Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Cytoplasmic LIF reprograms invasive mode to enhance NPC dissemination through modulating YAP1-FAK/PXN signaling
doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07660-6
Figure Lengend Snippet: Characterization of LIF mutant clones. a Sequence analysis of the LIF gene. Genomic DNA was extracted from parental NPC BM1 cells with wild-type LIF or established clones either with mutations in the signal peptide region of LIF (cLIF clone) or loss of the initiating codon in one allele (LIF +/− clone). The initiating codon within the spacer is indicated in red. Mutated nucleotides are marked in blue. b Assessment of LIF protein expression via western blot using GAPDH as a loading control. c Assessment of secreted LIF using a bead-based cytokine assay. Supernatants were harvested 2 days post culture. Data are presented as means ± SD of triplicate experiments. ** p < 0.01, two-tailed, paired t test. d Immunofluorescent detection of LIF (green) in WT, cLIF and LIF +/− cancer cells. Blue, nuclear staining. Scale bars, 10 μm. e Comparison of morphological changes (DIC images) in WT, cLIF, and LIF +/− cancer cells. Scale bars, 10 μm. f Live images of LIF uptake in cancer cells expressing LifeAct-RFP. Recombinant LIF proteins were pre-labeled with ATTO 488 green fluorescent dye. Images were captured 40 min post-LIF addition. g Time-course analysis of LIFR desensitization and p70S6K1 activation in LIF (30 ng/ml)-stimulated cells using GAPDH as a loading control
Article Snippet: Blots were probed with specific primary antibodies against LIF (Abcam, ab135629, 1:500), LIFR (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-515337, 1:500), phospho-YAP1 (Cell Signaling, 13008, 1:2000), YAP1 (Cell Signaling, 14074, 1:2000), phospho-FAK (Invitrogen, 700255, 1:5000), FAK (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-558, 1:500), PECAM-1 (CD31) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-376764, 1:500), VE-cad (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-9989, 1:1000), E-cad (BD Transduction Laboratories, 610181, 1:5000), phospho-PXN (Y118) (Abcam, ab109547, 1:4000), PXN (BD Transduction Laboratories, 610052, 1:10,000), phospho-p70S6K1 (T389) (Cell Signaling, 9234, 1:2000), p70S6K1 (Abcam, ab32529, 1:10,000), N-cad (Abcam, ab76011, 1:10,000), VIM (Sigma-Aldrich, V5255, 1:500), IQGAP1 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-81906, 1:1000), phospho-SRC (Cell Signaling, 6942, 1:2000), SRC (Cell Signaling, 2109, 1:2000), TKS5 (Proteintech, 18976-1-AP, 1:1500), CTTN (Abcam, ab81208, 1:10,000), MMP2 (Proteintech, 10373-2-AP, 1:800), and GAPDH (Abcam, ab8245, 1:5000) by incubation with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody and developed with enhanced chemiluminescence detection reagent (GE Healthcare).
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Clone Assay, Sequencing, Expressing, Western Blot, Control, Cytokine Assay, Two Tailed Test, Staining, Comparison, Recombinant, Labeling, Activation Assay