Journal: Cell Death Discovery
Article Title: FMNL2 suppresses cell migration and invasion of breast cancer: a reduction of cytoplasmic p27 via RhoA/LIMK/Cofilin pathway
doi: 10.1038/s41420-022-00964-z
Figure Lengend Snippet: After transfection, MDA-MB-231 and BT549 cells were incubated with ZOL (100 or 70 μM) or BMS3 (20 or 10 μM) for 24 h, respectively, and then performed for indicated assays. A Representative fluorescent images of F-actin cytoskeleton were displayed. Scale bar, 50 μm. B The levels of FMNL2, Vimentin and Snail were measured by western blotting. C The levels of RhoA/LIMK/Cofilin-related molecules were examined by western blotting. D Co-IP analysis was used to determine the relationship between FMNL2 and RhoA. E The activity levels of RhoA were measured. * P < 0.05 versus NC siRNA group, # P < 0.05 versus siFMNL2 group.
Article Snippet: ZOL as Rho inhibitor, BMS3 (MedChemExpress, Monmouth, NJ, USA) as LIMK inhibitor, MG132 (Sigma, St Louis, MO, USA) as proteasome inhibitor, and doxycycline (DOX; Yeasen Biotechnology, Shanghai, China) as gene expression inducer were used in cell treatment.
Techniques: Transfection, Incubation, Western Blot, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Activity Assay