Figure 6

Enhanced locomotion induced by tetracycline in T-REx-293 cells engineered with Crk-II. (a) DAPI staining (blue) and phalloidin-FITC (green) during scratch closing assays showing enhanced lamellipodia formation in THLOII-15 cells (a representative clone of T-REx-293 cells carrying the locomotion module) when induced with tetracycline: the induced cells show more frequent formation of lamellipodia, shown in green. Scale bars: 100 μm. (b) Distance travelled by cells in scratch closing assays with or without induction of the locomotion module. Images were acquired every 10 min and coordinates of 4 groups of cells on each side of wounds were recorded (6 to 18 h post-induction). Tetracycline increased the migration of THLOII-15 cells (trail plot and graph, *p <0.001) but had no effect on wild-type cells (graph). Statistical analysis was performed using a two-sample Student’s t-Test with a two-tailed distribution. Standard deviation bars: n = 8.