Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Microtubule anchoring and coupling of CD20 to the RhoA/Rock1 pathway
doi: 10.1101/2025.05.29.656301
Figure Lengend Snippet: A. Protein sequence of the N-terminal (top) and part of the C-terminal cytoplasmic tail of human CD20 (bottom). Below the WT sequence the sequence with the introduced S/A mutations (in bold letters) at the N-terminal (Nmut) and C-terminal (Cmut) cytoplasmic tail of CD20 are shown. The location of the RxxS motifs implicated in 14-3-3 binding is shown below the sequence B. Membrane topology of human CD20 with a C-terminal flag-tag (CD20-flag). The location of the two RxxS motifs is indicated with red boxes C . Flow cytometry analysis of CD32b-tr Ramos cells (orange) and reconstituted Ramos cells expressing CD20 WT (black), Nmut (green), Cmut (dark blue) or NCmut (red). The Ramos cells are tested for the expression of CD20, CD32b, IgM, IgD, and CD83. The unstained (US) CD32-tr cells are shown in grey . D. Fab-PLA study of the CD20:14-3-3 proximity in WT (upper left), Nmut (upper right), Cmut (lower left), and NCmut (lower right) Ramos B cells. PLA dots in red and the nuclei stained blue by DAPI, Scale bar 5 µm. E . Quantification of the PLA data by CellProfiler. Significant differences between groups were calculated with PRISM 10, one-way ANOVA. Students t-test shows no significant difference between CD32-tr and WT Ramos cells. F. Western blot analysis of the CD20-flag/14-3-3 association in WT, Nmut, Cmut and NCmut Ramos B cells. The amount of 14-3-3 protein in the anti-flag immunoprecipitated and total lysates is show on the left and right, respectively. Lysates were taken from at least 3 independently generated Ramos cell lines.
Article Snippet: The human Burkitt lymphoma B cell line Ramos was obtained from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Ramos cat. CRL-1923, RRID: CVCL 1646) and stably transfected with ecotropic receptor (EcoR) to allow murine retroviral transfection with MMLV particles.
Techniques: Sequencing, Binding Assay, Membrane, FLAG-tag, Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Staining, Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, Generated