Journal: Journal of Molecular Cell Biology
Article Title: Actin nucleator formins regulate the tension-buffering function of caveolin-1
doi: 10.1093/jmcb/mjab070
Figure Lengend Snippet: The effects of formin components FHOD1 and Dia1 on the density, size, and motility of cytoplasmic CAV-1 vesicles. ( A ) Western blotting analysis of endogenous FHOD1 and Dia1 levels in total cell lysates of wild-type (Ctrl), FHOD1 knockdown (FD1 siRNA), Dia1 knockdown (Dia1 siRNA), and FHOD1/Dia1 double knockdown (FD1 + Dia1 siRNA) U2OS cells, respectively. GAPDH is probed for equal sample loading. ( B ) Quantification of the number of CAV-1-positive vesicles per µm 2 in the Ctrl ( n = 24), FD1 siRNA ( n = 12), Dia1 siRNA ( n = 18), and FD1 + Dia1 siRNA ( n = 23) U2OS cells. The data are presented as mean ± SEM. ** P ≤ 0.01 ( t -test). ( C ) The length distribution of CAV-1-positive vesicles. The number of vesicles in each size group is divided by the total CAV-1 number of the same cell. n = 17602 vesicles from 24 cells (Ctrl), 6432 vesicles from 12 cells (FD1 siRNA), 9543 vesicles from 18 cells (Dia1 siRNA), and 10231 vesicles from 23 cells (FD1 + Dia1 siRNA). Data are represented as mean ± SEM. ( D ) Quantification of the movement rate of CAV-1-marked vesicles in the Ctrl ( n = 25), FD1 siRNA ( n = 13), Dia1 siRNA ( n = 14), and FD1 + Dia1 siRNA ( n = 24) cells. ( E ) Quantification of the ratio of ‘go and dwelling’ to ‘dwelling’ in the Ctrl ( n = 9), formin-inhibited ( n = 9), FD1 siRNA ( n = 9), and Dia1 siRNA ( n = 9) cells. The data are presented as mean ± SEM. ** P ≤ 0.01 ( t -test). ( F ) Immunofluorescence staining of endogenous F-actin and CAV-1-positive vesicles in U2OS cells expressing GFP, active GFP-FHOD1, and active GFP-Dia1, respectively. Scale bar, 10 and 5 µm in images and magnified images, respectively. ( G ) Quantification of the number of CAV-1-positive vesicles per µm 2 in each group. n = 30 cells. The data are presented as mean ± SEM. *** P ≤ 0.001 ( t -test). ( H ) The length distribution of CAV-1-positive vesicles. The number of vesicles in each size group is divided by the total CAV-1 number of the same cell. n = 16597 vesicles from 20 cells (Ctrl), 15737 vesicles from 20 cells (GFP), 20623 vesicles from 20 cells (active GFP-FHOD1), and 19405 vesicles from 20 cells (active GFP-mDia1). Data are represented as mean ± SEM.
Article Snippet: The time-lapse images of cells with transient transfection of CAV-1-mEGFP, mCherry-actin, and CAV-1-mCherry were acquired with 3I Marianas imaging system (3I intelligent Imaging Innovations), consisting of an inverted spinning disk confocal microscope Zeiss Axio Observer Z1 (Zeiss) and a Yokogawa CSU-X1 M1 confocal scanner.
Techniques: Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Expressing