Journal: The FASEB Journal
Article Title: Fibronectin rescues aberrant phenotype of endothelial cells lacking either CCM1, CCM2 or CCM3
doi: 10.1096/fj.201902888r
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 1 Deregulation of extracellular matrix components after long-term CCM3 inactivation. A, Western Blot analyzes verified complete CCM3 inactivation in clonally expanded CCM3−/− CI-huVECs used in this study (clones I-IV). Expression levels normalized to the CCM3+/+ control group are given below the panel. B, RNA-Seq data of CCM3+/+ control (x-axis) and CCM3−/− CI-huVECs (y-axis) are presented as scatter dot plot. FPKM = fragments per kilobase of exon model per million mapped reads. C, Expression levels of FN1, FBLN5, and POSTN were validated by qPCR. D, Western Blot results revealed less fibronectin in cell culture supernatants of CCM3−/− CI-huVECs and reduced DOC-insoluble fibronectin aggregates upon CCM3-inactivation. Expression levels normalized to the CCM3+/+ control group are given below the subpanels. E, Fluorometric cell adhesion assays demonstrated no major cell binding abnormalities of CCM3−/− CI-huVECs to ECM components. F, A reduced fibronectin expression was observed in immunofluorescence imaging of 1 × 104 cells/well cultured on a tissue culture treated 96-well plate after 48 hours. Plasma fibronectin supplementation promoted fibronectin matrix assembly. Scale bars ≙ 100 µm in the left and 50 µm in the right panels. Images were acquired using the same setting for each sample and no changes were implemented. ND = not detected, RFU = relative fluorescence units, ctrl = CCM3+/+ control cells, Col I = type I collagen, Col II = type II collagen, Col IV = type IV collagen, FN = fibronectin, LN = laminin, TN = tenascin, VN = vitronectin, and Neg = bovine serum albumin. Data are presented as mean and single data points (n = 3-4). Multiple t tests were used for statistical analyzes. ****P < .0001
Article Snippet: Primary mouse anti-human fibronectin antibodies (1:160, MAB19182, R&D Systems) and Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated secondary goat anti-mouse IgG antibodies (1:200, A-11029, Life Technology, Carlsbad, CA, USA) were incubated at RT for 1 hour.
Techniques: Western Blot, Clone Assay, Expressing, Control, RNA Sequencing, Cell Culture, Binding Assay, Immunofluorescence, Imaging, Clinical Proteomics, Fluorescence