Research Article

sPmel17 Secreted by Ultraviolet B-Exposed Melanocytes Alters the Intercellular Adhesion of Keratinocytes

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The existence of physical interactions between sPmel17 and FHL2. (a) Representative images of immunofluorescence costaining of FHL2 (green) and sPmel17 (red) in KCs treated with CM from UVB-exposed (MC-CM/UVB, lower panel) or UVB-unexposed MCs (MC-CM/Sham, upper panel). DAPI (blue) was used to visualize cell nuclei. Scale μm. (b) Reciprocal coimmunoprecipitation assay to analyze the interactions between sPmel17 and FHL2. Lysates of KCs treated with MC-CM/UVB were pulled down with an antibody against sPmel17, and the resulting immune complexes were subsequently revealed by western blotting using an antibody against FHL2; representative blots are shown on the left. Anti-FHL2 antibody pulled down sPmel17 (right). Similar results were obtained from 3 independent experiments.
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