Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Thrombospondin-3 augments injury-induced cardiomyopathy by intracellular integrin inhibition and sarcolemmal instability
doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08026-8
Figure Lengend Snippet: Thbs3 reduces surface integrin levels and destabilizes the sarcolemma. a Representative Western blots of sarcolemma protein extracts from hearts of tTA control, Thbs3 DTG, and Thbs4 DTG mice, assayed for integrin proteins and β-dystroglycan. Laminin2α2 and Cacna1c serve as loading controls. Quantitation is shown in Supplementary Figure . The red box shows integrin proteins specifically reduced on the sarcolemma by Thbs3. b Western blots for input of microsomal protein extracts before immunoprecipitation for Thbs3 and β1D integrin and Cacna1c from NRVMs infected with Adβgal or AdThbs3 (left panel). The microsomal fraction was then immunoprecipitated (IP) for β1 integrin and blotted for the indicated proteins (right panel). Mouse IgG was used as a control for the IP. c Regimen of Evans blue dye (EBD) and isoproterenol (Iso, 300 mg/kg) injection to measure membrane permeability in the hearts of mice. d Representative histological heart sections from 3 tTA control and 3 Thbs3 DTG mice, imaged for WGA (green fluorescence) and leakage of EBD into the cardiomyocytes by red fluorescence subjected to the experimental regimen shown in c . Scale bars are 1 mm. e Regimen of Evans blue dye (EBD) injection after TAC surgery to measure membrane permeability in adult mice. Mice were sacrificed (Sac) 24 h after EBD injection, 1 week after TAC surgery. f , g Representative cardiac histological images of tTA control and Thbs3 DTG hearts 1 week after TAC surgery stained with WGA (green) and intracellular leakage of EBD (red) according to the experimental scheme shown in e , while g shows quantitation of EBD positive cells in the hearts of these mice. Scale bars are 100 μm. * P < 0.05 versus tTA control sham; two-tailed students T -test. Data are represented as percentage EBD positive cells (≥3000 cells from ≥8 animals). Error bars are +/− standard error of the mean and number of mice used is shown in the graph as individual data points
Article Snippet: Primary antibody incubations were performed overnight at 4 °C: integrin β1D (EMD Millipore, #MAB1900 at 1:100), PDI (Abcam, #ab2792 at 1:100), Thbs3 (Proteintech, #19727-1-AP at 1:100).
Techniques: Western Blot, Control, Quantitation Assay, Immunoprecipitation, Infection, Injection, Membrane, Permeability, Fluorescence, Staining, Two Tailed Test