Journal: The FASEB Journal
Article Title: ZXDB Drives Macrophage Inflammatory Programming in Sepsis‐Induced Acute Kidney Injury by Recruiting EIF4A3 to Enhance ACACA Translation
doi: 10.1096/fj.202502962RR
Figure Lengend Snippet: ZXDB interacts through its RRM domain with EIF4A3 to stimulate translation of ACACA mRNA. (A) ZXDB IP from THP‐1 cell lysates, followed by SDS‐PAGE and Coomassie staining. (B) Overlap of ZXDB interactors identified by IP‐MS and EIF4A3 interactors. (C) Co‐IP of endogenous ZXDB and EIF4A3 from THP‐1 cells. (D) Co‐IP of Flag‐ZXDB and HA‐EIF4A3, ectopically expressed in THP‐1 cells. (E) Co‐localization of endogenous ZXDB (red) and EIF4A3 (green) in THP‐1 cells by immunofluorescence. (F, G) Effect of EIF4A3 knockdown (shEIF4A) on ACACA mRNA (F) and protein (G) expression. THP‐1 cells transfected with indicated plasmids were analyzed. (H) Polysome profiling of ACACA mRNA in THP‐1 cells transfected with indicated constructs and stimulated with LPS. (I) ACACA 5′UTR‐luciferase reporter assay in THP‐1 cells, treated with indicated plasmids. (J, K) RIP‐qPCR analysis of ACACA mRNA associated with endogenous ZXDB (J) or EIF4A3 (K) in THP‐1 cells. (L) RNA pull‐down assay: EIF4A3 binding to ACACA 5′UTR probe. (M) Schematic of ZXDB and its truncation mutants. (N) Co‐IP of HA‐EIF4A3 with Flag‐tagged ZXDB truncations in HEK293T cells. (O) GST pull‐down assay: Interaction of GST‐ZXDB truncation mutants with His‐EIF4A3. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Membranes were then incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies against: ZXDB (A303‐656A; Invitrogen, 1:1000), ACACA (21923‐1‐AP; Proteintech, RRID:AB_11042445, 1:1000), EIF4A3 (17 504‐1‐AP; Proteintech, RRID:AB_2097393, 1:1000), iNOS (22226‐1‐AP; Proteintech, RRID:AB_2879038, 1:1000), CD86 (13395‐1‐AP; Proteintech–, RRID:AB_2074882, 1:1000), ARG1 (16001‐1‐AP; Proteintech–, RRID:AB_2289842, 1:1000), CD206 (18704‐1‐AP; Proteintech, RRID:AB_10597232, 1:1000), GAPDH (60004‐1‐Ig; Proteintech, RRID:AB_2107436, 1:10000).
Techniques: SDS Page, Staining, Protein-Protein interactions, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Immunofluorescence, Knockdown, Expressing, Transfection, Construct, Luciferase, Reporter Assay, Pull Down Assay, Binding Assay