Journal: Biology Open
Article Title: Tpl2 is required for VEGF-A-stimulated signal transduction and endothelial cell function
doi: 10.1242/bio.034215
Figure Lengend Snippet: Tpl2-selective kinase inhibitor treatment attenuates ATF-2 phosphorylation and expression levels. (A–F) Analysis of basal endothelial signaling in non-stimulated cells. (A) Immunoblot analysis of endothelial cells treated with Tpl2-selective kinase inhibitor (2 µM) for 0, 1, 2, 4 or 8 h to assess effects on VEGFR2, ATF-2 and Tpl2 status. Quantification of immunoblot data for Tpl2-selective inhibitor time course for (B) ATF-2-pT71, and (C) Tpl2 levels. Error bars indicate ±s.e.m. ( n =4). In panels B and C, statistical tests=one-way ANOVA; * P <0.05, ** P <0.01, *** P <0.001, **** P <0.0001. (D) Immunoblot analysis of endothelial cell response to Tpl2-selective kinase inhibitor titration (2–50 µM, 4 h). (E,F) Quantification of immunoblot data from Tpl2-selective kinase inhibitor titration on (E) ATF-2-pT71, and (F) ATF-2 levels. Error bars indicate ±s.e.m. ( n =3). In panels E and F, statistical tests=one-way ANOVA; * P <0.05, ** P <0.01. (G) Endothelial cells were pre-treated with a Tpl2-selective kinase inhibitor (2 µM; 30 min) prior to stimulation with either (25 ng/ml) VEGF-A 165 (165) or VEGF-A 121 (121, negative control) for 0 or 8 h before lysis and immunoblot analysis. (H) Quantification of immunoblot data showing changes in relative VCAM-1 levels upon VEGF-A (25 ng/ml) treatment in the absence (−) or presence (+) of Tpl2 kinase inhibitor. Error bars indicate ±s.e.m. ( n =6). Statistical test=two-way ANOVA; * P <0.05, ** P <0.01, **** P <0.0001.
Article Snippet: Antibodies: goat-anti-VEGFR2 cat. #AF357, mouse-anti-VCAM-1 cat. #BBA5 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), goat-anti-nectin 2 cat. #AF2229 (R&D Systems), rabbit-anti-ATF-2 cat. #35031, rabbit-anti-phospho-ATF-2 cat. #9221 (pT71), rabbit-anti-phospho-VEGFR2-Y1175 (pY1175) cat. #2478 (Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA), goat anti-VE-cadherin, cat. #sc-6458, mouse-anti-PECAM-1 (CD31) cat. #sc-65260, mouse-anti-Tpl2 cat. #37677 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA), mouse-anti-PVR (SKII.4) cat. #132202 (BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA), mouse-anti-α-tubulin, (Sigma-Aldrich, Poole, UK).
Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Expressing, Western Blot, Titration, Negative Control, Lysis