Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Sumoylation of Human Argonaute 2 at Lysine-402 Regulates Its Stability
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102957
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Ago2 is modified by SUMO1 and SUMO2 in vitro . 35 S-labelled in vitro- translated Ago2 was incubated in a sumoylation mix containing purified SAE1–SAE2, Ubc9 and SUMO1 or SUMO2, in the absence (-) or presence (+) of ATP. Reaction products were visualized by SDS–PAGE and autoradiography. ( B ) Sumoylation of Ago2 in vivo . HeLa cells were transfected with expression vectors for HA-tagged Ago2, SUMO1, His-SUMO1, SUMO2 and His-SUMO2 as indicated and analyzed by Western blot by anti-Ago2 antibody. ( C ) Ubc9 interacts with Ago2 in vivo . HeLa cells were transfected with expression vectors for HA-Ago2 and Ubc9 as indicated. Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated (IP) with mouse anti-HA antibody or control antibody (IgG) and probed with anti-HA and anti-Ubc9 antibodies. WCE, whole-cell extract, 2% of amount used in IP. ( D ) SUMO E3 ligase RanBP2 enhances sumoylation of Ago2 in vitro . In vitro sumoylation of 35 S-labelled, in vitro -translated human Ago2 in the absence or presence of RanBP2 or GST control. Reactions were incubated for indicated times (t = 0 min or t = 60 min) with 10 ng (1x) or 3 ng (0.3x) recombinant Ubc9. Reaction products were visualized by SDS–PAGE and autoradiography. Each blot is a representative of three independent experiments.
Article Snippet: For western blot, the following antibodies were used: rabbit anti-Ago2 (Sigma) at 1∶1000, mouse anti-HA (16B12, Covance) at 1∶2000, mouse anti-Ubc9 (BD biosciences) at 1∶1000, mouse anti-tubulin (Sigma) at 1∶10 000, in house rabbit anti-SUMO1 at 1∶1000, mouse anti-RanBP2 (Santa Cruz) at 1∶400, rabbit anti-SAE2 (Abcam) at 1∶1000, mouse anti-Ago1 (Upstate) at 1∶1000, mouse anti-Vinculin (Abcam) at 1/1000, rabbit anti-PARP1 (Santa Cruz) at 1∶1000 and mouse anti-GFP (Sigma) at 1∶500.
Techniques: Modification, In Vitro, Incubation, Purification, SDS Page, Autoradiography, In Vivo, Transfection, Expressing, Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, Recombinant