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SDF-1 and Wnt Signaling Modulation

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Once the cells had attached, the medium was changed to DMEM without serum. After 24 h, the cells were divided into four groups and treated as follows: SDF-1 group, 100 ng/ml SDF-1 (cat. no. ab79959; Abcam); SDF-1 + AMD3100 group, 100 ng/ml SDF-1 and 5 µg/ml AMD3100 (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA); SDF-1 + DKK-1 group, 100 ng/ml SDF-1 and 200 ng/ml DKK-1 (R&D Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA); and control group, PBS at a dose equivalent to the SDF-1, AMD3100 and DKK-1 in the other groups.
Following incubation at 37°C for 24 h, the cellular total protein and nuclear protein were extracted for western blotting (WB) and the total RNA was extracted for reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR).
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Intracellular Calcium Imaging of DRG Neurons

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The response of acutely cultured DRG neurons to the chemokines SDF-1 and MCP-1 (500 ng/ml R&D Systems) were recorded using intracellular calcium imagining following a standard protocol previously used in our laboratory [20 (link)]. Briefly, acutely cultured DRG cells were loaded with fura-2 AM (3uM, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) for 25 minutes at room temperature in a balanced salt solution (BSS) [NaCl (140 mM), Hepes (10 mM), CaCl2 (2 mM), MgCl2 (1 mM), Glucose (10 mM), KCl (5 mM)]. The cells were rinsed with the BSS and mounted onto a chamber that was placed onto the inverted microscope and continuously perfused with BSS at a rate of 2 ml/min. Intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) was measured by digital video microfluorometry with an intensified CCD camera coupled to a microscope and MetaFluor software. Cells were illuminated with a 150W xenon arc lamp, and the excitation wavelengths of the fura-2 (340/380 nm) were selected by a filter changer. Chemokines were applied for two minutes directly into the coverslip bathing solution after the perfusion was stopped. If no response was seen within 1 minute, the chemokine was washed out. For all experiments, SDF-1 (500 ng/ml, R&D Systems) and MCP-1 (500 ng/ml, R&D Systems), capsaicin (100 nM), high K + (50 mM) and ATP (100 μM) were added to the cells.
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Stimulation of HL-60 and Mouse Lineage Negative Cells with SDF-1

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HL-60 cells (ATCC CCL-240) were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA) and maintained in Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium (IMDM) with 20% FBS. HL-60 cells were incubated in IMDM +20% FBS with and without 50 ng/ml SDF-1 (R&D, Minneapolis, MN) for two and 24 hours, respectively. This concentration of SDF-1 has been shown to elicit optimal responses in numerous of our assays [12 (link),18 (link),19 (link),21 (link),41 (link)]. C57Bl/6 strain mice were used to isolate lineage negative bone marrow cells. The Indiana University Committee on Use and Care of Animals approved the mouse studies. Mouse lineage negative cells were isolated using the Miltenyi Biotech (San Diego, CA) mouse Lineage Cell Depletion Kit. After lineage depletion, lineage negative cells were incubated in IMDM +10% FBS and stimulated with or without 50 ng/ml SDF-1 (R&D, Minneapolis, MN) for two and 24 hours, respectively.
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Transwell Assay for HSPC Migration

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In vitro migration of HSPCs was performed using Transwells (6.5mm diameter inserts; 5μm pore size; Corning). FACS-purified HSPCs were loaded onto Transwell inserts (105 cells/well in 100μl of medium). The lower chambers contained 600μl of RPMI medium supplemented with 10% FCS and with SDF-1 (100ng/ml) or without SDF-1 (R&D systems). Cells were incubated for 4 hours at 37°C and 5%CO2. Migrating cells from the lower chambers were collected and counted by FACS with normalization using Countbright Absolute counting beads (Invitrogen). The percentage of migrated cells was calculated by dividing the absolute number of migrated cells by the input cell number.
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Assessing CXCR4 and CXCR7 Roles in Melanoma Osteotropism

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Further experiments assessed the contribute of either CXCR4 or CXCR7 in conditioning the osteotropism of melanoma cells. Therefore, their expression was restrained by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) using the following primers: 5′-GGCAGUCCAUGUCAUCUACTT-3′ and 5′-GUAGAUGACAUGGACUGCCTT-3′ for CXCR4; 5′-GGAUGACACUAAUUGUUAGTT-3′ and 5′-CUAACAAUUAGUGUCAUCCTT-3′ for CXCR7 (Life Technologies, CA, USA). Briefly, 1 × 106 LCP and SK-Mel28 cells were treated for 48 h with 3.75 µl/ml of Lipofectamine 3000 Reagent (Invitrogen, CA, USA) to induce transient transfection in presence of anti-CXCR4 (30 nmol/l) or anti-CXCR7 (60 nmol/l) siRNAs. Cells treated with 3.75 µl/ml of Lipofectamine 3000 Reagent or scramble probes (Ambion) were the controls.
Since both CXCR4 and CXCR7 share the SDF-1 ligand, silenced melanoma cells were explored in their propensity to migrate and invade toward human-recombinant SDF-1 (R&D Systems, MN, USA) either in presence or absence of Exos. The optimal concentration of SDF-1 used in these experiments, namely 100 ng/ml, was similar to that detected in BCM by ELISA (96.4 ± 17.2 ng/ml).
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Iso, SDF-1, and AMD3100 Protocol for H9C2 Cells

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All chemicals and bioagents used in the present study, including Iso, AMD3100, Gi inhibitor Pertussis toxin (all from Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), SDF-1 (R&D Systems, Inc.) were purchased from commercial sources and authenticated by the providers. Their concentrations, Iso (100 µM), SDF-1 (500 ng/ml), and AMD3100 (100 ng/ml), used on H9C2 cells were based on pilot studies by the authors and consistent with a similar study previously reported (39 (link)).
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Quantifying MSC Migration via Fluorescence

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A migration assay was performed using FluoroBlok insert (BD Biosciences) containing 5 × 104 MSCs placed above 1.0 × 106 myoblasts seeded on cell culture plates. Control cultures comprised inserts placed over cell culture plates without cells supplemented with 150 ng/ml SDF-1 (R&D Systems). The FluoroBlok insert system allows the quantification of cells that have migrated through the insert by a bottom-reading fluorometer. After culturing for 6 h, MSCs were stained with 4 μg/ml Calcein-AM for 30 min at 37 °C, and fluorescence signals of the migrated cells were measured using a SH-9000 plate reader (COLONA ELECTRIC, Ibaraki, Japan).
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iPSC-MSC Adhesion Assays under Flow

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For adhesion assays, 105 iPSC-MSCs were allowed to rest for 3 min on a laminar flow chamber slide (μ-slide, ibiTreat; IBIDI Systems, Munich, Germany) mounted on an inverted microscope as previously described [13 (link)]. Briefly, flow chambers were precoated with 2 μg/mL VCAM-1 fusion protein and cocoated with SDF-1, both from R&D Systems (1 μg/mL). Subsequently, HBSS/0.1% BSA (prewarmed to 37°C) was flushed through the chambers at the indicated calculated shear stresses with increases in steps between 0.35 and 15 dyn/cm2 every 30 s. Images were taken, and the adherent cells were counted in four fields for every condition.
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Quantifying SDF1-induced cAMP in SJCRH30 cells

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SJCRH30 cells were grown as confluent monolayers in a 96-well plate. Before stimulation, cells were incubated for 30 min with mAb and 1 mM IBMX (Sigma-Aldrich Japan, Tokyo, Japan). Cells were stimulated with 100 nM SDF1 (R&D Systems) diluted in HBSS/3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) for 10 min, after which they were incubated for an additional 10 min with 25 μM forskolin (Sigma-Aldrich Japan) to stimulate cyclic AMP (cAMP) production. Then, cells were washed twice in ice-cold HBSS/IBMX and solubilized, and cAMP was assayed using the cAMP Parameter Assay Kit (R&D Systems).
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Osteogenic Differentiation Assay for AML

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AMD3100, ascorbic acid, β-glycerol phosphate, hydrocortisone, dexamethasone, and alizarin red were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). SDF-1 and BMP-2 were obtained from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN). A murine monoclonal antibody to CXCR4 conjugated to APC (R&D Systems) was used to assay cell-surface CXCR4 levels on AML cells, and APC-conjugated annexin-V (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) was used for flow cytometric assays of AML cell apoptosis.
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