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. 2019 Aug 29;9:12580. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48884-w

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Generation of a kinase-deficient cMLCK mutant and effects of cMLCK mutations in neonatal cardiomyocytes. (A) Schematics of cMLCK protein including two amino acids 520Lys and 523Lys in the catalytic domain. (B) In vitro kinase assay using wild-type and kinase-deficient mutant cMLCK(K520/523R) using GST-fused MLC2v as substrates with different concentrations (0.012–3 µM). (C) Representative neonatal cardiomyocytes isolated from Mylk3flox/flox/Cre mice infected with five adenoviral constructs co-immunostained with α-actinin2 (red) and HA (green). (D) Summary of cellular area (µm2). Number of cardiomyocytes measured indicated on graph. (E) Representative Western blotting with HA, cMLCK and GAPDH antibodies using cardiomyocyte lysates. Mean ± S.E.M. Results were compared using one-way ANOVA followed by post-hoc test (SPSS ver. 25). *P < 0.05.