Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: A phosphotyrosine switch regulates organic cation transporters
doi: 10.1038/ncomms10880
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( a ) Schematic representation of Yes1 protein (upper panel) showing the SH3 domain. The lower panel shows the putative proline-rich SH3 binding sequence in OCT2. ( b ) Endogenous Yes1 was immunoprecipitated from Hela-Vector and Hela-OCT2 cell lysates using a mouse anti-Yes1 antibody, followed by western blot analysis with rabbit anti-FLAG and Yes1 antibodies. ( c ) Plasmids for OCT2 mutants were transiently transfected into Hela cells and 24 h later, uptake assays (15 min) were performed using [ 14 C]-TEA (2 μM) or [ 14 C]-metformin (50 μM). The uptake levels were normalized to protein concentration in each group. The graph represents relative OCT2 function (TEA or metformin uptake) as compared to wild-type OCT2 transfected group. * indicates statistically significant as compared with wild-type group ( P <0.05, Student's t -test). ( d ) Hela cells were transiently transfected with indicated FLAG-tagged OCT2 constructs, followed by immunopreicipation with anti-FLAG antibodies and western blot analysis by FLAG and phosphotyrosine antibodies. ( e ) Proposed model of Yes1 and OCT2 interaction. ( f ) Plasmids for OCT1 and OCT3 mutants were transiently transfected in Hela cells and 24 h later, uptake assays (15 min) were performed using [ 14 C]-TEA (2 μM). The uptake levels were normalized to protein concentration and the graph represents relative OCT2 function (TEA uptake) as compared with respective wild-type group. * indicates statistically significant as compared to wild-type group ( P <0.05, Student's t -test). All experimental values are presented as mean±s.e.m. The height of error bar=1 s.e.
Article Snippet: Yes1 recombinant human protein was obtained from Life technologies (A15557).
Techniques: Binding Assay, Sequencing, Immunoprecipitation, Plasmid Preparation, Western Blot, Transfection, Protein Concentration, Construct