Journal: Journal of Cell Science
Article Title: Sequential and ?-secretase-dependent processing of the betacellulin precursor generates a palmitoylated intracellular-domain fragment that inhibits cell growth
doi: 10.1242/jcs.060830
Figure Lengend Snippet: Detection of a faster-migrating BTC-ICD fragment in IMPE-BTC-WT cells upon constitutive and Ca2+-ionophore-induced BTC shedding. (A) Cell lysates were prepared from IMPE-BTC-WT and IMPE-Vector-alone (control) cells grown under serum-free conditions. (B) A431 cells were treated with or without the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 for 1 hour in the presence or absence of GI254023X (GI) prior to preparation of cell lysates. Left panel: cell lysates were directly analyzed by western blotting using an anti-human BTC cytoplasmic-domain antibody. Right panel: ionophore-induced A431 cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with control IgG or anti-BTC cytoplasmic-domain antibody prior to western blotting using the same antibody. Asterisks indicate IgG heavy (top) and light (bottom) chains. (C) IMPE-BTC-WT cells were treated with or without the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 for 1 hour in the presence or absence of GI254023X (GI) prior to preparation of cell lysates (upper panel: short exposure shows ionophore-induced ectodomain cleavage of BTC-FL and concomitant BTC-CTF production; lower panel: long exposure shows ionophore-induced generation of BTC-ICD). (D) IMPE-BTC-WT cells were treated overnight with or without metalloprotease inhibitor GI254023X or γ-secretase inhibitor PIX. CM was collected prior to preparation of cell lysates. Graph shows BTC shedding into CM, which was measured by BTC ELISA. Blot: all cellular BTC isoforms from IMPE cells were precipitated from cell lysates with anti-HA agarose and then analyzed in western blotting with anti-HA antibody.
Article Snippet: Antibodies and reagents The following antibodies and reagents were used: biotinylated goat anti-human BTC ectodomain antibody, mouse anti-human BTC ectodomain antibody and rat anti-mouse ADAM10 antibody (R&D Systems); rabbit anti-HA epitope tag antibody (Zymed Laboratories, Bethyl Laboratories); mouse anti-HA agarose beads (Sigma); mouse anti-GFP (Clontech); horseradish-peroxidase-conjugated donkey anti-rabbit IgG F(ab)2 fragment (Amersham Biosciences); mouse anti-actin anti-histone-2 (Millipore); and mouse anti-PolII antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology).
Techniques: Plasmid Preparation, Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay