Ki67 immunostaining on tissue slices has been performed following standard procedures.
Antibody dilution was as follows: anti-RhoA-GTP (NewEast Biosciences) 1:400; anti-Aurora B (AbCam ab3609) 1:100; anti-E-Cadherin (BD Biosciences Pharmingen, Bedford, MA) 1:50; anti-Snail (AbCam) 1:50; anti-Ki67 (BD Bioscience Pharmingen, USA; 1:25)
Secondary antibodies conjugated to Alexa-488 or Alexa-594 (Molecular Probes, Invitrogen, San Diego, CA; 1:400) were used as recommended by the supplier. Alexa Fluor 594 Phalloidin (a12381) (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., MA, USA) and Alexa Fluor 647–Phalloidin (from Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) were utilized for the staining of F-actin.
DNA was counterstained with 0.1 μg/ml 4'-6'-Diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI, Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MO).
All stained samples were analyzed under a Nikon Microphot-FXA microscope equipped with a CCD camera and digital images were acquired with Nikon NIS-elements software or using a Leica SP5 spectral confocal microscope.