Journal: JCI Insight
Article Title: Unbiased cleavage site prediction uncovers viral antagonism of host innate immunity by SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease
doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.185739
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Western blot of in vitro cleavage of recombinant cadherin with 3CLPro. Shown are cleavage sites within the recombinant fragment, amino acid positions displayed for the full length proteins. Western blots show staining against the C-terminus (His-Tag) of each protein and 3CLPro. Recombinant proteins are a mixture of glycosylated (~90 kDa) and unglycosylated (~65 kda), corresponding to cleavage fragments of ~62 kDa and 40 kDa (respectively). For CADH6 cleavage, 2 formulations of 3CLPro were tested (3CLPro unconjugated, 3CLPro-Maltose-Binding Protein conjugated) at 2 concentrations of protease (+, 0.5 μM; ++, 1 μM). For CADH20 cleavage, only unconjugated 3CLPro digests at 1 μM concentration are shown. For 3CLPro and CADH20 staining (His-Tag), samples were run on the same gel but are noncontiguous (as indicated by line separating lanes). ( B ) Western blot of in vitro cleavage of purified human α-thrombin (IIa). Diagram shows amino acid position of unprocessed prothrombin. Position of cleavage site shown with respect to epitope of antibody used for Western blot. In total, 1 μM of purified 3CLPro was incubated with 2 μg α-thrombin overnight under reducing conditions, with or without the 3CLPro inhibitor GC376 (1 μM). ( C ) In vitro cleavage of purified recombinant NOTCH1 fragment (aa 2280–2550) with a N-terminal His-Tag. Reactions were done with 1 μM of purified 3CLPro for 1 hour. Diagram shows position of cleavage within the NOTCH1 fragment, with amino acid positions corresponding to the full-length protein. Epitope regions showed for antibody with epitope C-terminal to the cleavage site. Full-length size is ~29 kDa, with N and C-terminal fragments of 4 kDa and 25 kDa (respectively). Samples were run on the same gel but are noncontiguous. ( D ) Cellular cleavage of NOTCH1. Western blots show lysates of hIPSC cardiomyocytes expressing 3CLPro or catalytically inactive C145A variant for 48 hours. Cleavage site position within the intracellular fragment of NOTCH1 shown, as well as epitope for antibody used in Western blot.
Article Snippet: Recombinant proteins were purchased commercially: NOTCH1 (Origene, catalog TP762041), CDH6 (ACROBiosystem, catalog CA6-H5229), and CDH20 (R&D, catalog 5604-CA-050).
Techniques: Western Blot, In Vitro, Recombinant, Staining, Binding Assay, Concentration Assay, Purification, Incubation, Expressing, Variant Assay