Figure 1.
Decreased actin organization and increased migration of Shc expressing Cos-7 cells. (Left) Serum-deprived control and Shc stably expressing cells were harvested, plated on collagen-coated coverslips for 2 h, fixed, permeabilized, and stained with rhodamine phalloidin. The images shown are single confocal optical sections taken with a 63× objective (left). The scale bar is equal to 50 μm. (Right) Migration of parental vs Shc-expressing Cos-7 cells. Serum-deprived cells were allowed to migrate for 4 h in Boyden chambers towards a collagen matrix. Data from one of four independent experiments are shown (mean ± SE). The enhanced migration of the Shc cell line was found to be statistically significant (P < 0.05 by Student's t test). Random migration towards BSA-coated chambers was always <2% and subtracted from each value.