Journal: Communications biology
Article Title: LDLR, LRP1, and Megalin redundantly participate in the uptake of Clostridium novyi alpha-toxin.
doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03873-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 4 LDLR versus LRP1 in various cells. a The mRNA levels of LDLR, LRP1, and Megalin in MCF-7, THP-1, PC-3, A549, HeLa, HepG2, BJ, U-87 MG, and Caco-2 cells are shown. Data were obtained from a public database (http://www.proteinatlas.org). b The protein levels of LDLR and LRP1 in the HeLa, MCF, MEF, BJ, and U-87 MG cells were measured by immunoblot analysis. c The depletion of LDLR and LRP1 in the U-87 MG LDLR‒/‒ and LRP1‒/‒ cells showed by immunoblot analysis. Actin served as a loading control. The experiments in b, c have been repeated independently twice with similar results. d Immunofluorescence analysis shows that Alexa Fluor 555-labeled Tcnα (50 nM) is robustly bound to the U-87 MG WT, LDLR−/−, and LRP1−/−cells. Cell nuclei were stained with Hoechst dye. Representative images are shown. The scale bar represents 50 μm. e Immunofluorescent staining shows cellular localization of LDLR and endocytosed Tcnα in the U-87 MG WT, LDLR−/−, and LRP1−/−cells. Cell nuclei were stained with Hoechst. Representative images are shown. Scale bars represent 10 μm. f Colocalization of LDLR and endocytosed Tcnα in the U-87 MG WT, LDLR−/−, and LRP1−/−cells were analyzed by software ImageJ ver1.53. The percentage of the Tcnα signals that overlapped with LDLR in each cell was calculated and plotted as an open circle. Error bars (n = 10) indicate mean ± SD, ***P < 0.001 versus WT, two-sided Student’s t-test.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies, reagents, and recombinant proteins were purchased from the indicated vendors: Alexa Fluor 488 goat anti-rabbit IgG (ab150077, 1:1000, Abcam), rabbit polyclonal IgG against β-Actin (ab227387, 1:5000, Abcam), rabbit monoclonal IgG against LDLR (ab52818 for western blot, 1:500; ab30532 for immunofluorescence, 1:200; Abcam), rabbit monoclonal IgG against LRP1 (ab92544, 1:20000 for western blot and 1:200 for immunofluorescence, Abcam), HRP-conjugated goat anti-human IgG-Fc antibody (SSA001, 1:3000, Sino Biological), Hoechst 33258 staining solution (E607301, BBI), NHS-Rhodamine fluorescent labeling kit (#46406, Thermo Fisher Scientific), recombinant human LRP1 Cluster II Fc chimera (R&D Systems, 2368-L2), Precast PAGE Gel (abs9309, Absin), Polyethylenimine Linear (PEI) MW25000 (40816ES03, YEASEN), and Heparin-Sepharose (Abcam, ab193268).
Techniques: Western Blot, Control, Labeling, Staining, Software