Journal: The Journal of Neuroscience
Article Title: Rho Regulates Membrane Transport in the Endocytic Pathway to Control Plasma Membrane Specialization in Oligodendroglial Cells
doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4926-06.2007
Figure Lengend Snippet: Changes in c-Src activity regulate the dynamics of LE/L. A, Oli-neu cells were incubated with conditioned neuronal medium (cnm) for 16 h or left untreated, cell lysates were prepared, and equal amounts of total protein were loaded and separated by SDS-PAGE. Src levels were determined by Western blot analysis. Values are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 4 experiments; *p < 0.05; t test). B, To determine the activity of c-Src, Oli-neu cells were treated with conditioned neuronal medium or were untreated, and the cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-Src antibodies and subjected to kinase assays. Results are expressed as the mean ± SD of four experiments (*p < 0.05; t test). C, Primary oligodendrocytes (pOL) were cultured for 2–5 d, and levels of Src were determined at an early stage (cells with processes) and at a later stage of differentiation (cells with sheets) by quantifying immunofluorescence intensities. The specificity of the signal was demonstrated by preincubation with a blocking peptide (bp). Values are presented as the mean ± SE (n > 15 cells; **p < 0.01; t test). D, Oli-neu cells were cotransfected with plasmids encoding for PLP-myc and constitutively active c-Src-EGFP (Src ca). E, Primary oligodendrocytes were transfected to express constitutively active c-Src-EGFP (Src ca). Immunofluorescence analysis reveals colocalization of c-Src-EGFP with Lamp-1. Note also the perinuclear clustering of LE/Ls. F, Oli-neu cells were transfected with membrane-targeted GFP (ctrl) or the constitutively active c-Src (Src ca), treated with conditioned neuronal medium, labeled with LysoTracker red, and imaged by confocal microscopy. Relative motility of LE/Ls was determined as described in Figure 3 A. Values represent the mean ± SE (n > 20 cells; ***p < 0.001; t test). Scale bars, 10 μm.
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used: hemagglutinin (HA) (16B12, mouse monoclonal; Covance, Berkley, CA), HA (rabbit polyclonal IgG; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), GFP (polyclonal rabbit; Abcam), GM130 (mouse monoclonal IgG1; BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ), Lamp-1 (CD 107a, rat monoclonal; BD Biosciences), myc (rabbit polyclonal IgG; Upstate Biotechnology, Temecula, CA), myc (monoclonal IgG; Cell Signaling Technology, Denver, CO), O10 (monoclonal mouse IgM) ( Jung et al., 1996 ), RhoA (26C4, mouse monoclonal; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA), and Src (36D10, rabbit monoclonal IgG; Cell Signaling Technology).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Incubation, SDS Page, Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, Cell Culture, Immunofluorescence, Blocking Assay, Transfection, Labeling, Confocal Microscopy