Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Receptor tyrosine kinase AXL regulates Golgi organization and function through an adhesion-Arf1 signaling axis in breast and lung cancers
doi: 10.1101/2025.02.21.639453
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A, B) Representative cross-sectional images of the predominant Golgi phenotype in MDAMB231 cells expressing (A) ManII-GFP (green) or (B) GalTase-RFP (red), treated with DMSO (CNT), or R428 (1μM or 2μM) are shown. Percentage distribution profile for cells (n ≥150) shows organized (white) and disorganized (grey) Golgi in adherent cells across treatments. The graphs represent mean±SEM of percentage distribution profile from three independent experiments. The black bar below the graph represents the gradient of increasing concentration of R428 treatment. (C, D) Representative western blots for (C) S473 phosphorylated Akt (pAkt) and total Akt (Akt) and (D) Y702 phosphorylated AXL (pAXL) and total AXL (AXL) in cell lysates from DMSO (CNT), 0.5μM, 1μM and 2μM R428 treated MDAMB231 cells. Graph represents ratio of densitometric band intensities as mean±SEM from four independent experiments. The black bar below the graph represents the gradient of increasing concentration of R428 treatment. (E) Percentage distribution profile for MCF7 cells (n ≥150) expressing cis-medial Golgi marker ManII-GFP with organized (white) and disorganized (grey) Golgi, in DMSO (CNT), 1μM and 2μM R428 treated cells. Representative cross-sectional confocal images of the predominant Golgi phenotype shown. The graph represents mean±SEM of percentage distribution from three independent experiments. The black bar below the graph represents the gradient of increasing concentration of R428 treatment. (F) Representative western blots for S473 phosphorylated Akt (pAkt) and total Akt (Akt) in cell lysates from DMSO (CNT), 0.5μM, 1μM and 2μM R428 treated MCF7 cells. Graph represents ratio of densitometric band intensities as mean±SEM from three independent experiments. The black bar below the graph represents the gradient of increasing concentration of R428 treatment. (G) Representative western blots for AXL in cell lysates from control (CNT), siAXL1 and siAXL2 treated MDAMB231 cells. Graph represents ratio of densitometric band intensities as mean±SEM from three independent experiments. Representative cross-sectional images of the predominant Golgi phenotype in GM130 (green) immunostained CNT, siAXL1 and siAXL2 MDAMB231 cells. Percentage distribution profile of cells (n ≥150) showing organized (white) and disorganized (grey) Golgi in adherent control (CNT), siAXL1 and siAXL2 treated MDAMB231 cells. The graphs represent mean±SEM of percentage distribution from three independent experiments. Representative western blots for acetylated tubulin and β-tubulin in cell lysates from (H) DMSO (CNT), 0.5μM, 1μM R428 treated and (I) CNT, siAXL1 and siAXL2 treated MDAMB231 cells. Graphs represent ratio of densitometric band intensities as mean±SEM from four and three independent experiments normalized to control respectively. The black bar below the graph represents the gradient of increasing concentration of R428 treatment. Statistical analysis was done using one way ANOVA multiple comparisons test with Tukey’s method for error correction, for the distribution profiles, Mann-Whitney U test for non-normalised and single sample t-test for normalised (with respect to control) western blotting results respectively. All scale bars shown are 10 µm. (*p≤0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p≤ 0.001, ****p ≤ 0.0001, ns= not significant).
Article Snippet: AXL Clone C89E7 (1:2000 for western blotting and 1:400 for immunofluorescence assay) (Cat. No. #8661S) and pAXL D12B2 (Y702) (1:500) (Cat. No. #5724S) was purchased from Cell Signaling.
Techniques: Expressing, Concentration Assay, Western Blot, Marker, Control, MANN-WHITNEY