Journal: PLoS Pathogens
Article Title: Bay41-4109-induced aberrant polymers of hepatitis b capsid proteins are removed via STUB1-promoted p62-mediated macroautophagy
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010204
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) HepAD38 cells were treated with 1 μM Bay41 or DMSO for 1 d, followed by treatment with 10 mM 3-MA or DMSO as indicated for 24 h. Proteins were detected by western blot using antibodies recognizing the indicated proteins (left panel). (B) HepAD38 cells were treated with 1 μM Bay41-4109 or DMSO for 24 h followed by treatment with 0.1 mM BafA1 and 10 mM 3-MA (or BafA1 alone) for 12 h. The cells were immunostained for HBc (green) and LAMP1 (red) as indicated. Nuclei were stained with Hochest33342. Areas indicated by white boxes are enlarged. Arrows point to typical co-localized sites. Scale bar is 10 μm. (C) HepAD38 cells were transduced with LV-sh_STUB1 or LV-sh_control, cultured in the the presence or absence of Dox, and treated with 1 μM Bay41-4109 or DMSO for 24 h. (D) HepAD38 cells were transduced with LV-sh_STUB1 or LV-sh_control, treated with 1 μM Bay41-4109 or DMSO for 1 d, and then treated with 0.1 mM BafA1 for 12 h. Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with HBc antibodies or mock antibodies. Proteins were detected by western blot using antibodies recognizing the indicated proteins. (E) Huh7 cells expressing HBc or lysine-free HBc mutant (HBc_K7R/K96R) were treated with 1 μM Bay41-4109 or DMSO. The proteins were detected by western blot using the indicated antibodies. (F) HepAD38 cells were transfected with STUB1, STUB1_H260Q, or empty vector. At 24 h after transfection, the cells were incubated with or without 1 μM Bay41-4109 for 2 d. The proteins were detected by western blot using the indicated antibodies. (A, B, C, E, F) The right panels show the quantification results of three independent immunoblots as relative percentages (HBc/actin) (A, E, F) or (LC3-I/LC3-II) (C) with the control sample set to 100%. The error bars indicate ±SD. ** p < 0.01, p value was calculated by unpaired two-tailed student’s t-test.
Article Snippet: HBcAg and FLAG-tagged STUB1 were stained with polyclonal anti-HBc (Dako, B0586, 1:300 dilution) and anti-FLAG STUB1 (Cell Signaling, 2368, 1:500 dilution), respectively.
Techniques: Western Blot, Staining, Transduction, Control, Cell Culture, Immunoprecipitation, Expressing, Mutagenesis, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Incubation, Two Tailed Test