Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: KDM3A and KDM3B Maintain Naïve Pluripotency Through the Regulation of Alternative Splicing
doi: 10.1101/2023.05.31.543088
Figure Lengend Snippet: KDM3A and KDM3B interact with splicing machinery in ESCs (A) Immunoblot of (i) KDM3A, (ii) FLAG in ESCs with doxycycline (dox)-inducible expression of FLAG-KDM3A. Loading control = RNA polymerase II (RNAPII). OE=Overexpression (B) Same as above except in dox-inducible FLAG-KDM3B ESCs (i) KDM3B (ii) FLAG (iii) FLAG following immunoprecipitation with FLAG antibody. I=Input, UB=Unbound, E=Elute (C) Venn diagram of KDM3A and KDM3B interactome. Filtered for nuclear compartment using DAVID GO ( https://david.ncifcrf.gov/ ) analysis and frequent FLAG pulldown contaminants using “Crapome” ( https://reprint-apms.org/ ) repository at SAINT score of 0.7 . Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment of shared interactome are listed at enrichment score>2.5 and p-value<.00001. (D) String network analysis ( https://string-db.org/ ) of KDM3A and KDM3B shared interactome with high confidence interaction scores (0.7 minimum) from database and experimental sources. Node size represents fold change (FC) of KDM3A over uninduced spectral counts. FC>10 = large node, 10>FC>5 = medium node, FC<5 = small node. Inset a and b included for better view of interacting splicing machinery. A few small node protein labels are removed to improve legibility. See for all interacting proteins. (E) KDM3A and KDM3B interactors overlapped with functional categories of mRNP components from Singh et al. or categorized as other mRNA processing proteins. Shared= black, KDM3A unique=blue, and KDM3B unique=red. (F) Single slice of 1 uM confocal images of in situ Duolink ™ Proximity ligation assay (PLA) of (i) KDM3B single antibody, EFTUD2 single antibody, and KDM3B+EFTUD2 antibodies in WT ESCs or KDM3B+EFTUD2 antibodies in KDM3B KO ESCs. (ii) PLA of KDM3B and OCT4 in WT ESCs. Scale bar = 50μM with 60x objective. (iii) PLA foci and nuclei were quantified in ImageJ of one colony per field of view. The ratio of foci per nuclei is reported for each colony. (G) Immunoprecipitation (IP) with HA antibody or mouse IgG with immunoblot (IB) for KDM3A, SNRNP200, PRMT5, and EFTUD2. I=Input, U=Unbound, PE=Peptide Elute, BE=Boil Elute. Dotted line represents a cropped image.
Article Snippet: Briefly, Kdm3a microhomology arms were added to the pCRIS-PITChv2-Puro-dTAG (Addgene #91793) donor vector and Kdm3b microhomology arms were cloned into the pCRIS-PITChv2-BSD-dTAG (Addgene #91792) donor vector to allow for dual selection with puromycin and blasticidin S hydrochloride.
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Control, Over Expression, Immunoprecipitation, Functional Assay, In Situ, Proximity Ligation Assay