Fig. 5From: LMO3 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma invasion, metastasis and anoikis inhibition by directly interacting with LATS1 and suppressing Hippo signalingLMO3 directly interacts with LATS1, and recombinant LMO3 protein administration suppresses the phosphorylation of YAP/LATS1 and increases Rho GTPases activities. a Co-immunoprecipitation of LMO3 with LATS1 or YAP. Huh-7 cell lysates transfected with HA-tagged LMO3 or vector control were subjected to immunoprecipitation with anti-HA monoclonal antibody or control IgG, followed by immunoblotting with anti-LATS1 or YAP antibodies. The input control on the right panel shows the levels of transfected HA-LMO3 and LATS1 or YAP in HA-tagged LMO3 or vector control transfected cells. b and c Western blotting analysis of phospho-YAP, YAP, phospho-LATS1 and LATS1 in recombinant LMO3 (rLMO3) protein treated and control Huh-7 cells (b). Statistical analyses of phospho-YAP/YAP and phospho-LATS1/LATS1 densitometry are shown right (c). d and e Huh-7 cells were serum starved for 24Ā h and the activities of RhoA and Cdc42 were measured by pull-down assays in rLMO3 protein treated and control cells (d). Statistical analyses of active-RhoA/total-RhoA and active-Cdc42/total-Cdc42 densitometry are shown right (e). f The mRNA levels of CTGF, ANKRD1 and CYR61 in rLMO3 protein treated and control Huh-7 cells. *Pā<ā0.05, **Pā<ā0.01. g Western blotting analysis of CTGF, ANKRD1 and CYR61 in rLMO3 protein treated and control Huh-7 cellsBack to article page