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Tadashi Kondo
Division of Pharmacoproteomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute
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Pseudopodia are actin-rich ventral cellular protrusions shown to facilitate the migration and metastasis of tumor cells. Here, we present a novel approach to perform pseudopodia proteomics. Tumor cells growing on porous membranes extend pseudopodia into the membrane pores. In our method, cell bodies are removed by horizontal ablation at the basal cell surface with the excimer laser while pseudopodia are left in the membrane pores. For protein expression profiling, whole cell and pseudopodia proteins are extracted with a lysis buffer, labeled with highly sensitive fluorescent dyes, and separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Proteins with unique expression patterns in pseudopodia are identified by mass spectrometry. The effects of the identified proteins on pseudopodia formation are evaluated by measuring the pseudopodia length in cancer cells with genetically modified expression of target proteins using confocal imaging. This protocol allows global identification of pseudopodia proteins and evaluation of their functional significance in pseudopodia formation within one month.
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pseudopodia; proteomics; excimer laser ablation; two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis; confocal imaging
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Novel application for pseudopodia proteomics using excimer laser ablation and two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis
by Akihiko Ito, Takahiro Mimae, Ying-Shan-Zhu Yamamoto, +7
Laboratory Investigation (04 March, 2014)
α-Parvin, a pseudopodial constituent, promotes cell motility and is associated with lymph node metastasis of lobular breast carcinoma
by Masaoki Ito, Man Hagiyama, Takahiro Mimae, +7
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Method Article
Tadashi Kondo
Division of Pharmacoproteomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute
Corresponding Author
Version History
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Posted 04 Mar, 2014
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Pseudopodia are actin-rich ventral cellular protrusions shown to facilitate the migration and metastasis of tumor cells. Here, we present a novel approach to perform pseudopodia proteomics. Tumor cells growing on porous membranes extend pseudopodia into the membrane pores. In our method, cell bodies are removed by horizontal ablation at the basal cell surface with the excimer laser while pseudopodia are left in the membrane pores. For protein expression profiling, whole cell and pseudopodia proteins are extracted with a lysis buffer, labeled with highly sensitive fluorescent dyes, and separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Proteins with unique expression patterns in pseudopodia are identified by mass spectrometry. The effects of the identified proteins on pseudopodia formation are evaluated by measuring the pseudopodia length in cancer cells with genetically modified expression of target proteins using confocal imaging. This protocol allows global identification of pseudopodia proteins and evaluation of their functional significance in pseudopodia formation within one month.
Figure 1
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Figure 3
Disclosure/Duality of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This is a list of supplementary files associated with this preprint. Click to download.
- supplement0.mpg
Supplementary Video 1 Image of the excimer laser scanning of the cells cultured on the porous membrane <iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/FvxJF6fVFgw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Associated Publications
Novel application for pseudopodia proteomics using excimer laser ablation and two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis
by Akihiko Ito, Takahiro Mimae, Ying-Shan-Zhu Yamamoto, +7
Laboratory Investigation (04 March, 2014)
α-Parvin, a pseudopodial constituent, promotes cell motility and is associated with lymph node metastasis of lobular breast carcinoma
by Masaoki Ito, Man Hagiyama, Takahiro Mimae, +7
Breast Cancer Research And Treatment (04 March, 2014)