Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Microprotein miP-PSTPIP2 affects cytoskeleton dynamics to modulate endothelial cell endocytosis, barrier function and migration
doi: 10.1101/2025.11.07.687176
Figure Lengend Snippet: A, Western blot analysis and quantification of clathrin heavy chain (CHC), low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), Caveolin-1 (CAV1), AP-2 complex subunit alpha-1 (AP2A1), phospho (p-AP2M1) and total AP-2 complex subunit mu (AP2M1) expression in human endothelial cells overexpressing miP-PSTPIP2 (miP) or EGFP as control (CTL). β-Actin or GAPDH were used as loading controls; n=4 independent cell batches. C, Flow cytometry analysis of surface LDLR expression in human endothelial cells overexpressing miP-PSTPIP2 (miP) or EGFP (CTL). Data are shown as mean fluorescence intensity (MFI); n=4 independent cell batches. D, Representative Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy images of miP-PSTPIP2 and transferrin in human endothelial cells starved of serum overnight and subsequently incubated with AF555–transferrin for 1, 5 or 15 minutes. n=3 independent experiments; scale bar: 20 µm. All statistical analyses were performed using unpaired Student’s t-tests.
Article Snippet: Membranes were incubated overnight with the following primary antibodies: AP2A1 (1:1000, Novus Biologics, Centennial, United States, NB600-1545), AP2M1 (1:1000, Cell Signalling, Danver, United States, #68196), Arp2 (1:2000, Proteintech, Rosemont, United States, 10922-1-AP), Arp3 (1:1000, Abcam, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ab49671), β-actin (1:1000, Sigma-Aldrich, Burlington, United States, A1978), CAV1 (1:1000, Cell Signaling, #3238), CHC (1:2000, BD Transduction, Franklin Lakes, United States, 610499), Cortactin (1:10000, Abcam, ab81208), DAAM1 (1:2000, Proteintech, 67287-1-Ig), GAPDH (1:300, Millipore, Burlington, United States, MAB374), LDLR (1:2000, Invitrogen, Waltham, United States, PA5-46985), Phospho-AP2M1 (1:1000, Cell Signaling, #7399), RhoA (1:1000, Santa Cruz, Dallas, United States, sc-179) and VASP (1:1000, BD Transduction, V40020).
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Control, Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Incubation