Fig. (2) CPT1B (A) and KIT (B) mRNA expression in SAHA and
DAC treated KG-1 cells. KG-1 cells were treated for 72 hours with
the 0.5 µM SAHA and 5 µM DAC. Thereafter, mRNA was
isolated, reverse transcribed, and subjected to qRT-PCR. SAHA
downregulated CPT1B as well as KIT mRNA expression. While
DAC weakly downregulated CPT1B while it stimulated KIT
mRNA expression significantly. The specific gene expression was
normalized to 18S RNA expression. The bars represent mean ± SD.
*P < 0.05; ***P≤0.001; n = 3.