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. 2020 Jun 23;11:3172. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16911-4

Fig. 3. mDia2-SRF signaling is involved in the regulation of HSPC engraftment.

Fig. 3

a Immunofluorescence staining of HSPCs with F-actin (red) and α-tubulin. White arrows: F-actin protrusions. Yellow arrows: polarization axis to determine the staining intensity in b. The experiments were repeated three times with similar results. b F-actin and α-tubulin staining intensity across the yellow arrows from a. c Quantitative analyses of F-actin staining intensity from a. N = 17 cells in mDia2fl/fl group. N = 13 cells in mDia2fl/flVav-Cre group. d Quantitative analyses of the percentage of cells with F-actin protrusions in a. N = 5 fields in mDia2fl/fl group. N = 6 fields in mDia2fl/fl Vav-Cre group. e Quantitative analysis of the percentages of MAL nuclear localization in c-Kit+ HSPCs incubated with or without FBS for 15 min. mDia2fl/fl no FBS: N = 71 cells from 17 random fields; mDia2fl/flVav-Cre no FBS: N = 80 cells from 15 random fields; mDia2fl/fl with 10% FBS: N = 56 cells from 12 random fields; mDia2fl/flVav-Cre with 10% FBS: N = 108 cells from 19 random fields. Data are from three independent experiments. f Quantitative RT-PCR of the indicated SRF target genes in c-Kit+ HSPCs from the indicated mice. g Quantitative RT-PCR of the indicated integrins in c-Kit+ HSPCs from the indicated mice. The experiments were performed in triplicate from n = 5 mice per group in f, g. h Quantitative analyses of the surface expression level of beta2 integrins using flow cytometry in the indicated HSPC populations. n = 2 mice per group. i Representative flow cytometry plots showing the expression of beta2 integrins in ex vivo-cultured c-Kit+ HSPCs. j Quantitative analyses of i. n = 2 mice per group. k In vitro adhesion assay of the cultured c-kit+ HSPCs from the indicated mice on extracellular matrix protein coated coverslips. Data are presented as adhesion ability relative to the control cells. mDia2fl/fl, Collagen: 25 fields, Fibronectin: 20 fields, poly-d-lysine: 15 fields. mDia2fl/fl Vav-Cre, Collagen: 10 fields, Fibronectin: 14 fields, poly-d-lysine: 9 fields. l In vitro adhesion assay of indicated c-kit+ HSPCs cultured on ICAM-1-coated coverslips. Error bars represent the SEM of the mean. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001. Two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test was used to generate the p values.