TABLE 1.
Effect of ITPKA on protrusion size of H299 cells
H1299 cells were transfected with GFP (H1299-GFP), GFP-ITPKA-L34P (H1299-L34P), or with GFP-ITPKA (H1299-ITPKA), and cellular protrusions were counted from at least 100 cells strongly expressing GFP and GFP-ITPKA-L34P. In addition, cell processes were determined from at least 100 H1299 cells expressing low (+), intermediate (++), or high (+++) levels of GFP-ITPKA. The strength of the expression level was determined by the green fluorescence of GFP and GFP-ITPKA fusion proteins. To quantify the protrusions, the same cell was monitored by light and by fluorescence microscopy, and protrusions were only counted from cells monitored by light microscopy.
% of cells extending at least one protrusion; length >1 μm, width >0.6 μm | No. of protrusions per cell | % of cells extending at least one protrusion; length >4 μm, width >0.6 μm | No. of protrusions per cell | |
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H1299-GFP | 44 | 1.8 | 2 | 1 |
H1299-L34P | 51 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
H1299-ITPKA + | 36 | 2.2 | 1 | 1 |
H1299-ITPKA ++ | 88a | 4.5a | 14a | 1.7a |
H1299-ITPKA +++ | 95a | 6.9a | 52a | 2.0a |
a p < 0.0001 and statistically significant differences in protrusion number relative to controls (H1299-GFP) are shown.