Fig. 3. Anti-ICAM-1 immunobeads do not colocalize with caveolin or clathrin.
TNF-
-stimulated HUVEC were incubated with control anti-ICAM-1
immunobeads (A,C) or Alexa 594-conjugated cholera toxin B subunit (B) for 15
minutes at 37°C. The cells were then washed and fixed, and surface-bound
material was counterstained with TxR goat anti-mouse IgG (A,C) or goat
anti-cholera toxin followed by fluorescein rabbit anti-goat IgG (B). After
permeabilization, the cells were then labeled with rabbit anti-human
caveolin-followed by Alexa 350-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (A,B) or
TRITC-conjugated anti-clathrin heavy chain (C). Insets show images magnified
twofold. The image color channels were selected to facilitate the comparison
between panels in the figure, and they are: green, internalized immunobeads or
cholera toxin; blue, surface-bound immunobeads or cholera toxin; red,
caveolin-1 (arrowheads) or clathrin (arrows). There was little, if any,
colocalization of anti-ICAM-1 immunobeads with caveolin-1 or clathrin, as
evidenced by the lack of yellow labeling in A and C and areas showing
internalized immunobeads with little caveolin-1 or clathrin nearby (see
insets).