Figure 1
From: Genome-wide changes accompanying knockdown of fatty acid synthase in breast cancer
FAS knockdown generates specific and time-dependent gene expression patterns. (a-c) Target mRNA, protein and fatty acid biosynthesis knockdown by FAS siRNA duplexes. MDA-MB-435 tumor cells were exposed to 25 nM of four different siRNA duplexes targeted against FAS (FAS #1-#4) or non-silencing control siRNA for 48 h. Efficiency of FAS knockdown was determined by measuring FAS mRNA (a), FAS protein (b) and fatty acid biosynthesis (c). β-tubulin served as a loading control for FAS protein expression. Values are the mean ± SE of two replicates per treatment. (d) Expression profile represents 279 genes differentially modified by 1.5 fold in response to knockdown of FAS (shown in hours on the X-axis). Horizontal lines represent the average expression of individual genes modified by at least 3 of the FAS siRNA duplexes. Red and green indicate increased and decreased expression, respectively, relative to non-silencing control siRNA.