Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: K-Ras controls asymmetric cell divisions from the primary cilium
doi: 10.64898/2026.03.05.709789
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) BRET titration curve of Rluc8-PDE6D and GFP2-K-Ras-SI as compared to GFP2-K-Ras expressed in HEK cells, N = 3. Means ± SD are plotted. Statistical analysis was performed with the extra sum-of-squares F-test. ( B, C ) Confocal images of C2C12 cells grown in low serum for 72 h after transfection with mEGFP-K-Ras (top) or mEGFP-K-Ras-SI (bottom) and immunolabelled for ciliary markers (arrows) Arl13B (B) or acetylated α-tubulin (C). The mCherry-PDE6D construct was co-expressed at 1:1 DNA ratio with K-Ras variant constructs (C). Scale = 10 µm. (D) Quantification of Ras signal in the primary cilium (PC) as compared to the plasma membrane (PM) per cell using data as in (B,C), N = 3, mEGFP-K-Ras, n = 31; mEGFP-K-Ras-SI, n = 31. Means ± SD are plotted. Statistical analysis was done with the Mann-Whitney test. (E) Confocal imaging-based quantification of ciliation of C2C12 transfected with the indicated mEGFP-tagged K-Ras constructs and cultured for 72 h in low serum. The mCherry-PDE6D construct was co-expressed at 1:1 DNA ratio with K-Ras variant constructs as indicated, N = 3, n ≥ 200 per condition. Means ± SD are plotted. Statistical analysis was done with one-way ANOVA and Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test. (F) Flow cytometric quantification of MyHC terminal differentiation marker expression in C2C12 cells grown in low serum for 72 h after transfection with mEGFP-tagged K-Ras variant constructs alone or co-transfected with mCherry-PDE6D as in (E), N = 3. Means ± SD are plotted. Statistical analysis was done with one-way ANOVA and Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.
Article Snippet: To visualize K-Ras with STED microscopy, C2C12 cells expressing GFP2-K-Ras were fixed with 4 % (w/v) paraformaldehyde and immunolabelled with ChromoTek GFP-booster ATTO647N.
Techniques: Titration, Transfection, Construct, Variant Assay, Clinical Proteomics, Membrane, MANN-WHITNEY, Imaging, Cell Culture, Marker, Expressing