T H E J O U R N A L O F C E L L B I O L O G Y Supplemental material Amelio et al., http://www.jcb.org/cgi/content/full/jcb.201203134/dc1 Figure S1. mir-24 regulates proliferation and by itself induces differentiation of primary keratinocytes. (A) In situ hybridization shows mir-24 in mouse and human epidermis. Dotted lines delineate the basal layer of the epidermis. Bars: (top and middle) 50 µm; (bottom) 20 µm. HE, hematoxylin and eosin; NG, negative control. (B) Dot plots show the reduction of BrdU-positive cell populations in mir-24 overexpressing keratinocytes. Boxes delineate the BrdUpositive cell population. Percentages indicate the value of BrdU-positive population in the related dot plot. (C) Pre-G1 peak quantification showed no effect on cell death after 48 and 72 h of transfection of pre mir-24. (D) Real-time qpcr shows mir-24 up-regulation during calcium-induced differentiation (diff) of human keratinocytes. (E) Real-time qpcr shows mir-24 overexpression in human keratinocytes after transfection of pre mir-24. (F) The adhesion assay reports no alteration in plating efficiency of mir-24 or anti mir-24 transfected keratinocytes. Micrographs of the adhesion assay are representative of three independent experiments. Bar, 500 µm. (G) Western blot analysis of epidermal differentiation markers K10 and involucrin in proliferating (Prolif.) or differentiation (Differ.) keratinocytes. MM, molecular mass; Scr, scramble; R.Q., relative quantification. Error bars show means ± SD. #, P > 0.05. mir-24 in epidermal differentiation Amelio et al. S1
Figure S2. mir-24 regulates proliferation and by itself induces differentiation in vivo. (A) Hematoxylin-eosin staining of skin sections of scramble- and antagomir-24 injected mice. (B) Dorsal skins of treated mice, from experiment shown in Fig. 2, do not present any abnormalities in epidermal granular layer markers loricrin or filaggrin (Filag.). (C) Ki67 immunofluorescence staining in dorsal skin of antagomir-24 treated mice. (D) Construct of Tg:K5::miR-24. Mouse pre mir-24 sequence was cloned under the control of bovine K5 promoter. (E) Genotyping PCR results in a 608-bp fragment in Tg-positive mice. Founders were generated and determined by genotyping PCR. (F and G) P3 mir-24 transgenic mice showed a significant reduction of body weight and subcutaneous (Sub-cut.) adipose tissue compared with the wt littermates; *, P < 0.0001. (H and I) TUNEL assay, performed on skin sections from P10 Tg mice, showed no differences in apoptotic cell populations. #, P > 0.05. (J) Hematoxylin-eosin staining of skin sections of P10 mir-24 transgenic mice. (K) K14 immunostaining and K14\K10 coimmunostaining of skin sections marks basal layer of mir-24 transgenic mice. Dotted lines in C and H delineate the basal layer of the epidermis. Scr, scramble. Error bars show means ± SD. Bars: (A and D) 50 µm; (B, C, and J [top]) 100 µm; (J [bottom] and K) 30 µm. S2
Figure S3. mrna down-regulation after mir-24 overexpression. (A) Venn diagram of genes down-regulated by mir-24 in human keratinocytes. mir-24 conserved and not conserved binding sites were predicted by TargetScan 5.1 software. (B) mir-24 microarray validation. To validate microarrays analysis, expression of seven genes, within the down-regulated gene list, were analyzed by real time qpcr. Error bars show means ± SD. (C) Predicted mir-24 target site on PAK4, Tks5, and ArhGAP19 3 UTRs were identified by TargetScan 5.1 software. Red letters indicate the seed sequence for mir-24 in 3 UTR of target mrnas. (D F) HEKn from the same condition of the experiment in Fig. 5 showed loss of planar polarity as highlighted by paxillin, vinculin, or actinin antibody staining. Bars, 10 µm. (G and H) Histograms show the relative percentage of distance (Dist.) covered by migration 24 h after scratch. Results are shown as means ± SD of four different measures from three independent experiments; *, P < 0.001. Scr, scramble; R.Q., relative quantification. mir-24 in epidermal differentiation Amelio et al. S3
Figure S4. Silencing of mir-24 and its targets (PAK4, Tsk5, and ArhGAP19) modulates actincytoskeleton. (A and B) Silencing of PAK4, Tsk5, and Arh- GAP19 results in loss of cell planar polarity as highlighted by actinin or vinculin antibody staining. Bars, 10 µm. (C) Silencing of PAK4, Tsk5, and Arh- GAP19 rescues the effect of mir-24 silencing, inducing formation of AJ in both low and high calcium condition. Bars, 20 µm. (D) Histograms show quantification of AJs from the experiment in C. *, P < 0.01. Error bars show means ± SD. Scr, scramble. S4
Figure S5. Silencing of Myc and E2F2 does not affect actin cytoskeleton. (A) Western blot analysis showed down-regulation of Myc and E2F2 by mir-24 overexpression (top) and confirm silencing of Myc and E2F2 (bottom) after 48 h of transfection. (B D) Silencing of Myc and E2F2 does not produce any alteration on actin filaments, planar polarization, and localization of E-cadherin (E-Cadh). Dotted boxes indicate the insets magnified on the right. Bars, 10 µm. (E and F) Specific silencing of Myc and E2F2 reduces human primary keratinocyte BrdU incorporation but does not produce any significant effect on epidermal differentiation markers (K10, K1, and involucrin [Invol.]). Results are shown as mean ± SD from three independent experiments. Scr, scramble; MM, molecular mass. mir-24 in epidermal differentiation Amelio et al. S5
Table S1 includes the list of genes down-regulated in mir-24 overexpressing keratinocytes that present mir-24 binding sites and is provided as an Excel file. Table S2 includes the results of Ingenuity Pathway Analysis analysis performed on genes down-regulated in mir-24 overexpressing keratinocytes to identify the most significant categories of biological functions and is provided as an Excel file. Table S3 shows the list of primers used for real-time qpcr and is provided as an Excel file. S6