Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Bora, CEP192 and Cenexin activate different Plk1 pools and regulate distinct cell and centrosome cycle transitions
doi: 10.1101/2025.09.30.679461
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A-C) Flow cytometry-based quantification of cell cycle profile of hTERT-RPE1 (WT), hTERT-RPE1: Usp28 - / - and hTERT-RPE1: Usp28 - / - 0:0 cells revealing percentage of cells in G1 (A) , S (B) and G2 (C) phases derived from N=4 independent experiments with each treatment comprising around 30,000 cells. (D) Flow cytometry-based quantification of cell cycle profile or RPE1 cells treated with Control vs Cep192 siRNA showing percentage of cells in G1, S and G2 phases obtained from N=5 independent experiments with each treatment comprising of 30,000 cells. (E) Representative images of S phase hTERT-RPE1 cells expressing cellular Plk1 activity sensor and Cyclin A2-mScarlet treated with indicated siRNAs or inhibitors. (F) Box and Whisker plot for FRET measurement-based quantification of cellular Plk1 activity calculated from S phase cells represented in (E) derived from N=4 independent experiments comprising n= 203: siControl, 204: siBora, 215: siCep192, 219: siCenexin, 215: Plk1i cells. The leftmost G2 Phase – siControl bar shown is replica of siControl data shown in for side-by-side comparison purposes. G) Representative images of S phase hTERT-RPE1 cells expressing centrosomal Plk1 activity sensor and Cyclin A2-mScarlet treated with indicated siRNAs or inhibitors. (H) Box and Whisker plot for FRET measurement-based quantification of cellular Plk1 activity calculated from S phase cells represented in (G) derived from N=3 independent experiments comprising n= 163: siControl, 187: siBora, 187: siCep192, 184: siCenexin, 178: Plk1i cells. The leftmost G2 Phase – siControl bar shown is replica of siControl data shown in for side-by-side comparison purposes. Data presented as the entire range with values between first and third quartiles in boxes. ‘ + ’ sign in each column represent the mean value (p values for individual comparisons indicated on graphs: Kruskal-Wallis test). Scale bars, Images: 5 µm and zoomed insets: 0.5 µm.
Article Snippet: These cells were later transfected again with either Plk1-FRET sensor c-jun substrate plasmid (Addgene Plasmid # 45203) or c-jun based Plk1 FRET sensor tagged to PACT domain at c-terminus enabling centrosomal localisation (Addgene Plasmid # Plasmid #106907) using X-tremeGENETM 9 (Merck: XTG9-RO) transfection reagent according to manufacturer’s instructions.
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Derivative Assay, Control, Expressing, Activity Assay, Whisker Assay, Comparison