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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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5 μl of supernatant was incubated with 25 μl MBP buffer containing [γ-P]ATP (PerkinElmer) for ten minutes at 30°C in triplicate to measure ERK activity.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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The second reaction was terminated by spotting 20 μl of reaction mix onto a 1cm piece of P81 paper (VWR International), which was then dropped into 400ml 25mM orthophosphate solution.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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The papers were washed three times in 400 ml 25 mM orthophosphate solution to remove the unincorporated ATP and the [P]-orthophosphate incorporated into MBP was determined using Cerenkov counting.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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For transfected samples, the background counts were determined using lysates of cells transfected with the empty vector.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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For endogenous protein, samples in which no RAF was immunoprecipitated were used.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Background values were removed and to ensure linearity, assays were used at below 50% saturation.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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To determine BRAF and BRAF sensitivity to 885-A, immunoprecipitated BRAF was preincubated with drug in KCl-free buffer for 10 min at room temperature prior to the first-step reaction.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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To measure the activity of purified BRAF, a 96-well DELFIA-based assay system was used.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Full-length rabbit MEK1 protein was expressed with a GST tag at the N-terminus and a C-terminal histidine tag in Escherichia coli JM109 bacteria and purified by nickel-agarose affinity chromatography.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Full length BRAF protein was generated by infection of SF9 insect cells with a recombinant baculovirus expressing full-length human BRAF with an N-terminal histidine tag and purified as above.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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For the kinase assays, all incubations were at room temperature with shaking.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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4 μg GST-MEK1, 100-200ng purified BRAF and 1 μl inhibitor at the required concentrations (0.001 to 100 μM final concentration) were added to the wells of glutathione-coated plates and preincubated for 10 min.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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ATP in DELFIA assay buffer (20 μL; Table S3), to give a final concentration of 100 μM, was added to each well, and the plates were incubated for 45 min.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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The plates were washed 3X with 200 μl 0.1% tween20/water.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Primary antibody (rabbit anti-phospho MEK1/2 diluted 1/2000, Cell Signaling Technologies) and Eu-labeled anti-rabbit secondary antibody (diluted 1/1000, Perkin-Elmer) were preincubated for 30 min and 100 μl was added to the plates and incubated for a further hour.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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The plates were washed as before, and 100 μl DELFIA enhancement solution (Perkin-Elmer, Turku, Finland) was added.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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The plates were sealed and incubated for 30 min and europium counts measured on Spectramax M5 plate reader (Molecular Devices, Wokingham, UK).
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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IC50 values were determined using GraphPad Prism (Graphpad Software Inc., San Diego, CA, USA).
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Experiments were performed under Home Office license authority with local Ethics Committee approval.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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To activate CreERT2, four doses of tamoxifen (Sigma; 10mg each in 100% ethanol) were applied topically to the shaven skin on the backs of the mice every other day for 7 days.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Genotyping was performed by PCR using DNA prepared with DNeasy kits (QIAGEN).
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Braf and Braf were analyzed using primers: A) 5′-GCCCAGGCTCTTTATGAGAA-3; B) 5′-AGTCAATCATCCACAGAGACCT-3′; and C) 5′-GCTTGGCTGGACGTAAACTC-3′. A+B detects the wild-type BRAF allele (466 bp product) and Braf, the Cre-recombinase recombined allele (518pb product).
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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A+C detects the targeted allele Braf (140 bp).
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Tyr::CreERT2 was analyzed using primers 5′-GAAGCAACTCATCGATTG-3′ and 5′-TGAAGGGTCTGGTAGGATCA-3′. Kras was analyzed using primers 5′-CGCAGACTGTAGAGCAGCG-3′ and 5′-CCATGGCTTGAGTAAGTCTGC-3′. mRNA expression analysis was performed by RT-PCR.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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RNA was prepared using the RNEasy kit (QIAGEN).
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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First-strand cDNA synthesis was performed with 500ng total RNA and random hexanucleotides (Random Primers, Invitrogen).
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Tyrosinase (Tyr), was detected using primers 5′-TGGTTCCTTTCATACCGCTC-3′ and 5′-CAGATACGACTGGCTTGTTCC-3′; Dct with 5′-GCAAGATTGCCTGTCTCTCC-3′ and 5′-AGTCCAGTGTTCCGTCTGCT-3′; Pax3 with 5′-CCAGGATGATGCGGCCCGGCCCGGG-3′ and 5′-AGGATGCGGCTGATAGAACTCACTG-3′; and silver/gp100 (Si) with 5′-GGAGAGGTGGCCAGGTATC-3′ and 5′-CAGTAATGGTGAAGGTTGAAC-3′. The control Gapdh was detected with 5′- GATGGCCCCTCGGAAAGCT-3′ 5′-CCAGTGAGCTTCCCGTTCAGC-3′. To sequence Kras cDNA, a 238 bp product from Kras cDNA was PCR amplified using primers 5′-GGCGGCAGCGCTGTGGCGGCG-3′ and 5′-CGTAGGGTCATACTCATCCAC-3′ and directly sequenced using these primers and automated dideoxy sequencing.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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For immunohistochemistry (IHC), tumors were fixed in 10% buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Sections (3-10μm) were stained with hematoxylin and eosin using standard protocols.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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For S100 and Ki67 staining, antigen retrieval was performed in citrate buffer (pH 6.0, 30 min) and revealed using a rabbit polyclonal antibody (Dako, 1/1000), the Rabbit Envision Peroxidase kit and the AEC substrate chromogen (Dako) for S100, and a rat monoclonal antibody (Dako,1/25), the rat Vectastain ABC kit (Vector Labs, USA) and DAB as chromagen for Ki67.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Positive (a well characterized sample of mouse melanoma) and negative (omission of the primary antibody and substitution with preimmune serum) controls were included in each slide run.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Immunohistochemical staining was analyzed by two of the authors on a multi-headed microscope.
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PMC2872605
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Kinase-dead BRAF and oncogenic RAS cooperate to drive tumor progression through CRAF.
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Tumor cell lines were established by mechanically dissociating tumors in DMEM/20%FCS/Primocin (0.1mg/ml - InvivoGen) and clonal lines were selected by limiting dilution.
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