Primary antibodies against erk1 2 and phospho erk1 2

Human tongue SCC Tca8113 cells were obtained from the Cell Resource Center of Peking Union Medical College (Beijing, People’s Republic of China [PRC]). Fetal bovine serum was purchased from Biological Industries (Cromwell, CT, USA). An miRNA-isolation kit, miRNA RT kit, and miRNA qRT-PCR kit were all purchased from HaiGene Inc (Harbin, PRC). A cell-cycle assay kit and annexin V–fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)/propidium iodide (PI) kit for apoptosis analysis were also purchased from HaiGene. The primary antibodies against RASA1, SPRED1, β-actin, and secondary antibodies were all purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc (Dallas, TX, USA), and primary antibodies against ERK1/2 and phospho-ERK1/2 were purchased form Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, MA, USA). The transfection reagent Lipofectamine 2000 was obtained from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA), and miR182 mimics, anti-miR182 oligonucleotides, and corresponding controls were all obtained from Ruibo Inc (Guangzhou, PRC). CCK-8 reagent was purchased from Dojindo (Kumamoto, Japan). Matrigel basement membrane matrix was purchased from BD (Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA). An active Ras pull-down assay kit was purchased from EMD Millipore (Billerica, MA, USA). A luciferase-activity assay kit was obtained from Promega Corporation (Fitchburg, WI, USA).