Figure 3. “Biased” signaling activation induced by S4-3a.
(A) Bubble plot representation of the signaling pathways activated by SCF and S4-3a at the indicated times in MC/9 mast cells. The size of the bubble represents the intensity of the signaling activated. (B) The levels of signal activation induced by S4-3a at 5 min of stimulation were normalized to those induced by SCF and order based on signaling potency. The red line represents the SCF signaling potency normalized to 100%. (C) pAKT, pERK and pp38 kinetics experiments performed in MC/9 cells stimulated with SCF (top) or S4-3a (bottom). (A–C) Stimulation was performed with 1 μM SCF or S4-3a. Data represent mean ± SD and are from three independent experiments. See also Table S1.
