Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Endothelial Pim3 kinase protects the vascular barrier during lung metastasis
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54445-1
Figure Lengend Snippet: Control or AZD-1208 treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) ( a ) and human dermal microvascular blood endothelial cells (BEC) ( b ) were analyzed using ECIS electrical cell impedance sensing. Arrows indicate initiation of serum starvation (arrow 1) and initiation of treatment (arrow 2). Shown are representative experiments with triplicate samples with SEM. Significant differences based on three independent experiments ( n = 3, Ctrl vs AZD-1208 at indicated times after treatment initiation) for HUVEC at 24 h 1 µM ( p = 0.0372), 10 µM ( p = 0.0026), at 48 h 1 µM ( p = 0.0456), 10 µM ( p < 0.0001) and at 72 h 10 µM ( p = 0.0053) and for BEC at 48 h 1 µM ( p = 0.0086), 10 µM ( p = 0.0012). c Representative images of HUVEC and BEC treated with AZD-1208 (1 μM) or 0.1% DMSO (Ctrl) for 24 h in reduced 2.5% serum, and stained for CDH5, F-actin and nuclei (DAPI). Relative CDH5 signal intensity (per field) ( d ) and area (normalized to number of nuclei) ( e ). n = 3 independent experiments. f , g CDH5 Western blot and quantification of HUVEC treated as in ( c ). n = 3 independent experiments. h AZD-1208 (30 mg kg −1 ) or vehicle (Ctrl) was orally administered daily for 5 days. CDH5 and collagen IV (Col IV) were stained in thick lung sections. Shown are maximum intensity projections of confocal z-stacks. i Magnification of maximum intensity projection of CDH5 stained lung sections (top) with surface masking (below). Arrows indicate gaps in CDH5 staining. Quantification of CDH5 intensity ( j ) and area ( k ), and number of gaps in CDH5 staining ( l ) as explained in materials and methods. n = 4 independent experiments. Mixed-effects analysis ( a ) and two-way ANOVA ( b ) both with multiple comparisons, two-tailed unpaired t -test ( d , e , g , j , l ), two-sided Mann-Whitney U test ( k ). Data are presented as mean values + /- SD ( d , e , g , j – l ,) or + /- SEM ( a , b ). Scale bars 50 µm ( c ); 25 µm ( h , close-up images in c ) and 10 µm ( i ). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
Article Snippet: Human Umbilical Vein ECs (HUVEC) (Cell Applications, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) and Human Dermal Blood Microvascular Endothelial Cells (a.k.a.
Techniques: Control, Staining, Western Blot, Two Tailed Test, MANN-WHITNEY