Ogen). Ten micrograms of total RNA were fractionated by electrophoresis on 1.3 agarose gels containing 2.2 M formaldehyde (Sigma) and blotted and hybridized as described previously [40].Generation of Expression Clones for in vitro ExperimentsTo create constructs for overexpression of IGF-1 in vitro, SP1containing IGF-1 cDNAs were cloned into the Sal1/BamH1 backbone of pIRES2-EGFP. The cDNA encoding mature IGF-1 lacking E-peptides was denoted IGF-1-stop. To prevent cleavage of the E peptide moiety, the cleavage site in IGF-1Ea and IGF1Eb cDNAs was mutated (RS71/72 deletion) using site directed mutagenesis to generate cleavage-defective isoforms – IGF-1EaCD and 12926553 IGF-1EbCD respectively. All cDNAs included the SP1 signal peptide.DecellularizationLung and skeletal muscle HIF-2��-IN-1 biological activity tissue (quadriceps) was removed from two month old male C57BL/6 mice sacrificed by cervical dislocation. The tissue was rinsed in PBS and Imazamox chemical information decellularized as described by [23]. Briefly, the tissues were treated with latrunculinTable 2. Sequences of primers used for cloning of cDNA of IGF-1 isoforms.Forward Class 1 IGF-1Ea Class 1 IGF-1Eb Class 2 IGF-1Ea Class 2 IGF-1Eb Genotyping 59-CTCGATAACTTTGCCAGAAG-39 59-CTCGATAACTTTGCCAGAAG-39 59-AGTTTTGTGTTCACCTCGGCC-39 59-AGTTTTGTGTTCACCTCGGCC-39 59-ACTGACATGCCCAAGACTCAG-Reverse 59-CCTCCTACATTCTGTAGGTCTTG-39 59-CCTGCACTTCCTCTACTTGTG-39 59-CCTCCTACATTCTGTAGGTCTTG-39 59-CCTGCACTTCCTCTACTTGTG-39 59-ATTCCACCACTGCTCCCATTC-doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051152.tE-Peptides Control Bioavailability of IGF-B and subsequently incubated in high salt solutions to disrupt the cells by osmotic shock. After DNase treatment, the decellularized tissues were washed in water for 2 days.1hr at RT. Images was acquired with Leica TCS SP5 confocal microscope, and the number of foci was counted using ImageJ software.HistologyFor preparation of paraffin sections, tissues were fixed in Modified Davidson’s Fixative (Polysciences, 24355), dehydrated in series of ethanol dilutions, passed though xylene, xylene/paraffin, and embedded in paraffin. Sections were cut at 10 um and stained with Haematoxylin/Eosin or DAPI.Deglycosylation of IGF-1 PropeptidesConditioned growth medium (with IGF-1 levels normalized to 200 ng/mL) was deglycosylated in non-denaturing reaction conditions for 4 hours at 37C using Protein Deglycosylation Mix (NEB, P6039) (1 ul of the mix per 10 ul of conditioned growth medium).Binding to ECM500 uL of media from transfected HEK293 cells was supplemented with proteinase inhibitors (Roche, 04693132001) and incubated with 75 mg (wet weight) of decellularized tissue for 1 hour at RT. After incubation samples of the media were taken to test for protein degradation during incubation. The tissue was then washed three times 30 minutes with PBS to 15755315 remove unbound peptides. Bound peptides were then eluted from the decellularized tissue using 50 uL of standard Laemmli SDS-loading buffer. 20 uL of media that had not been incubated with decellularized tissue, 20 mL of the media sample taken 
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incubation, and 40 mL of the eluate were loaded on an 18 polyacrylamide gel and IGF-1 (Figure 6) or relaxin (Figure 8) was detected by Western blot. In the case of IGF-1, the primary antibody was a goat antiIGF-1 antibody (Sigma, I-8773) was used at a 1:1000 dilution and the secondary antibody, donkey anti-goat IgG-HRP (Santa Cruz, sc-2020) was used at 1:10.000. In the case of relaxin, the peptide was detected using a primary antibody against the V5 tag (abcam, ab27671) an.Ogen). Ten micrograms of total RNA were fractionated by electrophoresis on 1.3 agarose gels containing 2.2 M formaldehyde (Sigma) and blotted and hybridized as described previously [40].Generation of Expression Clones for in vitro ExperimentsTo create constructs for overexpression of IGF-1 in vitro, SP1containing IGF-1 cDNAs were cloned into the Sal1/BamH1 backbone of pIRES2-EGFP. The cDNA encoding mature IGF-1 lacking E-peptides was denoted IGF-1-stop. To prevent cleavage of the E peptide moiety, the cleavage site in IGF-1Ea and IGF1Eb cDNAs was mutated (RS71/72 deletion) using site directed mutagenesis to generate cleavage-defective isoforms – IGF-1EaCD and 12926553 IGF-1EbCD respectively. All cDNAs included the SP1 signal peptide.DecellularizationLung and skeletal muscle tissue (quadriceps) was removed from two month old male C57BL/6 mice sacrificed by cervical dislocation. The tissue was rinsed in PBS and decellularized as described by [23]. Briefly, the tissues were treated with latrunculinTable 2. Sequences of primers used for cloning of cDNA of IGF-1 isoforms.Forward Class 1 IGF-1Ea Class 1 IGF-1Eb Class 2 IGF-1Ea Class 2 IGF-1Eb Genotyping 59-CTCGATAACTTTGCCAGAAG-39 59-CTCGATAACTTTGCCAGAAG-39 59-AGTTTTGTGTTCACCTCGGCC-39 59-AGTTTTGTGTTCACCTCGGCC-39 59-ACTGACATGCCCAAGACTCAG-Reverse 59-CCTCCTACATTCTGTAGGTCTTG-39 59-CCTGCACTTCCTCTACTTGTG-39 59-CCTCCTACATTCTGTAGGTCTTG-39 59-CCTGCACTTCCTCTACTTGTG-39 59-ATTCCACCACTGCTCCCATTC-doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051152.tE-Peptides Control Bioavailability of IGF-B and subsequently incubated in high salt solutions to disrupt the cells by osmotic shock. After DNase treatment, the decellularized tissues were washed in water for 2 days.1hr at RT. Images was acquired with Leica TCS SP5 confocal microscope, and the number of foci was counted using ImageJ software.HistologyFor preparation of paraffin sections, tissues were fixed in Modified Davidson’s Fixative (Polysciences, 24355), dehydrated in series of ethanol dilutions, passed though xylene, xylene/paraffin, and embedded in paraffin. Sections were cut at 10 um and stained with Haematoxylin/Eosin or DAPI.Deglycosylation of IGF-1 PropeptidesConditioned growth medium (with IGF-1 levels normalized to 200 ng/mL) was deglycosylated in non-denaturing reaction conditions for 4 hours at 37C using Protein Deglycosylation Mix (NEB, P6039) (1 ul of the mix per 10 ul of conditioned growth medium).Binding to ECM500 uL of media from transfected HEK293 cells was supplemented with proteinase inhibitors (Roche, 04693132001) and incubated with 75 mg (wet weight) of decellularized tissue for 1 hour at RT. After incubation samples of the media were taken to test for protein degradation during incubation. The tissue was then washed three times 30 minutes with PBS to 15755315 remove unbound peptides. Bound peptides were then eluted from the decellularized tissue using 50 uL of standard Laemmli SDS-loading buffer. 20 uL of media that had not been incubated with decellularized tissue, 20 mL of the media sample taken after incubation, and 40 mL of the eluate were loaded on an 18 polyacrylamide gel and IGF-1 (Figure 6) or relaxin (Figure 8) was detected by Western blot. In the case of IGF-1, the primary antibody was a goat antiIGF-1 antibody (Sigma, I-8773) was used at a 1:1000 dilution and the secondary antibody, donkey anti-goat IgG-HRP (Santa Cruz, sc-2020) was used at 1:10.000. In the case of relaxin, the peptide was detected using a primary antibody against the V5 tag (abcam, ab27671) an.