Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Divergent condensates tune transcriptional responses during stress
doi: 10.64898/2026.02.12.705659
Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Representative pseudo-colored IF image of U2OS cells treated with mock and HS conditions and stained for HSF1 (green) and HSF1-pS320 (pS320, red); with normalized line scan metaplot of HSF1-pS320 signal across segmented HSF1 condensates (n ≥ 94 cells, 2766 condensates, per condition). Dashed red lines represent co-IF signal from spatial randomizations. Scale bar, 10 μm. Zoom-ins are 2.7 μm × 2.7 μm. (b) Representative pseudo-colored IF images of HS subjected U2OS cells treated with DMSO, CHX, or Doxo; with quantification of HSF1 apparent partition (App. Part.). ***=p<0.0005, by two-sided unpaired T-test (n ≥ 900 cells per condition). Line represents mean and error bars represent s.e.m. Scale bar, 10 μm. Zoom-ins are 12.5 μm × 12.5 μm. (c) Disorder prediction from PONDR along with schematic of HSF1 domain deletion constructs. (d) Representative pseudo-colored fluorescent images of mock or HS treated FL, ΔDBD, ΔLZ1-3, ΔRD, ΔLZ4, and ΔAD cells stained with Halo-HSF1 (green). Scale bar, 10 μm. Zoom-ins are 7.5 μm × 7.5 μm. (e) Quantification of Halo-HSF1 App. Part. in from cells in (d). ***=p<0.0005, by two-sided unpaired T-test (n ≥ 300 cells, per condition). Line represents mean and error bars represent s.e.m. (f) Representative pseudo-colored images of HS subjected FL, ΔDBD, ΔLZ1-3, ΔRD, ΔLZ4, and ΔAD cells stained with Halo-HSF1 (JF549-HL, green) and BRD4 (red); with meta-images (Av., n ≥ 69 cells, per condition). Scale bar, 10 μm. Zoom-ins and meta-images are 4.2 μm × 4.2 μm. (g) Meta-images of MED12, H3K27ac, or RNAPII signal (red) across segmented Halo-HSF1 condensates (JF549-HL, green) in FL, or ΔAD cells subjected to HS. Intensity scale for respective biomolecules is also represented. (n ≥ 67 cells, 436 condensates, per condition). (h) Representative pseudo-colored images of mock-treated ΔRD cells stained with Halo-HSF1 (JF549-HL, green) and H3K27ac, BRD4, MED12, RNAPII, RNAPII-5P, or RNAPII-2P (red); with meta-images (Av., n ≥ 644 cells, per condition). Scale bar, 10 μm. Zoom-ins and meta-images are 4.2 μm × 4.2 μm. (i) Representative pseudo-colored images of heat-shocked FL and ΔRD cells stained with Halo-HSF1 (JF549-HL, green) and RNAPII-2P (red); with meta-images (Av., n ≥ 284 cells, per condition). Scale bar, 10 μm. Zoom-ins and meta-images are 4.2 μm × 4.2 μm. (j) Model representing coordinated hub formation during HS. (k) Model representing cis elements and trans factors that drive HSF1 condensate formation and function during HS.
Article Snippet: The endogenous hAXL coding sequence was removed and replaced with a synthesized gene block (Twist Bioscience®) encoding a HaloTag, GGSx3 linker sequence and a multiple cloning site (MCS). pLVX-TetOne-Puro-Halo-GGSx3-HSF1 was created by PCR amplification of the HSF1 coding sequence from HSF1-GFPN3 (Addgene #32538) and subsequently cloned into the MCS using AgeI and NotI restriction sites. pLVX-TetOne-Puro-Halo-GGSx3-HSF1-ΔDBD, pLVX-TetOne-Puro-Halo-GGSx3-HSF1-ΔLZ1-3, pLVX-TetOne-Puro-Halo-GGSx3-NLSx3-HSF1-ΔRD, pLVX-TetOne-Puro-Halo-GGSx3-HSF1-ΔLZ4 and pLVX-TetOne-Puro-Halo-GGSx3-HSF1-ΔAD were created by cloning in synthesized gene blocks (Twist Bioscience®) of HSF1-ΔDBD, HSF1-ΔLZ1-3, NLS3x-HSF1-ΔRD, HSF1-ΔLZ4, HSF1-ΔAD into pLVX-TetOne-Puro-Halo-GGSx3-MCS.
Techniques: Staining, Construct