Journal: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: CMLS
Article Title: Kindlin-2 controls angiogenesis through modulating Notch1 signaling
doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04866-w
Figure Lengend Snippet: KINDLIN-2 deficiency attenuates the capacity of excessive angiogenesis of HUVECs caused by high glucose (HG). A, B Western blotting of KINDLIN-2 (N = 6 independent experiments, mean ± SD is shown. Student’ t test, ***p < 0.001 vs normal glucose). C, D Immunofluorescence staining of KINDLIN-2 (N = 6 independent experiments, mean ± SD is shown. Student’ t test, ***p < 0.001, vs normal glucose). Scale bars: 100 μm. E, F The gelatin degradation assays of HUVECs (N = 5 independent experiments, mean ± SD is shown. ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001 vs siNC. Two-way ANOVA Bonferroni multiple comparison test, ####p < 0.0001). Scale bars: 500 μm. G, H Representative phase-contrast images of HUVECs taken at 0 h and 24 h after scraping the confluent monolayer cells showed the wound width (N = 6 independent experiments, mean ± SD is shown. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001, vs siNC. Two-way ANOVA Bonferroni multiple comparison test, #p < 0.05). Scale bars: 1 mM. I Tube formation ability of HUVECs. N = 5 independent experiments. Scale bars: 1 mm. J Higher magnification images of ECs sprouting into matrigel. Statistics of number (K) and length (L) of ECs sprouts (N = 5 independent experiments, mean ± SD is shown, ****p < 0.0001 vs siNC. Two-way ANOVA Bonferroni multiple comparison test, ###p < 0.001). Scale bars: 500 μm. M, N Higher magnification images of filopodias on activated sprouts. (N = 6 independent experiments, mean ± SD is shown. ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001 vs siNC. Two-way ANOVA Bonferroni multiple comparison test, ###p < 0.001). Scale bars: 1 μm
Article Snippet: The antibody against Kindlin-2 (MAB2617) is from Millipore (Billerica, MA, USA).
Techniques: Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Comparison