Fig. 4. The effect of cell cycle, EMT and chromatin organization on lamin A/C strain.
a Analysis of Lamin-SS and Lamin-TM sFRET (mean ± SEM) after cell cycle synchronization to early S-phase (Aphidicolin, 3 µg/mL, 24 h) (n = 10-15 fields, three biological replicates). Ordinary one-way ANOVA Tukey’s multiple comparisons (for Lamin-SS (*) p = 0.0229 and Lamin-TM (ns) p = 0.9619). b, Analysis of Lamin-SS and Lamin-TM sFRET (mean ± SEM) after EMT induction by growth factor treatment (TGF-β1, 2 ng/mL, 24 h) (n = 10 fields, two biological replicates). Ordinary one-way ANOVA Tukey’s multiple comparisons (for Lamin-SS (*) p = 0.0311 and Lamin-TM (ns) p = 0.9666). c Analysis of Lamin-SS and Lamin-TM efficiency (mean ± SEM) after treatment by histone deacetylase inhibitor (TSA, 200 nM, 4 h; n = 10 fields, three biological replicates). Ordinary one-way ANOVA Tukey’s multiple comparisons (for Lamin-SS (****) p < 0.0001 and Lamin-TM (ns) p = 0.4804. d Analysis of Lamin-SS and Lamin-TM (mean ± SEM) efficiency after treatment by histone demethylase inhibitor (methylstat, 2.5 µM, 48 h) of the cells (n = 10–15 fields, two biological replicates). Ordinary one-way ANOVA Tukey’s multiple comparisons (for Lamin-SS (ns) p = 0.2282 and Lamin-TM (ns) p = 0.9584). e Localization of epitopes for the used lamin A/C rod-domain and C-terminal antibodies. The C-terminal epitope accessibility depends on lamin filament organization. f Analysis of nuclear lamina organization in TSA-treated cells. Confocal microscopy maximum intensity projections (CM-MIP) of control (upper panels) and TSA-treated (600 nM, 4 h, lower panels) Lamin-SS expressing cells, immunolabeled against lamin A/C. Quantified fluorescence intensity ratio of lamin A/C labeling in control and TSA-treated cells (box from 25th to 75th percentile, median, whiskers from min to max, n = 15 fields, three biological replicates). Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t test ((ns) p = 0.6, t = 0.5, df=28). g Analysis of lamina organization in methylstat-treated cells. CM-MIP of control (upper panels) and methylstat -treated (2.5 µM, 48 h, lower panels) Lamin-SS expressing cells, immunolabeled against lamin A/C. Quantified fluorescence intensity ratio of lamin A/C labeling (box from 25th to 75th percentile, median, whiskers form min to max, n = 15 fields, 3 biological replicates). Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t test ((ns) p = 0.4, t = 0.9, df = 28). h Summary table of the relative changes in the quantified FRET changes in different conditions. Scale bars, a–d 20 µm and f–g 10 µm.