Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: NDR1/2 kinases regulate cell polarization and cell motility through Cdc42 GTPase and Pard3 signaling in mammalian cells
doi: 10.1101/2025.10.30.685405
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Schematic of Pard3 (top) highlighting the consensus NDR kinase phosphorylation motif (H.R..[S/T]); The N- terminal region of Pard3 (tagged with Myc at the N-terminus and 6×His at the C- terminus) contains the consensus phosphorylation site at Ser144. Wild-type (WT) and S144A mutant constructs were cloned into the pET22b backbone for inducible expression in E. coli DE3 cells (bottom). (B) Fibroblasts stably expressing lentivirus encoding GFP alone were subjected to wound-healing assays as controls; ****P < 0.0001; Two-Way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc tests, n = 40. (C-F) Validation of Pard3 phosphorylation at Ser144 by in vitro kinase assays. NDR1 and NDR2 (WT or kinase-dead [KD], , K118A for NDR1 and K119A for NDR2) were purified from HEK293T cells and incubated with purified WT N-Pard3 or S144A-mutant N-Pard3 protein. Reactions were performed in the presence of ATP-γ-S, and thiophosphorylation was detected by western blot using an anti–thiophosphate ester antibody, ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01; One-Way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s post hoc tests, n = 3. (G-H) Rescue wound-healing assays were performed to evaluate the effect of exogenous Pard3 or the Pard3-S144A mutant on fibroblast migration following NDR1/2 knockdown over 20 h, ****P < 0.0001, ***P < 0.001, *P < 0.05; Two-Way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc tests, n = 40-46.
Article Snippet: After blocking, the slides were incubated with primary antibodies overnight 4°C with antibodies including mouse anti-Vinculin (1: 300, Sigma, V9131), rabbit anti-GM130 (1:1000, CST, 12480T), rabbit anti- Pard3(1:400, Proteintech, 11085-1-AP), mouse anti-Zo-1 (1:500, Proteintech, 66452-1-Ig).
Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Mutagenesis, Construct, Clone Assay, Expressing, Stable Transfection, Biomarker Discovery, In Vitro, Purification, Incubation, Western Blot, Migration, Knockdown