Journal: Life Science Alliance
Article Title: Rnd3 regulates lung cancer cell invasion and migration independently of ROCK1 signaling via alpha 5 integrin modulation
doi: 10.26508/lsa.202503494
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Representative Western blots comparing expression and phosphorylation levels of ROCK1 downstream targets: pMLC2, total MLC2, pCofilin, and total Cofilin, in A549 and H460 cells transfected for 48 h with Rnd3 siRNA oligos A (Rnd3(A)) and D (Rnd3(D)) compared with non-silencing control cells. Tubulin was used as a loading control. (B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I) Quantification of representative Western blots; densitometric analysis was performed for each sample set over multiple biological replicates to include quantification of Rnd3 and pCofilin expression levels of (B, C) A549, n = 4, and (D, E) H460 cells, n = 5, and Rnd3 and pMLC2 expression levels of (F, G) A549 cells, n = 6, and (H, I) H460 cells, n = 4, compared with NSC cells. (B, D, F, H) Quantification of Rnd3 siRNA knockdown for each sample set; expression levels of Rnd3 were normalized to own tubulin loading control, then normalized to the expression level of Rnd3 in the NSC cells. (C, E) Expression levels of pCofilin were normalized to own tubulin loading control, then normalized to the expression level of pCofilin in the NSC cells. (G, I) Expression levels of pMLC2 were normalized to own tubulin loading control, then normalized to the expression level of pMLC2 in the NSC cells. Data are presented as an individual mean for each experiment with bar representing overall mean ± SEM. Statistical comparisons were performed using one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s multiple test correction. *** P < 0.001, **** P < 0.0001, ns, not significant.
Article Snippet: Authenticated A549 (CCL185) and H460 (HTB-177) lung adenocarcinoma cells and A375 (CRL1619) melanoma cells were obtained from the ATCC.
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Phospho-proteomics, Transfection, Control, Knockdown