Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: RNA-binding proteins control the G2-M checkpoint of the germinal centre B cell
doi: 10.1101/2024.12.01.626220
Figure Lengend Snippet: B cells isolated from LNs of Zfp36l1 fl/fl Zfp36l2 fl/fl CD23 cre mice or Zfp36l1 fl/fl Zfp36l2 fl/fl control mice were co-cultured for 7 days in the presence of CD40LB-expressing feeder cells. a) BrdU and 7AAD staining of CD95 + CD138 − GC-like B cells. b) Venn diagram for genes within the Reactome “Cell cycle” gene set, showing the overlap between those that are increased in Zfp36l1 fl/fl Zfp36l2 fl/fl CD23 cre GC-like B cells compared to Zfp36l1 fl/fl Zfp36l2 fl/fl control cells, bound by mCherry-ZFP36L1 in their 3’UTR, or contain two UAUU motifs separated by up to three nucleotides within their 3’UTR. c) Left: schematic representation of cyclins and CDKs regulating cell cycle progression; iCLIP targets in yellow. Right: Log2 fold change (KO/control) of mRNA encoding cyclins and CDKs as measured by RNA-seq. In yellow iCLIP targets encompassing UAUUN{0-3}UAUU motif within their 3’UTR; in grey mRNAs containing AU-rich binding motifs but not identified as iCLIP targets; in black mRNA without UAUUN{0-3}UAUU binding motif. d, e, g) iCLIP data from GC-like B cells (d7) showing reads across Ccnb1 (d) , Cdk1 (e) , Cdkn1a (g) transcripts with an expanded view of the 3’UTR. f) Histograms depict protein expression of indicated cell-cycle related genes. n= 3 mice per group; data representative of at least two independently performed experiments. h) Left: graph displays normalized counts (mean±SD) of Cdkn1a as measured by RNAseq. Right: protein expression as measured by flow cytometry. n= 3 mice per group.
Article Snippet: For replication stress studies, intracellular staining was carried out with the following rabbit monoclonal antibodies: anti-p53-AF647 (1C12 - Cell Signalling), anti-p21-AF647 (F5 - Santa Cruz), or unconjugated rabbit monoclonal anti-pATM (Ser1981, D25E5 - Cell Signalling), anti-cyclin D2 (D52F9 - Cell Signalling), anti-cyclin E2 (E142-Abcam), anti-cyclin B1 (D5C10 - Cell Signalling), anti-pCdc2 (Tyr15; 10A11 - Cell Signalling), anti-CDK2 (78B2 - Cell Signalling), anti-pCHK1 (Ser345; 133D3 - Cell Signalling), or IgG isotype control (Da1E - Cell Signalling); and the following rabbit polyclonal antibodies: anti-pATR (Ser428) and anti-Cdc2 (CDK1; both Cell Signalling).
Techniques: Isolation, Control, Cell Culture, Expressing, Staining, RNA Sequencing, Binding Assay, Flow Cytometry