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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Cell line
Description
Reference
Used in
NIH/3T3-VEGFR-2
mouse embryonic fibroblasts stably transfected with VEGFR-2
(Waltenberger et al. 1994)
III
NIH/3T3-VEGFR-3
mouse embryonic fibroblasts stably transfected with VEGFR-3
(Pajusola et al. 1993)
III
Sf-9
fall army worm (Spodoptera frigiperda) ovarian cells
Invitrogen
II, III
High Five
cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni) ovarian cells
Invitrogen
II, III
S2
fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) cells
Invitrogen
IV
Ba/F3-VEGFR-1-EpoR
mouse pre-B lymphocytes stably transfected with a VEGFR-1-EpoR chimera
(Makinen et al. 2001b)
IV
Ba/F3-VEGFR-2-EpoR
mouse pre-B lymphocytes stably transfected with a VEGFR-2-EpoR chimera
(III; Stacker et al. 1999b)
IV
Ba/F3-VEGFR-3-EpoR
mouse pre-B lymphocytes stably transfected with a VEGFR-3-EpoR chimera
(Achen et al. 2000)
IV
293T
human kidney epithelial cells expressing the SV40 T antigen and the transforming gene of adenovirus 5
American Type Culture Collection CRL-1573
IV
PAE-VEGFR-2
porcine aortic endothelial cells stably transfected with VEGFR-2
(Waltenberger et al. 1994)
IV
PAE-VEGFR-3
porcine aortic endothelial cells stably transfected with VEGFR-3
(Pajusola et al. 1994)
IV

 

Recombinant protein Description1 Reference
Used in
VEGF-C
mature form
II, III
II, IV
full length form
III
III
avian mature form
IV
IV
mature VEGFR-3-specific mutant
IV
IV
109 amino acid VHD
IV
IV
VEGF-D
full length and mature forms
III
III
VEGF-A
165 amino acid isoform of VEGF-A
IV
IV
109 amino acid VHD
IV
IV
VEGF-B
186 amino acid isoform
IV
IV
VEGF-E
viral strains NZ7 and NZ2
IV
IV
HSA
serum albumin
IV
IV
VEGF/VEGF-C mosaics
109 amino acid VHD, produced in both 293T and High Five cells
IV
IV
VEGFR-1D1-3-hIgGFC
first three extracellular domains of VEGF receptor-1 fused to the FC domain of human IgG, produced in S2 cells
(Makinen et al. 2001a) IV
VEGFR-2D1-3-hIgGFC
first three extracellular domains of VEGF receptor-2 fused to the FC domain of human IgG, produced in 293T cells
III
IV
VEGFR-3D1-3-hIgGFC
first three extracellular domains of VEGF receptor-1 fused to the FC domain of human IgG, produced in 293T cells
(Makinen et al. 2001a)
IV
1 All proteins are human if not indicated differently.

 

Antigen
Description
Reference
Used in
vWF
monoclonal antibody against human van Willebrand factor
DAKO
IV
alphaSMA
monoclonal antibody against alpha smooth muscle actin
Sigma
IV
Prox-1
rabbit antiserum against human Prox-1
(Papoutsi et al. 2000)
IV

 

DNA vectors
Description
Reference
Used in
pFASTBAC1
baculoviral transfer vector
Invitrogen
III
pFB1-melSP-H6
baculoviral transfer vector based on pFASTBAC1, modified by addition of the honeybee melittin signal peptide and a hexahistidine tag
II, III, IV
II, III, IV
pSecTagI
dual mammalian/bacterial expression vector based on pSecTagA (Invitrogen); modified by insertion of a bacterial promoter, a tailored MCS and deletion of several restriction sites in the backbone
IV
IV
pKO Scrambler V912
minimal multi-purpose cloning vector
Stratagene
IV
pIgplus, Signal pIgplus
for secreted expression in mammalian cells as a fusion protein with the FC domain of human IgG
Ingenius
IV
pMT/BiP/V5-His C
for inducible, secreted expression in S2 cells
Invitrogen
IV

 

Methods
Used in
Generation of transgenic mice
I
Recombinant production and purification of proteins using insect and mammalian cells
II, III, IV
Receptor phosphorylation assay
III, IV
DNA family shuffling
IV
Ba/F3 proliferation assay
IV
CAM assay
IV
Immunohistochemistry
IV
Molecular modeling
IV


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