A: Schematic depiction of vimentin-GFP bicistronic adenoviral vector
construct. B: Schematic depiction of GFP adenoviral vector construct. C-D:
Murine BSM strips devoid of urothelium and submucosa were transduced with an
adenovirus encoding GFP and vimentin for 48 h and the expression levels of
vimentin, desmin and GFP proteins were determined by immunoblot analysis. GAPDH
was used as a loading control. E-F: Quantification of immunoblot data. G:
Sections prepared from murine BSM strips overexpressing vimentin and GFP
proteins were stained with anti-vimentin, anti-SM22 and Alexa Fluor 488 labelled
GFP antibody, followed by Cy3 and Cy5 conjugated secondary antibodies.
Representative confocal images are shown. Scale bars = 10 μm. H:
Quantification of confocal images data. Data are expressed as means ± SD
(E, F & H), n = 5 mice in each group (E, F & H). **, P < 0.01
versus GFP expressing murine BSM strips.