AR transcriptional activity was determined by ARE-luciferase (ARR3tk-eGFP/SV40-mCherry; 132360; Addgene, Watertown, MA, USA) [23 (link)]. ER transcriptional activity was determined by ERE-luciferase (3X ERE TATA luc; 11354; Addgene, Watertown, MA, USA) [24 (link)]. The pCMV-Green Renilla Luc vector (pCMV-Ren; 16153; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) was used for normalization. The ratio of ARR3tk-eGFP/SV40-mCherry to pCMV-Ren and 3X ERE TATA luc to pCMV-Ren was 100:1. Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay System (E1910; Promega, Madison, WI, USA) was used, and the signal was captured and recorded by microplate reader Infinite F200 (Tecan, Seestrasse, Switzerland).
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