Figure 5.
Formation of vinculin-containing focal adhesions (FA) of SCP1-HAS-eGFP and SCP1-mock cells. Cells without or with hyaluronidase (HAse) treatment were seeded under serum-free condition onto the surface of tissue culture dishes (TCPS) or type I collagen (Col-I) and cultured for 20, 40 and 90 min. (A) Representative fluorescence micrographs of untreated cells stained for vinculin after 20 min of adhesion. Nuclei are counterstained with DAPI. Mean number of focal adhesions at 20 (B), 40 (C) and 90 min (D) after seeding. Error bars represent SD, the asterisks indicates a p-Value < 0.05 (*), < 0.01 (**), < 0.001 (***) or < 0.0001 (****). Without brackets they indicate a significant difference of the labeled dataset compared to all others of the same group.