Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Importance of Glycosylation on Function of a Potassium Channel in Neuroblastoma Cells
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019317
Figure Lengend Snippet: Wound width was determined and then normalized at 0, 6, 11 and 23 h for glycosylated and unglycosylated Kv3.1 transfected and non-transfected B35 cells (A). Similar experiments were also performed for glycosylated, and partially glycosylated Kv3.1 glycoproteins (N220Q, and N229Q) transfected B35 cells (B). Data were expressed as the mean +/− SEM. Asterisks indicate significant differences in mean values at a probability of P <0.01 from that of glycosylated Kv3.1. Images were obtained at 0 h, 6 h, 11 h and 23 h of the generated wound for group I: wild type Kv3.1 (row I), N220Q/N229Q (row II) transfected B35 cells and non-transfected B35 cells (row III); and group II: wild type Kv3.1 (row IV), N220Q (row V) and N229Q (row VI) (C). The distance between the two white dashed lines represents wound width for each image. This distance becomes smaller as time increases, representing the rate of cell migration. n represents number of cell wounds. The experiments were conducted on three separate occasions. The solid black line represents a 25 µM scale bar.
Article Snippet: Electrophoresed proteins were transferred to Immobilon-P PVDF membranes (Millipore, Billercia, MA, USA) at 175 mAmps for 90–240 min. Blots were then incubated at room temperature for 20 min in blocking buffer (PBS, 3% BSA with 0.1% Tween 20) followed by incubation for 2 h with polyclonal rabbit anti-Kv3.1, anti-Kv3.3, or anti-Kv3.4 antibodies (Alamone Labs, Jerusalem, Israel) or overnight with mouse anti-Kv3.1 antibody (NeuroMab).
Techniques: Transfection, Generated, Migration