Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: MURC/cavin-4 Is Co-Expressed with Caveolin-3 in Rhabdomyosarcoma Tumors and Its Silencing Prevents Myogenic Differentiation in the Human Embryonal RD Cell Line
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130287
Figure Lengend Snippet: In vitro analysis of MURC/cavin-4 expression was conducted using human cell lines (embryonal RD, RD12, RD18 and alveolar RH30) and primary mouse tumor cultures (embryonal U57810 and alveolar U23674); the mouse skeletal C2C12 myoblasts served as positive control. Cells were seeded in 60-mm dishes (at a density of 12 x 10 4 ) and cultured in GM until confluence, followed by incubation in DM. After 72 hours in GM or DM, cells were harvested and analyzed for transcript and protein content. A) Semi-quantitative PCR analysis was carried out to analyze the transcriptional levels of MURC/CAVIN-4 in the different cell lines. Mean ± SD of the relative MURC/cavin-4 levels were normalized with GAPDH expression; **, P < 0.001; ***, P < 0.0001. Results are representative of three independent experiments. B) Under the same conditions, immunoblotting was performed to analyze the protein content of MURC/cavin-4, Cav-3, myogenin and MHC. Results are representative of three independent experiments. C) The embryonal human RD and mouse U57810 cells were seeded in 60-mm dishes (at a density of 12 x 10 4 ) and maintained in GM for up to 72 hours. Cells were then differentiated in the presence of DM or DM added with 10 μM PD098059 for additional 72 hours. The derived cell homogenates were then used to analyze the protein content of MURC/cavin-4, Cav-3, MHC, ERK1/2 (both phosphorylated and total forms) by immunoblotting. Protein bands were quantified by densitometry after normalization with respect to tubulin (n = 3). **, P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used: rabbit polyclonal anti-MURC/cavin-4 for immunohistochemical analysis (Code: HPA020973, Sigma-Aldrich, Milan, Italy); goat polyclonal anti-MURC/cavin-4 for immunoblotting analysis (Code: SC-163021, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA); rabbit polyclonal anti-MURC/cavin-4 for immunofluorescence analysis (as described in [ ]); mouse monoclonal anti-Cav-3 (Code: 610420, BD Transduction Laboratories, Buccinasco, Milan, Italy); rabbit anti-myogenin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA, 1:500 dilution); mouse monoclonal anti-MHC (Code: SC-32732, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA); mouse monoclonal anti-total and—phosphorylated ERK1/2 (extracellular regulated kinase 1/2) (Tyr204) (Code: SC-135900 and SC-7383, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA); mouse monoclonal anti-GAPDH (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase) (Code: MAB374, Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany) and mouse monoclonal anti-alpha-tubulin (Code: T5168, Sigma-Aldrich, Milan, Italy).
Techniques: In Vitro, Expressing, Positive Control, Cell Culture, Incubation, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Western Blot, Derivative Assay