Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: E3 ligase LMO7 enhances temozolomide sensitivity by promoting MGMT degradation in lung cancer
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111331
Figure Lengend Snippet: Temozolomide (TMZ) enhances LMO7-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of MGMT . A , WB showing time-dependent decrease of endogenous MGMT in H1299 cells treated with TMZ (100 μM) for the indicated times. B , quantification of relative MGMT levels from ( A ). C , WB showing dose-dependent reduction of MGMT in H1299 cells treated with increasing TMZ concentrations for 6 h. D , quantification from ( C ). E , immunofluorescence analysis showing MGMT loss in H1299 cells treated with TMZ (200 μM, 3 h); nuclei were counterstained with Hoechst. F , H1299 cells treated with 200 μM TMZ for the indicated times together with MG132 (20 μM, 6 h) were subjected to denaturing affinity purification using Halo-TUBE beads (K48-specific), and bound and input fractions were analyzed by WB for MGMT-linked polyubiquitin (MGMT-Ubn), ubiquitin, MGMT, and β-actin. G , co-IP of the LMO7–MGMT interaction in H1299 cells expressing FLAG-MGMT; cells received a TMZ pulse (300 μM, 20 min) and were immediately lysed for IP with anti-FLAG M2-agarose beads followed by WB. H , WB analysis of endogenous MGMT in H1299 cells transduced with shControl or shLMO7 and treated with TMZ (100 μM) for the indicated times. I , quantification from ( H ). J , H1299 cells transduced with shControl or shLMO7 were treated with TMZ (100 μM, 6 h) and MG132 (20 μM, 6 h) and analyzed under denaturing conditions using Halo-TUBE beads (K48 specific) to assess endogenous MGMT-Ubn. K , WB analysis of MGMT in H1299 cells overexpressing HA-LMO7 or control vector and treated with TMZ (100 μM) for the indicated times. L , quantification from ( K ). M , H1299 cells expressing FLAG-LMO7-WT or LMO7b were treated with TMZ (300 μM, 3 h) and MG132 (20 μM, 3 h), followed by denaturing Halo-TUBE enrichment to detect MGMT-Ubn. Data are representative of n ≥ 3 biological replicates. Error bars indicate mean ± SD. ∗∗∗ p < 0.001 (unpaired, two-tailed Student’s t test). co-IP, coimmunoprecipitation; HA, hemagglutinin; LMO7, LIM domain only 7; MGMT, O 6 -methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase; TUBE, tandem ubiquitin-binding entity; WB, Western blotting.
Article Snippet: MBP-tagged LMO7 constructs (MBP-LMO7), MBP-LMO7b, MBP alone, and FLAG-tagged MGMT, all expressed in Rosetta (DE3) Escherichia coli (Merck), were used for pull-down assays.
Techniques: Ubiquitin Proteomics, Immunofluorescence, Affinity Purification, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Expressing, Transduction, Control, Plasmid Preparation, Two Tailed Test, Binding Assay, Western Blot