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LIFE09200604002 Lalit Sehgal - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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Figure 4.3.22: 14-3-3γ loss does not alter the localization of KIF5B to to microtubules.<br />

HCT116 derived vector control or 14-3-3γ knockdown clones were fixed and immuno<br />

stained with the indicated antibodies (KIF5B and α-tubulin). Please note in the zoom<br />

images that KIF5B localizes to microtubules in both cell types (Original magnification x<br />

630 with 2X optical zoom).<br />

4.3.12 DSC2/3 recruitment to cell border is microtubule dependent.<br />

Recently a report has shown that the desmosomal cadherins are recruited to the cell<br />

border in a microtubule dependent manner (260). The cell line used in the above<br />

experiment was SCC9 cells which is cells of stratified squamous epithelia (298) and is<br />

different from the HCT116 cells which are derived from simple epithelia (299). So we<br />

asked whether desmocollin 2/3 (DSC2/3) recruitment to cell border during desmosome<br />

biogenesis is dependent on microtubule based processes in HCT116 cells. A calcium<br />

switch assay was performed as previously described (19) in the presence or absence of<br />

nocodazole. The HCT116 cells were grown in low calcium medium for 20 hrs and then<br />

shifted to medium with standard calcium levels in presence or absence of nocodazole.<br />

The cells were fixed for immunofluorescence experiment at 30 min and 60 min time<br />

intervals and stained with antibodies to DSC2/3 and α-tubulin. A diffused cytoplasmic<br />

staining was observed for DSC2/3 in the cells cultured in low calcium medium (Figure<br />

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