Journal: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: CMLS
Article Title: RNA binding protein Sam68 promotes germinal center reaction and IgG response through regulation of miR29
doi: 10.1007/s00018-026-06145-w
Figure Lengend Snippet: Sam68 regulates Traf4 expression in B cells through mir29. A - B . Real time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis measuring expression of miR29a, b and c (A) and Traf4 (B) in WT (black bars) and Sam68 KO (red bars) splenic B cells at different time points after CD40 stimulation. Bars represent mean ± SEM ( n = 3–4 independent experiments). Statistical analysis: Two-way ANOVA, multiple comparison test. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. C . Flow cytometric analysis showing the electroporation efficiency of empty vector (EV) and pR miR29a in WT B cells as detected by DsRed/mRFP expression. % of DsRed or mRFP. + cells are indicated in the figure. D - E . RT-qPCR analysis measuring expression of miR29a (D) and Traf4 (E) in WT B cells electroporated either with EV or pR miR29a (29a OE). Bars represent mean ± SEM ( n = 3). Statistical analysis: one sample t-test. * p < 0.05. F . Representative western blot showing Traf4 expression in WT B cells overexpressing miR29a (29a OE) compared to EV expressing cells. Traf4 over-expressing WT B cells (Traf4 OE) are used as positive control. Lower band- endogenous Traf4, upper band- 3X FLAG tagged overexpressed Traf4 (see methods and Supplementary Fig. for details). Gapdh is used as loading control. G. Quantification of the band intensities of the western blot shown in F. Bars represent mean ± SEM ( n = 3). Statistical analysis: One way ANOVA, multiple comparison test. * p < 0.05. H. Flow cytometric analysis showing the retroviral transduction efficiency of EV and mTraf4 in WT and Sam68 KO B cells as detected by DsRed expression. % of DsRed + cells are indicated in the figure. I. Proliferation analysis of WT and Sam68 KO B cells overexpressing either EV (upper panel) or Traf4 protein (bottom panel) 48 h post stimulation with IL4 + anti-CD40 antibody. Green histograms indicate the different generation of cells as modeled by proliferation modeling in Flowjo. J. Quantification of proliferation parameters for WT and KO cells overexpressing EV (open bars) or Traf4 (T4, dotted bars). Bars represent mean ± SEM ( n = 3–4). Statistical analysis: One way ANOVA, multiple comparison test. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01
Article Snippet: Fifty nanogram of total RNA was reverse transcribed using high-capacity RNA to cDNA kit (#4387406, Thermo Fisher) and gene expression was measured by Taqman assay using the probe Khdrbs1 (Sam68) (Mm00516130_m1) and Taqman Gene expression master mix (#4369016, Thermo Fisher) following manufacturer’s protocol.
Techniques: Expressing, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Quantitative RT-PCR, Comparison, Electroporation, Plasmid Preparation, Western Blot, Positive Control, Control, Retroviral, Transduction