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. 2021 May 25;9:659428. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.659428

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Cellular localization of SDC1(FL)-3xFLAG and SDC1(CTF)-3xFLAG and the effect of SDC1 fragments on cell proliferation after cleavage of MMPs. (A) SDC1(FL)-3xFLAG, SDC1(NTF)-3xFLAG, and SDC1(CTF)-3xFLAG were schematically illustrated. Recognition sites of anti-SDC1 antibodies used in this study are shown. (B) The Expression of SDC1(NTF)-3xFLAG was confirmed by immunoblotting. Conditioned medium and cell lysate was digested with (+) or without (−) GAGase (the mixture of Chase ABC, HSase, and Hepase). SDC1(NTF)-3xFLAG was detected in medium digested with GAGase. (C) The expression of SDC1(FL)-3xFLAG or SDC1(CTF)-3xFLAG in stable clones of BT-549 cells overexpressing SDC1(FL)-3xFLAG and SDC1(CTF)-3xFLAG was confirmed by immunoblotting. Each cell lysate was digested with (+) or without (−) GAGase (the mixture of chondroitinase ABC, heparitinase, and heparinase). SDC1(FL)-3xFLAG modified with GAG chains is represented by “SDC1(FL) + GAG.” BT-549 cells stably expressing the empty vector p3xFLAG-CMV14 is represented as “empty.” (D) Expression pattern of exogenously expressed SDC1(FL)-3xFLAG and SDC1(CTF)-3xFLAG was compared with that of endogenous SDC1 by immunofluorescence method using anti-SDC1 antibodies (HPA00618 and D4Y7H) and anti-FLAG antibody. (E) Proliferation of BT-549 cells overexpressing the empty vector (n = 4) and SDC1(NTF)-3xFLAG (n = 3), or proliferation of BT-549 cells overexpressing the empty vector (n = 5), SDC1(FL)-3xFLAG (n = 5), and SDC1(CTF)-3xFLAG (n = 5) was measured.