Effects of ectopic expression of ALKBH4 or ALKBH7 on global gene expression.

<p>(<b>A</b>) Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of relative <i>ALKBH4</i> levels in HEK293 cells stably transfected with a construct for DOX-inducible over-expression of ALKBH4-FLAG, either treated with DOX (2 µg/ml) or untreated. Results are presented as mean fold change of three independent replicates normalized to <i>β-actin</i> ± S.D. (<b>B</b>) Ectopic ALKBH4 protein levels in DOX-induced and non-induced cells, as determined by Western blot analysis. Ectopic ALKBH4 was detected using an antibody against the FLAG-tag introduced at the C-terminus of ALKBH4. GAPDH expression levels are included as loading control. (<b>C</b>) Microarray analysis of gene expression in cells over-expressing either ALKBH4 or ALKBH7 vs. non-overexpressing cells. The number of genes whose expression is altered at least 2.0-fold (ALKBH7) or 1.35-fold (ALKBH4) is indicated (<b>D</b>) MetaCore (GeneGo Inc.) analysis of molecular pathways significantly (False discovery rate (FDR) <0.05) enriched with genes affected by ectopic ALKBH7 expression. DOX, doxycycline.