX1 using
ViaFect TM (Promega, Madison, WI, USA), according to the manufacturer's instructions. G418 (30 µg/ml; Roche, 04727894001) was used to choose empty control vector-expressing (Mock) and ZHX1-overexpressing (ZHX1-over) clones.
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