Fig. 5. Distribution of ß1-integrin in the absence and presence of laminin.
Cells were incubated with 2 µg/ml of laminin for 8 hours. Cells were fixed,
immunostained with laminin-specific antibody, then permeabilized with Triton
X-100 and co-stained with anti-ß1 integrin antibody. (a) ß1-integrin
was distributed in fibrillar arrays prior to treatment with laminin. Panels b
and c reveal integrin and laminin within the same field. Following laminin
incubation, co-localization on a subset of integrin fibrils with laminin
(arrows indicate examples) was observed. Bar, 10 µm.