Journal: Vaccines

Article Title: A Cloned Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Vectored Marburg Vaccine, PHV01, Protects Guinea Pigs from Lethal Marburg Virus Disease

doi: 10.3390/vaccines10071004

Figure Lengend Snippet: Study outline. ( A ) Groups of six guinea pigs were vaccinated with rVSVΔG-MARV P3, PHV01 MVS, or PHV01 FDS at one of three doses, 2 × 10 6 PFU (high), 2 × 10 4 PFU (medium), or 2 × 10 2 PFU (low). Control animals were injected with an equal volume of 0.9% saline. The study was conducted in two independent experiments, with rVSVΔG-MARV P3 and PHV01 MVS evaluated in Experiment #1 and PHV01 MVS and PHV01 FDS evaluated in Experiment #2. ( B ) Twenty-eight days later, all animals were challenged with 1000 LD 50 guinea-pig-adapted MARV variant Angola and monitored for signs of disease. Blood samples were obtained from each animal at the following time points: (1) prior to vaccination at 0 days postvaccination (DPV) or −28 days post-infection (DPI); (2) 2 DPV or −26 DPI; (3) 27 DPV or −1 DPI; (4) 33 DPV or 5 DPI; (5) 56/57 DPV or 28/29 DPI.

Article Snippet: Guinea-pig-adapted Marburg virus variant Angola (GPA-MARV/Ang; Marburg virus/NML/C.porcellus-lab/AGO/2005/Ang-GA-P2; GenBank accession no. MF939097) was generated as previously described [ ].

Techniques: Control, Injection, Saline, Variant Assay, Infection

Journal: Vaccines

Article Title: A Cloned Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Vectored Marburg Vaccine, PHV01, Protects Guinea Pigs from Lethal Marburg Virus Disease

doi: 10.3390/vaccines10071004

Figure Lengend Snippet: PHV01 prevents death and disease following MARV challenge. In Experiment #1 ( A , B ), guinea pigs (n = 6) were vaccinated with rVSVΔG-MARV P3 and PHV01 MVS at one of three different dose levels (high, medium, or low). In Experiment #2 ( C , D ), guinea pigs (n = 6) were vaccinated with PHV01 FDS at one of two different dose levels (high or medium) or with PHV01 MVS at the high dose level. Control animals (n = 6) in both experiments received saline. Twenty-eight days after vaccination, animals were challenged with a lethal dose of guinea-pig-adapted MARV and monitored for survival ( A , C ) and weight change ( B , D ). Survival curves for all vaccinated groups were significantly different from the control groups (Log-Rank with Bonferroni correction; *, p ≤ 0.05; **, p ≤ 0.01). Vaccinated animals that did not survive infection are indicated on the weight loss curves by their respective animal numbers: 9, rVSVΔG-MARV P3 medium dose; 16, P3 low dose; 31 and 32, PHV01 MVS low dose; 60, PHV01 FDS medium dose.

Article Snippet: Guinea-pig-adapted Marburg virus variant Angola (GPA-MARV/Ang; Marburg virus/NML/C.porcellus-lab/AGO/2005/Ang-GA-P2; GenBank accession no. MF939097) was generated as previously described [ ].

Techniques: Control, Saline, Infection

Journal: Vaccines

Article Title: A Cloned Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Vectored Marburg Vaccine, PHV01, Protects Guinea Pigs from Lethal Marburg Virus Disease

doi: 10.3390/vaccines10071004

Figure Lengend Snippet: Viremia following GPA-MARV challenge. Blood samples obtained from all guinea pigs at 5 days post-infection (DPI) in Experiment #1 ( A ) or Experiment #2 ( B ) were assessed for levels of virus RNA via RT-qPCR. Data are presented as Log 10 genome equivalents (GEQ) per milliliter, with means and standard deviations for each group depicted behind individual values for each animal. Data from the high and medium dose levels for the PHV01 MVS and PHV01 FDS groups were pooled to assess dose-dependent effects ( C ). Vaccinated animals that did not survive infection are indicated with an “x” and labelled with the animal number. Note that a technical error meant that animal 9 did not receive the full vaccine dose. All vaccinated groups showed significant differences compared to controls (****, p ≤ 0.0001).

Article Snippet: Guinea-pig-adapted Marburg virus variant Angola (GPA-MARV/Ang; Marburg virus/NML/C.porcellus-lab/AGO/2005/Ang-GA-P2; GenBank accession no. MF939097) was generated as previously described [ ].

Techniques: Infection, Virus, Quantitative RT-PCR

Journal: Vaccines

Article Title: A Cloned Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Vectored Marburg Vaccine, PHV01, Protects Guinea Pigs from Lethal Marburg Virus Disease

doi: 10.3390/vaccines10071004

Figure Lengend Snippet: Anti-MARV GP IgG levels following vaccination and MARV challenge. Plasma samples from Experiment #1 ( A , D ) or serum samples from Experiment #2 ( B , E ) were obtained from all guinea pigs at 27 DPV ( A , B ) and 28 or 29 DPI ( D , E ) and assessed for levels of MARV GP-specific IgG via ELISA. Data are presented as endpoint titers, with geometric means and standard deviation for each group depicted behind individual values for each animal. Data from the high and medium dose levels for the PHV01 MVS and PHV01 FDS groups were pooled to assess dose-dependent effects ( C , F ). Vaccinated animals that did not survive infection are indicated with an “x” and labelled with the animal number. The lower limit of detection (LLOD) and upper limit of detection (ULOD) of the assays are labelled and indicated with a red dashed line. *, p ≤ 0.05; **, p ≤ 0.01; ****, p ≤ 0.0001.

Article Snippet: Guinea-pig-adapted Marburg virus variant Angola (GPA-MARV/Ang; Marburg virus/NML/C.porcellus-lab/AGO/2005/Ang-GA-P2; GenBank accession no. MF939097) was generated as previously described [ ].

Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Standard Deviation, Infection

Journal: Vaccines

Article Title: A Cloned Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Vectored Marburg Vaccine, PHV01, Protects Guinea Pigs from Lethal Marburg Virus Disease

doi: 10.3390/vaccines10071004

Figure Lengend Snippet: Neutralizing antibody levels following vaccination. Plasma samples from Experiment #1 ( A ) or serum samples from Experiment #2 ( B ) were obtained from all guinea pigs at 27 DPV and assessed for levels of MARV GP-specific neutralizing antibodies via PRNT 50 assay. Data are presented as endpoint titers, with geometric means and standard deviations for each group depicted behind individual values for each animal. Data from the high and medium dose levels for the PHV01 MVS and PHV01 FDS groups were pooled to assess dose-dependent effects ( C ). Vaccinated animals that did not survive infection are indicated with an “x” and labelled with the animal number. The lower limit of detection (LLOD) and upper limit of detection (ULOD) of the assays are labelled and indicated with a red dashed line. *, p ≤ 0.05; ***, p ≤ 0.001.

Article Snippet: Guinea-pig-adapted Marburg virus variant Angola (GPA-MARV/Ang; Marburg virus/NML/C.porcellus-lab/AGO/2005/Ang-GA-P2; GenBank accession no. MF939097) was generated as previously described [ ].

Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Infection

Journal: BMC Biology

Article Title: The phosphatase PPM1F, a negative regulator of integrin activity, is essential for embryonic development and controls tumor cell invasion

doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02254-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: Increased integrin β1 activity, elevated cell adhesion, and migration defects of ppm1f-/- MEFs are reverted by re-expression of wildtype PPM1F. A PPM1F-/- MEFs were transduced with lentiviral particles encoding human wildtype PPM1F (hWT) or human PPM1F D360 A (hDA) in a bi-cistronic expression cassette with GFP. In addition, PPM1F-/- MEFs and PPM1F +/+ cells were transduced with a lentivirus encoding GFP alone. WCLs of sorted cells were analyzed by Western blotting with the indicated antibodies; as controls, WCLs of 293 T cells transfected with the empty vector (mock), GFP (GFP) or murine PPM1F (mWT) were loaded. B MEFs as in ( A ) were seeded onto 1 µg/ml FN III9-12 for 2 h. Samples were fixed and stained for talin (upper panel) or the active integrin β1 (lower panel) before analysis by confocal microscopy; scale bar: 20 µm. Insets show higher magnification of boxed areas; scale bar: 5 µm. Arrowheads point to active integrin β1 or talin enrichment. C MEFs as in ( A ) were kept in suspension for 45 min and incubated for 15 min with 10 µg/ml FN III9-12 (FN). Samples were stained for total (Hmb1-1) or active β1 integrin (9EG7) and analyzed by flow cytometry, ≥ 10 000 counts. The mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) ratio of active to total β1 integrin was calculated and normalized to the wildtype sample (= 1). Scatter blots represent mean ± SEM of 4 independent experiments; statistics was performed using one-way ANOVA and Bonferroni post-hoc test ( p *** < 0.001, ns = not significant). D MEFs were seeded in triplicates onto fibronectin-coated wells for 60 min and cell adhesion was quantified. Representative pictures from cells seeded on 10 µg/ml FN (left panel); scale bar: 150 µm. Scatter blots represent mean ± SEM of 5 independent experiments performed in technical triplicates each. Values were normalized to MEF wildtype cells (= 1). Statistics was performed using one-way ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test (** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, ns = not significant). E MEFs were seeded onto indicated fibronectin concentrations for 45 min, fixed and stained with DAPI and Phalloidin-Cy5. Samples were imaged using confocal microscopy. Representative images from cells seeded onto 10 µg/ml FN are shown; scale bar: 10 µm (left panel). Quantification of cell spreading. Boxes and whiskers indicate median with 95% confidence intervals from 2 independent experiments; n ≥ 90 cells. Statistics was performed using one-way ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test (*** p < 0.001, ns = not significant) (right panel). F Serum starved MEFs were stimulated by addition of 10% FCS and cell migration was monitored every 30 min for 12 h using time-lapse microscopy. Cell tracks were evaluated for velocity, covered distance and directionality. Boxes and whiskers indicate median with 95% confidence intervals from 2 independent experiments ( n = 30); Statistics was performed as in ( E ); *** p < 0.001, * p < 0.05, ns = not significant. See also Additional_File2

Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used with the corresponding dilutions for western blot analysis (WB), immunofluorescence (IF), immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunoprecipitation (IP), or integrin activity assay (IA): α-Actinin (BM75.2, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:1000 WB), α 1 -integrin (TS2/7, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, Abcam; 1:50 IF), α 2 -integrin (6 F1, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:60 IF), α 3 -integrin (P1B5, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:60 IF), α 5 -integrin (BIIG2, rat anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:10 IF), α v -integrin (PE-P2 W7 mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, sc-9969; IF 1:300), β 1 -integrin (HMβ1-1, armenian hamster anti-mouse, Bio Legend; 1:300 IF; AIIB2, rat anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:600 IF, IA; M-106, rabbit anti-mouse/anti-human, Santa Cruz; 1:500 WB; D2E5, rabbit anti-human, Cell Signaling; 1:1000 WB), human β 1 -integrin (P5D2, mouse anti-human, DSHB, 2.5 μg IP; 9EG7, rat anti- human, DSHB 2.5 μg IP; AIIB2, rat anti-human, DSHB; 2.5 μg IP), β 3 -integrin (2 C9.G3, arm. hamster anti-mouse, eBioscience; 1:300 IF; PM6/13, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:100 IF), β 5 -integrin (KN-52, mouse anti-mouse/human, eBioscience; IF 1:300), Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) (77, mouse anti-human, BD; 1:250 WB), integrin-linked kinase (ILK) (EP1593Y, rabbit anti-human, Epitomics; 1:800 WB), Kindlin-2 (3 A3, mouse anti-human, Millipore; 1:200 WB, 1:250 IF), Laminin (ab11575, rabbit anti-mouse, Abcam; 1:300 IHC), Nestin (rat-401, anti-mouse, Millipore; IHC 1:200), Paxillin (5H11, mouse monoclonal, Thermo Scientific; 1:1000 WB), hPPM1F (17,020–1-AP, rabbit anti-human, Protein-Tech; 1:1000 WB), mPPM1F (#1147, rabbit anti-mouse PPM1F; generated at the central animal care facility; University of Konstanz; 1:200 WB; see Additional File2: Fig. S2), FilaminA (EP2405Y, IgG, rabbit anti-human, Epitomics; 1:125.000 WB), Tubulin (E7, IgG1, mouse anti-human, DSHB; 1:1000), Talin (8 d4, mouse anti-human, Thermo Scientific; 1:800 WB, 1:40 IF), Vinculin (hVIN-1, mouse anti-human, Sigma; 1:2000 WB, 1:200 IF), Zyxin (Zol301, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:1000 WB), Dylight488-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy3-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy3-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy5-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), RhodamineRed-conjugated goat anti-rat IgG (Jackson; 1:200), RhodamineRed-conjugated goat anti-Armenian Hamster IgG (Jackson; 1:200), HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; WB 1:10 000), HRP-conjugated goat anti-rat IgG (Santa Cruz; 1:250), HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Jackson; WB 1:3000), unspecific control IgG (anti-mouse, 96/1, generated at the Tierforschungsanlage; University of Konstanz; anti-rat, MJ7/18 Endoglin, DSHB).

Techniques: Activity Assay, Migration, Expressing, Transduction, Western Blot, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Staining, Confocal Microscopy, Suspension, Incubation, Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence, Time-lapse Microscopy

Journal: BMC Biology

Article Title: The phosphatase PPM1F, a negative regulator of integrin activity, is essential for embryonic development and controls tumor cell invasion

doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02254-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: PPM1F contributes to the invasive phenotype of tumor cells. A WCLs from indicated cancer cell lines were analyzed by Western blotting with α-human PPM1F or α-integrin β1 antibodies. α-Tubulin antibody was used as loading control. B , C Indicated serum-starved cancer cells were seeded on top of a Matrigel basement membrane (30 µg/100 µl) in Boyden chamber cell invasion assays using 20% FCS as stimulus or 2% BSA to evaluate random invasion activity. NIH3 T3 cells served as non-invasive control cells. Representative pictures of the lower porous membrane surface (20x) are shown in (B); scale bar: 50 µm. Crystal violet-stained cells can be distinguished from the 8 µm membrane pores. Cells were evaluated for invasion after 24 h by dye elution with 10% acetic acid and absorbance measurement at 590 nm. Graph in ( C ) shows quantified means ± SEM from three independent experiments. Statistics was performed using one-way ANOVA and Bonferroni post-hoc test ( p *** < 0.001, p ** < 0.01, ns = not significant). D MCF-7 cells were stably transduced with lentiviral particles harboring a bicistronic GFP and hPPM1F wildtype or hPPM1F D360 A expression cassette and single-cell sorted via flow cytometry for GFP positive cells to obtain a mixed population of PPM1F-overexpressing MCF-7 cells (PPM1F + + and PPM1F D360 A + +). WCL of the wildtype and modified cell lines were analyzed by Western blotting with indicated antibodies. α-tubulin antibody (lowest panel) served as loading control. E Serum-starved cells from ( D ) were seeded on top of a Matrigel base (30 µg/100 µl) in Boyden chambers. Cell invasion was stimulated by addition of 20% FCS or 2% BSA to the lower chamber. Representative pictures of the lower porous membrane surface (20x) are shown; scale bar: 50 µm. Crystal violet-stained cells can be distinguished from the 8 µm membrane pores. Invasion was quantified by dye elution. Graph (right) shows means ± SEM from four independent experiments performed in triplicate. Statistics as in ( C )

Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used with the corresponding dilutions for western blot analysis (WB), immunofluorescence (IF), immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunoprecipitation (IP), or integrin activity assay (IA): α-Actinin (BM75.2, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:1000 WB), α 1 -integrin (TS2/7, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, Abcam; 1:50 IF), α 2 -integrin (6 F1, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:60 IF), α 3 -integrin (P1B5, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:60 IF), α 5 -integrin (BIIG2, rat anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:10 IF), α v -integrin (PE-P2 W7 mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, sc-9969; IF 1:300), β 1 -integrin (HMβ1-1, armenian hamster anti-mouse, Bio Legend; 1:300 IF; AIIB2, rat anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:600 IF, IA; M-106, rabbit anti-mouse/anti-human, Santa Cruz; 1:500 WB; D2E5, rabbit anti-human, Cell Signaling; 1:1000 WB), human β 1 -integrin (P5D2, mouse anti-human, DSHB, 2.5 μg IP; 9EG7, rat anti- human, DSHB 2.5 μg IP; AIIB2, rat anti-human, DSHB; 2.5 μg IP), β 3 -integrin (2 C9.G3, arm. hamster anti-mouse, eBioscience; 1:300 IF; PM6/13, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:100 IF), β 5 -integrin (KN-52, mouse anti-mouse/human, eBioscience; IF 1:300), Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) (77, mouse anti-human, BD; 1:250 WB), integrin-linked kinase (ILK) (EP1593Y, rabbit anti-human, Epitomics; 1:800 WB), Kindlin-2 (3 A3, mouse anti-human, Millipore; 1:200 WB, 1:250 IF), Laminin (ab11575, rabbit anti-mouse, Abcam; 1:300 IHC), Nestin (rat-401, anti-mouse, Millipore; IHC 1:200), Paxillin (5H11, mouse monoclonal, Thermo Scientific; 1:1000 WB), hPPM1F (17,020–1-AP, rabbit anti-human, Protein-Tech; 1:1000 WB), mPPM1F (#1147, rabbit anti-mouse PPM1F; generated at the central animal care facility; University of Konstanz; 1:200 WB; see Additional File2: Fig. S2), FilaminA (EP2405Y, IgG, rabbit anti-human, Epitomics; 1:125.000 WB), Tubulin (E7, IgG1, mouse anti-human, DSHB; 1:1000), Talin (8 d4, mouse anti-human, Thermo Scientific; 1:800 WB, 1:40 IF), Vinculin (hVIN-1, mouse anti-human, Sigma; 1:2000 WB, 1:200 IF), Zyxin (Zol301, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:1000 WB), Dylight488-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy3-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy3-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy5-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), RhodamineRed-conjugated goat anti-rat IgG (Jackson; 1:200), RhodamineRed-conjugated goat anti-Armenian Hamster IgG (Jackson; 1:200), HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; WB 1:10 000), HRP-conjugated goat anti-rat IgG (Santa Cruz; 1:250), HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Jackson; WB 1:3000), unspecific control IgG (anti-mouse, 96/1, generated at the Tierforschungsanlage; University of Konstanz; anti-rat, MJ7/18 Endoglin, DSHB).

Techniques: Western Blot, Control, Membrane, Activity Assay, Staining, Stable Transfection, Transduction, Expressing, Flow Cytometry, Modification

Journal: BMC Biology

Article Title: The phosphatase PPM1F, a negative regulator of integrin activity, is essential for embryonic development and controls tumor cell invasion

doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02254-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: Genetic deletion of PPM1F in tumor cells diminishes matrix invasion and integrin phosphorylation. A WCLs from A172 wildtype cells and two clonal PPM1F KO cell lines (1 and 2) were analyzed by Western blotting using the indicated antibodies. α-Tubulin antibody was used as loading control. B Serum starved A172 wildtype cells and PPM1F KO cell lines (clone 1 and clone 2) were seeded in triplicate onto fibronectin-, vitronectin-, or 2% BSA-coated wells for 60 min either in presence of 50 µM cilengitide or DMSO as control. Wells were washed and adherent cells were stained with crystal violet. Representative pictures are shown; scale bar: 150 µm. C Adherent crystal violett stained cells from ( B ) were quantified by dye elution. Graph depicts individual values as well as mean ± SEM of 4 independent experiments performed in technical triplicates. Statistics was performed using one-way ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test (*** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; p * < 0.05; ns = not significant) and shown for the PPM1F knock-out clones in relation to the A172 wildtype cells. D Serum-starved cells as in ( C ) were seeded on top of a Matrigel base (30 µg/100 µl) in Boyden chambers and cell invasion was stimulated by addition of 20% FCS or 2% BSA to the lower chamber. Cells were evaluated for invasion after 24 h and representative pictures of the lower porous membrane surface (20x) are shown; scale bar: 50 µm. Crystal violet-stained cells can be distinguished from the 8 µm membrane pores (left). Invasion assays were quantified by dye elution. Graph depicts individual values as well as means ± SEM from four independent experiments performed in triplicate. Statistics as in ( C ). See also Additional_File4 and Additional_File5

Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used with the corresponding dilutions for western blot analysis (WB), immunofluorescence (IF), immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunoprecipitation (IP), or integrin activity assay (IA): α-Actinin (BM75.2, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:1000 WB), α 1 -integrin (TS2/7, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, Abcam; 1:50 IF), α 2 -integrin (6 F1, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:60 IF), α 3 -integrin (P1B5, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:60 IF), α 5 -integrin (BIIG2, rat anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:10 IF), α v -integrin (PE-P2 W7 mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, sc-9969; IF 1:300), β 1 -integrin (HMβ1-1, armenian hamster anti-mouse, Bio Legend; 1:300 IF; AIIB2, rat anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:600 IF, IA; M-106, rabbit anti-mouse/anti-human, Santa Cruz; 1:500 WB; D2E5, rabbit anti-human, Cell Signaling; 1:1000 WB), human β 1 -integrin (P5D2, mouse anti-human, DSHB, 2.5 μg IP; 9EG7, rat anti- human, DSHB 2.5 μg IP; AIIB2, rat anti-human, DSHB; 2.5 μg IP), β 3 -integrin (2 C9.G3, arm. hamster anti-mouse, eBioscience; 1:300 IF; PM6/13, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:100 IF), β 5 -integrin (KN-52, mouse anti-mouse/human, eBioscience; IF 1:300), Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) (77, mouse anti-human, BD; 1:250 WB), integrin-linked kinase (ILK) (EP1593Y, rabbit anti-human, Epitomics; 1:800 WB), Kindlin-2 (3 A3, mouse anti-human, Millipore; 1:200 WB, 1:250 IF), Laminin (ab11575, rabbit anti-mouse, Abcam; 1:300 IHC), Nestin (rat-401, anti-mouse, Millipore; IHC 1:200), Paxillin (5H11, mouse monoclonal, Thermo Scientific; 1:1000 WB), hPPM1F (17,020–1-AP, rabbit anti-human, Protein-Tech; 1:1000 WB), mPPM1F (#1147, rabbit anti-mouse PPM1F; generated at the central animal care facility; University of Konstanz; 1:200 WB; see Additional File2: Fig. S2), FilaminA (EP2405Y, IgG, rabbit anti-human, Epitomics; 1:125.000 WB), Tubulin (E7, IgG1, mouse anti-human, DSHB; 1:1000), Talin (8 d4, mouse anti-human, Thermo Scientific; 1:800 WB, 1:40 IF), Vinculin (hVIN-1, mouse anti-human, Sigma; 1:2000 WB, 1:200 IF), Zyxin (Zol301, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:1000 WB), Dylight488-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy3-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy3-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy5-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), RhodamineRed-conjugated goat anti-rat IgG (Jackson; 1:200), RhodamineRed-conjugated goat anti-Armenian Hamster IgG (Jackson; 1:200), HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; WB 1:10 000), HRP-conjugated goat anti-rat IgG (Santa Cruz; 1:250), HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Jackson; WB 1:3000), unspecific control IgG (anti-mouse, 96/1, generated at the Tierforschungsanlage; University of Konstanz; anti-rat, MJ7/18 Endoglin, DSHB).

Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Western Blot, Control, Staining, Knock-Out, Clone Assay, Membrane

Journal: BMC Biology

Article Title: The phosphatase PPM1F, a negative regulator of integrin activity, is essential for embryonic development and controls tumor cell invasion

doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02254-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: Increased integrin-based cell adhesion in PPM1F-deficient cells prohibits cell spreading despite elevated PAK activity. A Serum-starved A172 wildtype, sgRNA control and PPM1F KO cells were seeded onto 2 µg/ml FN III9-12 for 45 min and WCLs were subjected to Western blotting with indicated antibodies (left panel). Graphs (right panel) show densitometric quantification of band intensities from pThr402PAK2 versus PAK antibody signal for the indicated samples from 5 independent experiments; wildtype was set to 1. Statistics were performed using one-way ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test (* p < 0.05, ns = not significant). B Serum-starved A172 wildtype and PPM1F KO cells were seeded onto 2 µg/ml FN III9-12 for 1.5 h, fixed and F-actin was stained. Samples were imaged using confocal microscopy. Representative pictures are shown; scale bar: 20 µm. C Cells as in ( B ) were seeded for 2 h on surfaces coated with 10 µg/ml fibronectin or poly-L-lysine, before fixation, F-actin staining and analysis by confocal microscopy; scale bar: 10 µm. D Spreading assays were performed with serum-starved A172 wildtype and PPM1F KO cells re-expressing mKate2 or re-expressing PPM1F-mKate2 cells, pre-treated with 5 µM DMSO or FRAX597 (PAK1-3 inhibitor) for 45 min in suspension before seeding onto 2 µg/ml FN III9-12 for 1.5 h. Cells were fixed, stained for F-actin and the covered area was quantified in ImageJ. Boxes and whiskers indicate median with 95% confidence intervals from two independent experiments; n ≥ 30 cells; dots indicate outliers. Statistics was performed using one-way ANOVA, followed by post-hoc Bonferroni test, (*** p < 0.001, ns = not significant). E Serum-starved cells as in ( D ) were pre-treated with 5 µM DMSO or FRAX597 (PAK1-3 inhibitor) for 45 min in suspension before seeded onto 2 µg/ml FN III9-12 for 1.5 h. Cells were fixed and stained for active integrin β1. Cells were imaged by confocal microscopy. Representative pictures are shown; scale bar: 10 µm. See also Additional_File6 and Additional_File7

Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used with the corresponding dilutions for western blot analysis (WB), immunofluorescence (IF), immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunoprecipitation (IP), or integrin activity assay (IA): α-Actinin (BM75.2, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:1000 WB), α 1 -integrin (TS2/7, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, Abcam; 1:50 IF), α 2 -integrin (6 F1, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:60 IF), α 3 -integrin (P1B5, mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:60 IF), α 5 -integrin (BIIG2, rat anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:10 IF), α v -integrin (PE-P2 W7 mouse anti-human/anti-mouse, sc-9969; IF 1:300), β 1 -integrin (HMβ1-1, armenian hamster anti-mouse, Bio Legend; 1:300 IF; AIIB2, rat anti-human/anti-mouse, DSHB; 1:600 IF, IA; M-106, rabbit anti-mouse/anti-human, Santa Cruz; 1:500 WB; D2E5, rabbit anti-human, Cell Signaling; 1:1000 WB), human β 1 -integrin (P5D2, mouse anti-human, DSHB, 2.5 μg IP; 9EG7, rat anti- human, DSHB 2.5 μg IP; AIIB2, rat anti-human, DSHB; 2.5 μg IP), β 3 -integrin (2 C9.G3, arm. hamster anti-mouse, eBioscience; 1:300 IF; PM6/13, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:100 IF), β 5 -integrin (KN-52, mouse anti-mouse/human, eBioscience; IF 1:300), Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) (77, mouse anti-human, BD; 1:250 WB), integrin-linked kinase (ILK) (EP1593Y, rabbit anti-human, Epitomics; 1:800 WB), Kindlin-2 (3 A3, mouse anti-human, Millipore; 1:200 WB, 1:250 IF), Laminin (ab11575, rabbit anti-mouse, Abcam; 1:300 IHC), Nestin (rat-401, anti-mouse, Millipore; IHC 1:200), Paxillin (5H11, mouse monoclonal, Thermo Scientific; 1:1000 WB), hPPM1F (17,020–1-AP, rabbit anti-human, Protein-Tech; 1:1000 WB), mPPM1F (#1147, rabbit anti-mouse PPM1F; generated at the central animal care facility; University of Konstanz; 1:200 WB; see Additional File2: Fig. S2), FilaminA (EP2405Y, IgG, rabbit anti-human, Epitomics; 1:125.000 WB), Tubulin (E7, IgG1, mouse anti-human, DSHB; 1:1000), Talin (8 d4, mouse anti-human, Thermo Scientific; 1:800 WB, 1:40 IF), Vinculin (hVIN-1, mouse anti-human, Sigma; 1:2000 WB, 1:200 IF), Zyxin (Zol301, mouse anti-human, Abcam; 1:1000 WB), Dylight488-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy3-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy3-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), Cy5-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; 1:200), RhodamineRed-conjugated goat anti-rat IgG (Jackson; 1:200), RhodamineRed-conjugated goat anti-Armenian Hamster IgG (Jackson; 1:200), HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Jackson; WB 1:10 000), HRP-conjugated goat anti-rat IgG (Santa Cruz; 1:250), HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Jackson; WB 1:3000), unspecific control IgG (anti-mouse, 96/1, generated at the Tierforschungsanlage; University of Konstanz; anti-rat, MJ7/18 Endoglin, DSHB).

Techniques: Activity Assay, Control, Western Blot, Staining, Confocal Microscopy, Expressing, Suspension