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Figure 8

From: Mechanism of nuclear factor of activated T-cells mediated FasL expression in corticosterone -treated mouse Leydig tumor cells

Figure 8

Co-transfection of NFAT expression vector activates FasL promoter. A. Leydig cells were co-transfected with FasL-P272 (0.4 μg) and pcDNA3.1-NFAT (NFAT expression vector, 0.8 μg), or empty pcDNA3.1. Luciferase activity was determined after 48 h incubation with CORT. CORT treatment significantly increased the luciferase activity compared with controls. The increase of Luciferase activity in the cells co-transfected with pcDNA3.1-NFAT and FasL-P272 is several times higher than that in the cells cotransfected with pcDNA3.1 and FasL-P272. B. Leydig cells were co-transfected with FasL-P272m (0.4 μg) and pcDNA3.1-NFAT (0.8 μg), or empty pcDNA3.1. Luciferase activity was determined after 48 h incubation with CORT. CORT treatment did not induce elevation of luciferase activity in cells either transfected with or without pcDNA3.1-NFAT. Results represent the average of three independent transfection experiments.

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