Figure 5.
The effect of BTK and ITK phosphorylation on Cx43 regulation in the HEK-293T cells as observed through changes in detergent solubility. Cx43 was extracted with 1% Triton X-100 from HEK-293T parental (HEKPar) and (A) stably expressing BTK (HEKBTK) or (B) stably expressing ITK (HEKITK) cells. Equal amounts of the total protein fraction (T), the Triton X-100 soluble fraction (S), and the insoluble fraction (I) were subjected to SDS-PAGE and blotted with an antibody against Cx43. Bands were quantified using ImageJ (all units measured in pixels) and GraphPad Prism. Statistical data represent one-way ANOVA (n = 3, ** p < 0.01).
