AGS is a Lauren intestinal-type gastric adenocarcinoma cell line, and
MKN-45 is a Lauren diffuse-type gastric adenocarcinoma cell line. AGS and
MKN-45 cells were obtained from the America Type Culture Collection (ATCC). Cell lysates were collected in
RIPA buffer (Sigma) containing
Complete Protease Inhibitor Cocktail (Roche Diagnostics), and protein concentration was determined by the Bio-Rad
Protein Assay. Anti-phosphorylated( Ser188)-RhoA antibody (Abcam ab125275, Cambridge, MA) was used to report phosphorylated RhoA (p-RhoA), and anti-RhoA (67B9) antibody (Cell Signaling #2117, Danvers, MA) was used to report total RhoA expression.
AGS and
MKN-45 cell lysates were treated with
lambda phosphatase (Santa Cruz Biotechnology sc-200312, Dallas, TX) to abolish immunoreactivity to phospho-dependent antibodies.
Silencing of RhoA was achieved via lentiviral transduction of human RhoA shRNA (
sc-29471-V; Santa Cruz Biotechnology). A scramble shRNA control (SC-108080) was also used.
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