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. 2014 Mar 17;9(3):e91709. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091709

Figure 5. Influence of Dab2 expression on TGF-β depletion in SK-BR-3 cells.

Figure 5

(A) Western blot analysis depicting Dab2 expression in SK-BR-3 cells after transfection with pcDNA3.1/Dab2. (B) TGF-β depletion by mock- and Dab2-transfected SK-BR-3 cells were measured with the reporter assay. Re-installation of Dab2 partially restored TGF-β depletion in the SK-BR-3 Dab2 cells, indicated by significant lower TGF-β content in its condition medium compared with the condition medium of SK-BR-3 V cells. (C) Influence of Dab2 on recycling of Tfn in breast cancer SK-BR-3 cells. Bar, 25 um. (D) After endocytosis, Tfn accumulates in the cytoplasm around the nucleus. The proportion of cells that showed diffued staining(indicative of Tfn recycling) within 15 min, out of a total of 50 cells examined, was calculated. *P<0.05.