Journal: EMBO Reports
Article Title: Sec61β maintains cytoplasmic proteostasis via ARIH1-mediated translational repression upon ER stress
doi: 10.1038/s44319-026-00690-y
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Proteasome chymotrypsin-like peptidase activity of cell extracts from HepG2 cells transfected with siCtrl or siSec61β (#1, #2, or #3) and treated with 2 μg/ml tunicamycin (Tun) for 16 h was measured using Suc-LLVY-AMC as a substrate. Fluorescence intensity was normalized to cell viability in each condition. Proteasome activity is shown as fold decrease relative to that of siCtrl-transfected cells ( n = 7, 7, 6, and 7 from left to right, respectively). ( B ) Degradation of CL1 degron chased for the indicated periods after 15 min pulse of [ 35 S]-methionine/cysteine metabolic labeling shown in Fig. . Cell lysates of HEK293 cells transfected with indicated siRNAs and Venus-CL1-Flag and stimulated with 50 nM Tg for 16 h were IPed with an anti-Flag antibody, resolved by SDS-PAGE and analyzed by autoradiography. ( C ) Representative fluorescence images of HepG2 cells transfected with siSec61β and stimulated with 50 nM Tg for 6 h, followed by staining with ProteoStat (red, protein aggregation), calnexin (green, ER membranes) and DAPI (blue, nuclei). Scale bars, 25 μm. ( D ) Reduced expression of Sec61β in zebrafish by injection of antisense morpholino oligonucleotide (MO). Antisense MO was designed as described in Methods. MOs were injected into zebrafish embryos at 1- to 2-cell stages. The expression of Sec61β in zebrafish at 3 dpf was analyzed by IB using a polyclonal antibody against a peptide against zebrafish Sec61β (SAGTGGMWRFYTEDSPGLKV) raised in rabbits. Lysates were prepared by homogenizing 3 dpf fish for 60 s in lysis buffer (20 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 5 mM EGTA, and 1% Triton X-100) supplemented with 5 μg/mL leupeptin (Nacalai Tesque; 43449-62) on ice using a Micro Smash (TOMY; MS-100) (4500 rpm, 4 °C). Lysates were resolved by SDS-PAGE and blotted onto polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes. After blocking with 5% skim milk in TBS-T (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 150 mM NaCl, and 0.05% Tween-20), the membranes were probed with antibody against to zebrafish Sec61β (1/1000) or actin (1/5000) diluted in 5% BSA in TBS-T overnight at 4 °C. Secondary antibodies [IRDye 800CW Donkey anti-Rabbit IgG (H + L) (1/10,000) and IRDye 680RD Donkey anti-Mouse IgG (H + L) (1/10,000)] were diluted in 5% skim milk in TBS-T, and membranes were incubated 2 h at room temperature. Images were revealed and analyzed using Odyssey CLx (LICOR) and Empiria Studio software 3.0 (LICOR). ( E ) Representative images showing the typical morphology of zebrafish larvae injected with water, Sec61β-atg MO or Sec61β-5mis MO at 3 dpf. Arrowhead indicates the abnormal morphology observed in rare Sec61β-deficient zebrafish. ( F ) Histogram showing the average body length of zebrafish larvae relative to that of water-injected controls at 3 dpf. Sec61β-deficient zebrafish ( n = 13) showed a tendency toward reduced body length compared to control groups ( n = 10 for water injection or n = 24 for Sec61β-atg-5mis MO injection). ( G ) The behavior of zebrafish was observed at 4 dpf, and a phenotype scores were recorded manually. The scoring criteria were defined as follows: no obvious abnormality (0), abnormal swimming with head shaking and slightly smaller size (1), abnormal swimming and morphology (2), and no swimming and abnormal morphology (3). ( H ) Exogenous expression of ARIH1 mutants in zebrafish by injection of synthesized mRNAs. Synthesized mRNAs for human ARIHΔAri(CC) or (CS) were co-injected into zebrafish embryos at 1- to 2-cell stages. Lysates were prepared by homogenizing 3 dpf 10 fish for 60 s in lysis buffer due to weak expression of exogenous proteins. The expression of HA-ARIHΔAri was analyzed by IB using a rat monoclonal antibody against HA (clone 3F10) and secondary antibody (HRP-linked anti-rat IgG antibody). The membranes were detected by an ECL system, and images were revealed and analyzed using ChemiDoc Touch (BioRad). Data are means ± SEM. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, **** P < 0.0001; n.s., not significant. Two-tailed unpaired t test for siCtrl vs siSec61β ( A ); Kruskal–Wallis rank-sum test ( F ).
Article Snippet: Mouse IgG2b isotype control monoclonal antibody , Proteintech , Cat. #66360-3-Ig; RRID: AB_2881740.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Transfection, Fluorescence, Labeling, SDS Page, Autoradiography, Staining, Expressing, Injection, Lysis, Blocking Assay, Incubation, Software, Control, Synthesized, Two Tailed Test