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Figure 9

From: Soluble fibrin inhibits monocyte adherence and cytotoxicity against tumor cells: implications for cancer metastasis

Figure 9

Oregon Green labeled fibrinogen (0.5 mg/ml; Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) was treated with thrombin (1.25 U) in the presence of 4 mM GPRP-NH2 to produce fluorescently labeled sFn. A375 cells were incubated with labeled sFn for 20 min in a Bioptechs FCS2 enclosed stage incubator. The residual sFn was washed away by perfusion and the cells were imaged on an Olympus BX61 fluorescence microscope equipped with a long pass 535 nm dichroic filter. Considerable binding of sFn was observed. A is a representative image showing tumor cell sFn binding. In contrast, little or no binding was observed when cells were pre-incubated with peptides P1 + P2 (B), or sFn with P3 + P4 (C). Similarly, sFn bound readily to monocytes (D), but was inhibited when cells were pre-incubated with P1 + P2 (E), or sFn was pre-treated with P3 + P4 (F).

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