Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: A modular toolbox for in cellulo screening of small molecule inhibitors targeting chromatin reader domains
doi: 10.1101/2025.09.06.674632
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Schematic showing how the Parbit expression cassette is used to generate stably expressed Acyl-eCRs in mESCs. RMCE by Cre, followed by a double selection of ganciclovir and puromycin, was applied to generate these constructs at a defined site in the mouse genome. A CAG promoter drives the constitutive expression of the bromodomain of interest, which is fused to a nuclear localization signal (NLS), and an eGFP tag. This construct also fuses a biotin acceptor site to the N-terminus of the protein, which can be biotinylated in vivo by a bacterial BirA ligase. (B) Schematic diagram showing how CBP was endogenously tagged with an eGFP tag. A homology donor construct was generated by cloning a 900 bp upstream and a 1,048 bp (CBP) or 1,068 bp (p300) downstream homology arm flanking a 30 bp flexible GGS linker that was fused to an eGFP tag. This donor construct was co-transfected with a pX330 CRISPR-Cas9 plasmid, which had an sgRNA targeting the C-terminus of the CBP gene. (C-D) Sanger sequencing of genotyping PCR products from the C-terminus of the CBP (C) and p300 (D) loci, confirming the in-frame homologous integration of an eGFP tag. Data shown are from mESC clone #1 for both CBP and p300 tagging. (E) Flow cytometry data showing the eGFP signal from cell lines where either CBP or p300 were endogenously tagged with eGFP. Two clonal replicates for each protein tagging are shown. Cell lines were maintained in culture for more than two weeks to demonstrate stable expression of the eGFP fusion proteins. (F) Western blot of nuclear extracts from cell lines treated with 1 μM dCBP-1 PROTAC for the stated duration. An antibody against GFP was used to probe the eGFP tag on the Acyl-eCR constructs. The CBP_BRD.1x eCR runs at approximately 60 kDa, and the Empty-eGFP construct runs at 33 kDa. Non-specific bands are marked by an asterisk (*). Revert700 Total Protein Stain is used to show equal loading in lanes.
Article Snippet: The CBP/p300 bromodomain inhibitor: GNE-049 (MedChemExpress, HY-108435), CBP/p300 PROTAC: dCBP-1 (MedChemExpress, HY-134582), BRD4 bromodomain inhibitor: (+)-JQ-1 (MedChemExpress, HY-13030), BRD4 PROTAC: ARV-825 (MedChemExpress, HY-16954), BRD9 bromodomain inhibitor: iBRD9 (MedChemExpress, HY-18975), and broad-spectrum bromodomain inhibitor: Bromosporine (MedChemExpress, HY-15815) were dissolved in DMSO and then diluted to 1μM in mESC media for 24-hour treatments, unless stated otherwise.
Techniques: Expressing, Stable Transfection, Selection, Construct, In Vivo, Generated, Cloning, Transfection, CRISPR, Plasmid Preparation, Sequencing, Flow Cytometry, Western Blot, Staining