siRNA against WASF3 and the pLKO lentiviral vectors containing an shRNA against SHOX2 or STAT3 were purchased from Open Biosystems (Huntsville, AL). Coding sequences of human HA-tagged WASF3 and FLAG-tagged SHOX2 were respectively cloned into pCDH-CMV-MCS-EF1 lentivector (System Biosciences, Mountain View, CA) as described previously [8 (link), 13 (link)]. The pGL-WASF3 promoter constructs (-350/+494, -650/+494, -1250/+494) were generated as described previously [16 (link)]. The following primary antibodies were used in Western blot assays: anti-WASF3, anti-STAT3, anti-pSTAT3 (Tyr 705), and anti-E-cadherin antibodies (Cell Signaling Technology, MA); anti-HA, anti-FLAG, and anti-β-Actin antibodies (Sigma-Aldrich, MO); and anti-SHOX2 antibody (Abcam, MA). The STAT3 inhibitor S3I-201 was obtained from Selleckchem (Houston, TX).
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