Figure 4. NEDD9 depletion decreases MMPs activity, but does not affect MMPs expression or secretion.
(A). WB of total MMPs expressed (WCL) and secreted (SFM) by indicated cells, 48h post shRNA expression. Schematic outline the MMP microarray. (B). Quantification of MMPs and TIMPs expression, n=3, one-way ANOVA for all pairs p is non-significant; p<0.05 for MMP13 (shCon/shN4). (C). Quantification of gellatinase/collagenese activity in SFM conditioned by cells using EnzChek Gellatinase/Collagenese assay. Clostridium Collagenase, 0.1U/ml, is positive control, p<0.05 (shCon/shN1 or /N4), linear regression analysis. (D). Representative image of -gel zymography, SFM conditioned by MDA-MB-231-shCon, -shNEDD9 cells, WB of MMP2 and MMP9. (E). Quantification MMP2 and MMP9 activity as in (D) normalized to total level of MMP2 and MMP9, +/− S.E.M; MMP9: p=0.007 (*) shCon/N1, or /N4 and ns - shN1/N4, one-way ANOVA. MMP2: p=0.00031, shCon/N1, /N4, ns -shN1/N4, one-way ANOVA. (F). MMP14-specific fluorogenic substrate assay, at 328/400mn. Data plotted as curves described by equation for one site binding kinetics, fitted to each data set with the R2 of 0.8, Extra sum-of-squares F test, p<0.0001.