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Immunocytochemistry and Immunohistochemistry of Cadherins

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Rabbit monoclonal E-cadherin antibody serum (Cell Signaling Technology, Inc, Danvers, MA, USA), which recognizes the human E-cadherin epitope, was used for immunocytochemistry at a 1:200 dilution and for immunohistochemistry using a 1:400 dilution according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Purified rabbit monoclonal N-cadherin (Cell Signaling Technology, Inc) and VE-cadherin (Cell Signaling Technology, Inc) antibody serum, which recognizes the human N-cadherin and VE-cadherin epitopes, respectively, were used in immunocytochemistry at a 1:200 dilution according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
DyLight™ 488 donkey anti-rabbit IgG secondary antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) was used for immunocytochemistry to detect E-cadherin and VE-cadherin primary antibodies. A final concentration of 40 μg/mL was used. Alexa Fluor® 594 goat anti-rabbit secondary antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc) was used for immunocytochemistry to detect N-cadherin primary antibodies at a final concentration of 1 μg/mL. For immunohistochemistry, polyclonal goat anti-rabbit biotinylated immunoglobulin (Dako Canada, Inc, Burlington, ON, Canada) was used as a secondary antibody at a final concentration of 1.9 μg/mL.
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Protein Expression Analysis in HACECs

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HACECs were re-suspended in lysis buffer and 2 mg/ml protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche Diagnostics Corp). Protein concentrations were determined using the Bradford Protein assay kit (Beyotime Biotechnology, China). An equal amount of protein was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting. Primary antibodies used included the following: α-SMA (ab5694, abcam, USA), calponin (ab46794, abcam, USA), VE-cadherin (Cat. 2500, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), PECAM1 (sc-71872, Santa Cruz, USA), SMURF2 (GTX31571, GeneTex, USA) and GAPDH (ab8245, abcam, USA). Secondary antibodies were fluorescence-labeled antibodies. Bands were visualized using the Odyssey Infrared Imaging System (LI-COR Biotechnology).
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Immunofluorescence Analysis of Endothelial Junctions

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For immunofluorescence studies, HMVEC-L and HPAEC cells were cultured on collagen/fibronectin-coated filter inserts. Endothelial monolayers were fixed using a mixture of ice-cold ethanol:acetic acid (95:5 v/v) for 10 min and then washed three times for 5 min in PBS. After blocking with 3% bovine serum albumin (BSA, Sigma) for 30 min, inserts were incubated with primary antibodies against VE-cadherin (Cell Signaling Technology) or ZO-1 (Invitrogen), nuclei were counterstained with Hoechst33342 (Sigma). The staining was visualized using Cy3- or Cy2-conjugated secondary antibodies (Jackson Immuno Research) diluted in 1% BSA-containing PBS, and washed three times for 5 min in PBS. Filter inserts were mounted in anti-fading embedding medium (Fluorogel, Electron Microscopy Sciences, Hatfield) and studied using a Nikon Eclipse TE2000U photomicroscope (Tokyo, Japan) connected to a digital camera (Spot RT KE, Diagnostic Instruments, Sterling Heights, MI, United States).
Immunofluorescence images were quantified using the ImageJ software (version 1.51n, NIH). We measured the mean intensity of VE-cadherin immunofluorescence staining using the polygon selection tool to define the cell junctions. In the case of ZO-1 tight junctional protein, we selected the cells by freehand selection tools and then measured the continuity of the immunofluorescence staining.
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Immunofluorescence Staining of Cardiac Cells

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Cells were fixed with 4% PFA and stained with monoclonal anti-α-Actinin (Sarcomeric) (A7811, Sigma), VE-cadherin (2500, Cell Signaling Technology), PECAM-1 (M0823, Dako), MYL7 (17283-1-AP, Proteintech), MYL4 (67533-1-Ig, Proteintech) and cTnT (MAB1874, R&D Systems) antibodies. Nuclei were visualized with DAPI. Stained cells were imaged with fluorescent or confocal microscopes (Zeiss AxioImager and Zeiss LSM 780).
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Quantifying Wnt Signaling Pathway

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Primary antibodies used were total β-catenin (Cat No. 2677; 1:100), active (non-phosphorylated) β-catenin (Cat No. 8814; 1:100), VE-Cadherin (Cat No.2500; 1:100) (Cell Signaling, Danvers, MA). For full details see online methods.
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Immunofluorescence Imaging of Cell Markers

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For immunofluorescence staining, the cells were incubated with primary antibodies against VE-cadherin (Cell Signaling Technology [CST], USA), vimentin (CST) or fibronectin (Abcam), followed by incubation with Alexa Fluor 488- or 555-conjugated secondary antibodies (Invitrogen, USA). For confocal microscopy, the cells grown on coverslips were counterstained with DAPI and were imaged using a confocal laser-scanning microscope (Carl Zeiss, Germany) with a core data acquisition system (Applied Precision).
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Western Blot Analysis of Cell Signaling Proteins

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After adjusting the total protein concentration of the cell samples, 50 μg of protein sample was uploaded per well and separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The proteins were transferred to PVDF membrane (cat. no. FFP24; Beyotime) and then washed with PBS (cat. no. C0221A; Beyotime) for three times. After 10 min each, the membrane was blocked with 5% skim milk (cat. no. P0216; Beyotime) at room temperature for 2 h. Next, the membrane was probed with the corresponding primary antibodies at 4°C for incubation overnight and then incubated with secondary antibody Goat Anti‐Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP; ab6721; dilution, 1:2000; Abcam) at 37°C for 2 h. After washing with TBST again, it was placed into Odyssey (LI‐COR) for scanning and analysis. The primary antibodies included P2Y12R (ab233760; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam), NF‐κB p65 (ab32536; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam), P‐IKB‐α (ab133462; dilution, 1:10,000; Abcam), IKB‐α (ab32518; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam), p‐AKT (ab38449; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam), eNOS (ab300071; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam), VE‐cadherin (#2500; dilution, 1:1000; Cell Signaling Technology), ZO‐1 (ab216880; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam), Claudin 5 (ab131259; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam), Occludin (ab216327; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam), H3 (ab1791; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam), and GAPDH (ab8245; dilution, 1:1000; Abcam).
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Immunoblotting Assay for Protein Expression

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Cells were lysed in SDS buffer (60mM TrisHCl pH 6.8, 5% glycerol, 2% SDS). Twenty-five to 50 μg of cell lysates were run on SDS-polyacrylamide gels, transferred to PVDF membranes (Millipore, Billerica, MA), and incubated 1 hour in a blocking buffer (5% Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA), 10 mM Tris–HCl, pH 7.6, 150 mM NaCl, and 0.1%Tween 20). Each membrane was incubated overnight against a specific antibody: SMAD2 (Cell Signaling), pSMAD2 (Cell Signaling), SMAD1 (Cell Signaling), SMAD5 (Cell Signaling), pSMAD1/5 (Cell Signaling), PAI-1(Santa Cruz Inc., Dallas, TX), VE-cadherin (Cell Signaling), Calponin (Millipore), PECAM1 (Abcam), SM22α (Abcam). After incubation with peroxidase conjugated secondary antibodies, detection was performed with enhanced chemiluminescence reagents (GE Healthcare, Sweden). Protein levels of GAPDH (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) were used to normalize the results.
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Immunofluorescence Analysis of HUVEC Junctions

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HUVECs were seeded on coverslips and incubated in the presence of MAPF for 8 h. Cells were then rinsed with PBS and fixed with 10% v/v formalin in PBS (pH 7.4). A blocking solution (5% milk in 0.1% v/v Triton X-100) was applied to prevent nonspecific binding. Primary antibody against VE-cadherin (Cell Signaling Technology, USA) and β-catenin (BD Bioscience, USA) in blocking buffer was incubated with the HUVECs at 4 °C overnight. After the antibody was washed, the slides were incubated with fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated goat anti-mouse and anti-rabbit IgG (Sigma-Aldrich) for 1 h. Finally, coverslips were mounted with mounting medium (Gel Mount Aqueous, Sigma) and photographed with a Nikon D1X digital camera (Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany).
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Immunoblotting of Signaling Pathways in Cell Lysates

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The cell lysates were prepared using immunoprecipitation assay lysis buffer (Millipore, Burlington, MA, USA) supplemented with protease and phosphatase inhibitors (Roche, Basel, Switzerland). Protein concentration was measured by the DC protein assay (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA), and approximately 30–40 μg of proteins in Laemmli buffer were used. Western blotting was performed as described previously [29 (link)]. Densitometry was performed using NIH ImageJ software. Antibodies used include pSer473-Akt (Cat No. 9271), pThr308-Akt (Cat No. 9275), Pan Akt (Cat No. 4685), pP38 MAP Kinase (Cat No. 9215), total P38 MAP Kinase (Cat No. 9212), VE-cadherin (Cat No. 2500), and GAPDH (Cat No. 5174), were purchased from Cell Signaling, Danvers, MA, USA. Anti-Claudin-5 (CLDN5) (Cat No. 352500) antibody was purchased from Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA. Anti-mouse (Cat No. 170-6516) and anti-rabbit (Cat No. 170-6515) HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies were obtained from Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA, USA). Alexa 485-conjugated secondary antibodies were purchased from Thermo Scientific (Frederick, MD, USA). Antibody dilutions are provided in Appendix A.
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