Journal: Journal of cell science
Article Title: TIF1γ requires sumoylation to exert its repressive activity on TGFβ signaling.
doi: 10.1242/jcs.126748
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6. TIF1c sumoylation regulates TGFb- induced EMT processes. (A) HMEC-TR cells cotransfected with the pGL3(CAGA)9-Luc reporter vector together with increasing amounts of either wild-type (TIF1c-WT) or mutated (TIF1c-Mut) TIF1c were treated with TGFb for 24 h before measurement of luciferase activities. Error bars represent s.d. (n53). Expression levels of TIF1c and GAPDH proteins are shown. (B–D) Stably infected MCF10A cells expressing wild-type (TIF1c-WT) or mutated (TIF1c-Mut) TIF1c were treated with SB-431542 (SB) or TGFb for 24 h (B) or 96 h (C,D). (B) Expression of the mRNA encoding PAI-1 (serpine 1), CDH2 (N- cadherin) and CDH11 (OB-cadherin) was determined by RT-qPCR. Values were normalized to the amount of mRNA for HPRT and expressed relative to the value obtained in TGFb-untreated controls (expressed as fold induction by TGFb). Error bars represent s.d. (n53). *P,0.05; **P,0.01. (C) E-cadherin expression was monitored by immunofluorescence. DAPI was used for nuclear staining. (D) The subcellular localization of actin was detected by imaging phalloidin–TRITC. Scale bars: 26 mm. (E) Stably transfected MCF10A cells inactivated for TIF1c (sh-TIF1c) or expressing WT (TIF1c-WT) or mutated TIF1c (TIF1c-Mut) were treated with SB- 431542 (SB) or TGFb for 48 h prior to perform the Boyden chamber migration assay. 5% serum was used as a chemo-attractant during 22 h. Migrating cells were stained with Calcein AM and counted from random fields. Error bars represent s.d. The experiment shown is representative of three separate experiments performed in triplicate. *P,0.05; **P,0.01; ***P,0.001.
Article Snippet: Mouse monoclonal anti-flag antibody (EL1B11, Euromedex), mouse monoclonal anti-HA antibody (12CA5, Roche), rabbit polyclonal anti-Ubc9 antibody (#10759, SantaCruz), mouse monoclonal anti-Smad4 B8 antibody (#7966, SantaCruz), rabbit polyclonal anti-TIF1c antibody (A301-060A, Bethyl), rabbit polyclonal anti-SUMO-1 antibody (SantaCruz), mouse monoclonal anti-TIF1c antibody (TIF3E9, Euromedex) were used for immunoblotting.
Techniques: Plasmid Preparation, Luciferase, Expressing, Stable Transfection, Infection, Quantitative RT-PCR, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Imaging, Transfection, Migration