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. 2021 Apr 13;12:2198. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22522-4

Fig. 7. EFA6B knock-out stimulates cellular contractility and invasion through two CDC42-dependent signaling pathways: CDC42-MRCK-pMLC and CDC42-N-WASP-ARP2/3.

Fig. 7

a Left: expression of MRCKα and MRCKβ (myotonic dystrophy kinase-related Cdc42-binding kinase) genes in EFA6B KO55 cells analyzed by qPCR 2 days post-transfection with the indicated siRNAs. siMRCKα+β/α and siMRCKα+β/β indicate the gene expression level of MRCKα or MRCKβ after transfection with siRNAs against both MRCKs, N = 3 for single siRNA and N = 2 for combined siRNA. Middle: expression of pMLC and total MLC analyzed by immunoblot 2 days post-transfection of EFA6B KO55 cells with the indicated siRNAs. Right: quantification of the percentage of aggregates with invasive protrusions of EFA6B KO55 cells grown in collagen I for 2 days post-transfection with the indicated siRNAs. N = 3, average ±SEM, one-way ANOVA test with Dunnett’s multiple comparison p-values. b Expression of the indicated proteins analyzed by immunoblot two days post-transfection of EFA6B KO55 cells with the indicated siRNAs. ROCK: Rho-associated protein kinase. HSP60 served as a loading control. Right panel: quantification of the percentage of aggregates with invasive protrusions of EFA6B KO55 cells grown in collagen I for 2 days after transfection with the indicated siRNAs. N = 3, average ± SEM, one-way ANOVA test with Dunnett’s multiple comparison p-values. c Left: expression of N-WASP (Neural Wiskott–Aldrich Syndrome Protein) analyzed by immunoblot two days post-transfection of EFA6B KO55 cells with N-WASP targeted siRNAs. Actin served as a loading control. Right: quantification of the percentage of aggregates (n = 100) with invasive protrusions of EFA6B KO55 cells grown in collagen I for 2 days after transfection with N-WASP-directed siRNAs. N = 3, average ± SEM, one-way ANOVA test with Dunnett’s multiple comparison p-values. d Left: expression of ARP3 (Actin Related Protein 3) analyzed by immunoblot 2 days post-transfection of EFA6B KO55 cells with ARP3-targeted siRNAs. Actinin served as a loading control. Right: quantification of the percentage of aggregates (n = 100) with invasive protrusions of EFA6B KO55 cells grown in collagen I for 2 days after transfection with ARP3-targeted siRNAs. N = 3, average ± SEM, one-way ANOVA test with Dunnett’s multiple comparison p-values. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.