Journal: Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: The mechanosensory channel PIEZO1 functions upstream of angiopoietin/TIE/FOXO1 signaling in lymphatic development
doi: 10.1172/jci176577
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 4. TIE signaling partially mediates AKT/FOXO1 activation triggered by PIEZO1 signaling. (A) HDLECs were transfected with siCtr, siTIE1, siTIE2, or siTIE1/siTIE2 for 48 hours and then exposed to either vehicle or 250 nM Yoda1 for 30 minutes. After fixation, cells were stained for FOXO1. This experi- ment was carried out concurrently with the one depicted in Figure 3C. The samples used in the siCtr plus DMSO and siCtr plus Yoda1 groups were identical to those in Figure 3C. Scale bar: 50 μm. (B) Quantification of cells exhibiting nuclear FOXO1 staining. This experiment was repeated 3 times. (C) HDLECs were transfected with the specified siRNAs and treated with vehicle or Yoda1 as described above. Cell lysates were subjected to Western blot analysis to assess AKT phosphorylation. TIE2 was isolated from cell lysates via immunoprecipitation and subsequently analyzed by Western blotting to evaluate its phosphorylation status. Each band represents a biological replicate sample (n = 3). (D) qPCR analysis of HDLECs transfected with siCtr or siTIE1 and subsequently treated with Yoda1 (250 nM, 24 hours) or vehicle. Expression levels of TIE1, FOXC2, GATA2, GJA4, and ITGA9 genes were measured. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001, by 2-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple-comparison test (B and C) and 2-tailed, unpaired Student’s t test (D).
Article Snippet: For immunoprecipitation of TIE1 or TIE2, cell lysate was incubated with 1 μg goat anti-TIE1 antibody (R&D Systems, AF619) or goat anti-TIE2 antibody (R&D Systems, AF313) for 2 hours with rocking at 4°C.
Techniques: Activation Assay, Transfection, Staining, Western Blot, Phospho-proteomics, Isolation, Immunoprecipitation, Expressing, Comparison