Journal: The Journal of biological chemistry
Article Title: Dysregulation of the progranulin-driven autophagy-lysosomal pathway mediates secretion of the nuclear protein TDP-43.
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105272
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 10. The KO of Grn increases the secretion of TDP-43 and LC3-II from MEFs. A, the base sequences of the genome-edited regions of PGRN in WT and KO mice were elucidated by Sanger sequencing. Arrowheads in the WT alignment show the two bases deleted by CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing. B, representative confocal images of PGRN (green) immunostaining of MEFs derived from PGRN WT and KO mice. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Arrowheads indicate vesicle-like structures. The image surrounded by a white square in WT MEFs was magnified. Scale bar represents 5 μm. C–H, PGRN WT and KO MEFs were cultured for 72 h. The cell, P1, and P2 fractions were prepared as shown in the Experimental procedures section. C, representative immunoblots (PGRN, TDP-43, TSG101, LC3, and α-tubulin) of the cell, P1, and P2 fractions are shown. The dashed square indicates bands of cleaved TDP-43 used for quantification. D, the P1 and P2 fractions treated with or without PNGase F were immunoblotted with PGRN and α-tubulin antibodies. Repre- sentative immunoblots of the cell, P1, and P2 fractions are shown (N = 3). E–H, densitometric data on (E) full-length TDP-43, (F) cleaved TDP-43, (G) TSG101, and (H) LC3-II were calculated from immunoblotting results. Relative signal intensities normalized against PGRN KO MEFs are shown. In bar graphs, data are presented as means ± SD (N = 3). * indicates p < 0.05 by the two-tailed unpaired t test. DAPI, 40,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; LC3-II, microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B; MEF, mouse embryonic fibroblast; PGRN, progranulin; TDP-43, transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 kDa; TSG101, tumor susceptibility gene 101 protein.
Article Snippet: * indicates p < 0.05 by the two-tailed un 1A/1B light chain 3B; PGRN, progranulin; TDP-43, transactive response DNA-b Biosciences; a polyclonal sheep antimouse PGRN antibody (catalog no.: AF2557, RRID: AB_2114504) from R&D Systems; a monoclonal mouse anti-WIPI2 antibody (catalog no.: MCA5780GA, RRID: AB_10845951) from Bio-Rad; a biotinconjugated horse antimouse IgG antibody (catalog no.: BA2000, RRID: AB_2313581), biotin-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG antibody (catalog no.: BA-1000, RRID: AB_2313606), and biotin-conjugated rabbit antisheep IgG antibody (catalog no.: BA-6000, RRID: AB_2336217) from Vector Laboratories; and Alexa Fluor 568-conjugated donkey antimouse IgG (catalog no.: ab175472, RRID: AB_2636996), and Alexa Fluor 488– conjugated donkey antisheep IgG (catalog no.: ab150177, RRID: AB_2801320) from Abcam.
Techniques: Sequencing, CRISPR, Immunostaining, Derivative Assay, Staining, Cell Culture, Western Blot, Two Tailed Test, Binding Assay