Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: Protein-tyrosine Phosphatase DEP-1 Controls Receptor Tyrosine Kinase FLT3 Signaling
doi: 10.1074/jbc.m110.205021
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 1. Down-regulation of DEP-1 in 32D cells results in enhanced FLT3 signaling and enhanced phosphorylation of FLT3.A, whole cell lysates of 32D cellsexpressingwildtypemuFLT3andDEP-1-specificshRNA(targetsA2orA3)oranontargetingcontrolshRNAweresubjectedtoSDS-PAGE,blottedtoaPVDF membrane, and analyzed with antibodies recognizing DEP-1 and vinculin. Chemiluminescence signals were detected using a CCD camera-based chemilumi- nescence detection system and calculated relative to vinculin. Relative (rel.) levels of DEP-1 normalized to vinculin are indicated. B, quantitative RT-PCR for DEP-1 mRNA in the above cell lines. Mean S.D. of at least three independent experiments. C–F, indicated cell lines were starved for 4 h in serum- and cytokine-freemediumandwerestimulatedwithFL(50ng/ml)fortheindicatedtimeperiods.C–H,activationofERK(CandE),AKT(C),STAT5(D),orPLC(G)was analyzed using the indicated phospho-specific antibodies. Blots were reprobed for total signaling proteins. -Actin was analyzed as loading control. Numbers above the phospho-specific blots represent quantification of the phosphor-specific signals, normalized to the corresponding signals with pan-specific anti- bodies, and relative to the signal in unstimulated cells harboring control shRNA, which was set to 1.0. The blots shown are representative for at least three experiments with consistent results. F, comparison of phosphorylation of ERK1/2 detected by conventional anti-pThr-202/pTyr-204 antibodies, and anti-pThr- 202 antibodies. Ratio between ERK1/2 phosphorylation of shDEP-1 to shControl cells of three independent experiments is shown. H, FLT3 was immunopre- cipitated and analyzed by immunoblotting with anti-FLT3, phosphotyrosine (pY100), or phospho-FLT3 (pY591) antibodies. HM, high mannose; CG, complex glycosylated FLT3. Quantification refers to complex glycosylated (surface) FLT3. Representative blots of at least three time repeated experiments are shown.
Article Snippet: Cell Lines, Antibodies, and Antisera—The IL-3-dependent murinemyeloid cell line 32D clone 3 (32D) (GermanCollection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ), Braunschweig, Germany) was maintained in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with sodium pyruvate (5 mg/ml), 10% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum (FCS), L-glutamine (2 mM), and 1 ng/ml IL-3 or conditioned medium obtained from murine IL-3 producing BPV cells (20).
Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Membrane, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control, shRNA, Comparison, Western Blot