Figure 7. Flotillins are not polarized in MDCK cells.
Filter-grown MDCK cells were immunostained for apical marker protein, GP135 (green) and flotillin-1 (blue) or with Phalloidin to stain actin (red) and flotillin-2 (blue). Note that GP135 marks exclusively the apical membrane while flotillin-1 and -2 are mainly associated with intracellular vesicles. Actin, on the other hand marks both apical and basolateral membranes.