FN1 is a potential PNC binding partner. (A) Medium binding ELISA plates were coated with human fibronectin, collagen type I, or collagen type III, then blocked and incubated with his-tagged recombinant N-cadherin prodomain. After washing unbound prodomain, prodomain binding to the immobilized substrate was measured using a biotinylated his-tag specific monoclonal antibody and streptavidin-HRP for detection. Assay was performed in quadruplicate and is representative of at least 3 independent experiments. (B) Representative image of a cardiac myofibroblast isolated from failed cardiac explant tissue showing colocalization of PNC and FN1 immunostained for PNC (red), FN1 (green) and DAPI (blue). Yellow indicates PNC/FN1 colocalization (Merge). (C) Medium binding ELISA plates were coated with fibronectin, blocked, then incubated with either recombinant prodomain of N-cadherin or prodomain in combination with mouse IgG1 isotype control, human IgG4 isotype control, m-α-PNC mAb 10A10 or h-α-PNC mAb HC5LC4. Bound recombinant prodomain was detected using anti-his-tag monoclonal antibody in technical duplicates and representative of at least 3 independent experiments (n = 3). Ordinary one-way ANOVA analysis with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test was performed to determine significance (* p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01).