Journal: BMC Cancer
Article Title: Neuropilin-1 promotes the oncogenic Tenascin-C/ integrin β3 pathway and modulates chemoresistance in breast cancer cells
doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4446-y
Figure Lengend Snippet: Tenascin C contributes to NRP-1 associated migration. a. Dual immunofluorescence staining (40× magnification scale bar 10 μm) of NRP-1 and TNC on BT-474 and BT-474 NRP-1 cells indicates their colocalization in the cytoplasm. Treatment of BT-474 NRP-1 cells with TNC targeted siRNA molecules, b , reduced TNC gene expression, c , reduced migratory capacity and d , downregulated NRP-1 and vimentin expression. (TNC protein was not detected on western blot due to the lack of specific antibody for this application.) The gene expression fold change was measured by comparing the basal levels detected in the empty plasmid transfected BT-474 or in the case of the siRNA experiment, to the control siRNA treated BT-474 and normalized to β-Actin and GUSB reference gene expression. Wound healing assay images (panel d, 5× magnification, scale bar 500 μm) taken on day 0 and day 2 after siRNA transfection. Graphs represent the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. Statistical analysis using independent samples t-test, p-value < 0.05 considered as statistically significant. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
Article Snippet: Here, 10 6 cells were seeded on a sterile positively charged slide, fixed with 4% Paraformaldehyde, permeabilized using 0.05% Triton X-100, followed by blocking with 5% goat serum and overnight incubation with a mixture of primary anti-rabbit NRP-1 antibody (1:100) (Abcam, UK) and anti-mouse TNC antibody (1:200) (Santa Cruz, USA) diluted in PBS.
Techniques: Migration, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Gene Expression, Expressing, Western Blot, Plasmid Preparation, Transfection, Control, Wound Healing Assay