Journal: Journal of Cell Science
Article Title: GAK antagonises ROCK-dependent regulation of actomyosin dynamics
doi: 10.1242/jcs.264117
Figure Lengend Snippet: Crosstalk with ROCK-dependent actomyosin regulation. (A) IF microscopy analysis of A549 WT and GAK-KO cells stained for myosin IIa (green in merge), F-actin (phalloidin; magenta in merge), and DNA (DAPI; blue). GAK-KO cells were treated with DMSO, Y-27632 (3–30 µM), or fasudil (30 µM) for 24 h. Scale bars: 20 µm. (B) IF microscopy analysis of A549 WT and GAK-KO cells stained for myosin IIa (green in merge), F-actin (phalloidin; magenta in merge), and DNA (DAPI; blue). GAK-KO cells were transduced with non-targeting shRNA (GAK-KO/shNT), ROCK1-targeted shRNA (GAK-KO/shROCK1#1 and GAK-KO/shROCK1#2), or ROCK2-targeted shRNA (GAK-KO/shROCK2). Scale bars: 20 µm. For A and B, representative images from at least three independent experimental repeats are shown. (C) IB analysis of ROCK1 and ROCK2 expression in A549 WT, GAK-KO, GAK-KO/shNT, GAK-KO/shROCK1#1, GAK-KO/shROCK1#2, and GAK-KO/shROCK2 cells. (D) Immunoprecipitation (IP) with anti-FLAG antibody was performed on lysates from 293T cells overexpressing FLAG-tagged GAK and V5-tagged RhoA, ROCK1 or ROCK2, followed by IB analysis with anti-V5 and anti-FLAG antibodies. For C and D, representative blots from at least three independent experimental repeats are shown. (E) Immunoprecipitation with anti-FLAG antibody was performed on lysates from 293T cells overexpressing FLAG-tagged GAK and V5-tagged Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors (RhoGEFs) – ARHGEF1, ARHGEF2, ARHGEF7, ARHGEF9, ARHGEF11, or ARHGEF28 – followed by IB analysis with anti-V5 and anti-FLAG antibodies. (F) Quantification of the relative co-precipitation efficiency of ARHGEFs with GAK, with the co-precipitation efficiency of ARHGEF1 with GAK set to 1. Data are presented as mean±s.d. ( n =3). In, Input (10%).
Article Snippet: The human lung cancer cell line A549 (ATCC No. CCL-185), the human pancreatic cancer cell line PANC-1 (ATCC No. CRL-1469) and the human liver cancer cell line HepG2 (ATCC No. HB-8065) were purchased from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC; Manassas, VA, USA) and cultured in RPMI 1640 medium (Merck Sigma-Aldrich) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated foetal bovine serum (FBS; Gibco, Grand Island, NY, USA) and 1% penicillin-streptomycin solution (Wako Pure Chemical) at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere with 5% CO 2 .
Techniques: Microscopy, Staining, Transduction, shRNA, Expressing, Immunoprecipitation