Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: TUSC3 regulates ERMA-mediated Mg 2+ uptake for synaptic function and neurodevelopment
doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65668-1
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Representative western blot of ER stress proteins in the hippocampus of 4-month-old female WT and TUSC3 KO mice. b – i Quantification of GRP78 ( b ), p-PERK (T982) ( c ), p-eIF2α (S51) ( d ), CHOP ( e ), XBP1s ( f ), p-AKT (S473) ( g ), p-CREB (S133) ( h ), and ATF6 ( i ) normalized to β-actin ( n = 3 mice per group). j Representative western blot analysis of ER stress proteins in the striatum of 4-month-old female WT and TUSC3 KO mice ( n = 3 per group). k – r Quantification of GRP78 ( k ), p-PERK (T982) ( l ), p-eIF2α (S51) ( m ), CHOP ( n ), XBP1s ( o ), p-AKT (S473) ( p ), p-CREB (S133) ( q ), and ATF6 ( r ) normalized to β-actin ( n = 3 mice per group). s Non-ID and ID1/ID2 fibroblasts were chronically treated with MgT (400 μM) for 48 h and analyzed by western blotting (left). Quantification of p-eIF2α (S51) levels normalized to eIF2α (right) ( n = 3 independent biological replicates). t Non-ID and ID-derived fibroblasts were pretreated with or without MgT (400 μM) for 24 h, followed by puromycin (5 μg/ml) treatment for 2 h. Representative western blot using an anti-puromycin antibody (left), and puromycin incorporation was quantified and normalized to β-actin (right) ( n = 3 independent biological replicates). u SH-SY5Y shControl and shTUSC3#3-1 cells were pretreated with MgT (400 μM) for 12 h, then treated with either DMSO, thapsigargin (2 μM), tunicamycin (2 μg/ml), A23187 (2 μM), or etoposide (25 μM) for 24 h. Cells were stained with propidium iodide and Calcein-AM, and double-positive cells were quantified and normalized to Calcein-AM-positive cells. Data represent three independent biological experiments ( n = 3). The exact number of cells analyzed per condition is provided in the Source Data file. v Representative western blot of primary cortical neurons (DIV7) treated with vehicle or 4-PBA (10 mM) for 24 h (left). Quantification of indicated protein levels normalized to TUBA (right) ( n = 3 independent biological replicates). Two-tailed unpaired t -test ( b – i , and k – r ); one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc multiple comparison test ( s , t , v ); two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test ( u ). Data are presented as mean ± S.E.M. or S.D. ( t , u ). Source data are provided as a file.
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used in this study: ACTB (Santa Cruz Biotechnology; sc-47778; lot # J0421; WB 1:5000), TUBA (Santa Cruz Biotechnology; sc-23948; lot # G2921; WB 1:5000), TUSC3 (clone D-9; Santa Cruz Biotechnology; sc-390566; lot # J1218; IF 1:500), GRP78 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology; sc-376768; lot # C0316; WB 1:3000), p-CREB-1-S133 (clone 10E9; Santa Cruz Biotechnology; sc-81486; WB 1:3000), FLAG (Sigma-Aldrich; F1804; lot # 0000375542; WB 1:3000), RFP (MBL; PM005; lot # 048; WB 1:3000), TUSC3 (Proteintech; 16039-1-AP; lot # 00007251; WB 1:500), AKT (Cell Signaling Technology; 9272; lot # 6; WB 1:3000), P-AKT (S473) (Cell Signaling Technology; 4060; lot # 27; WB 1:3000; IF 1:250), CREB (Cell Signaling Technology; 9197; WB 1:1000), CHOP (Cell Signaling Technology; 2895; WB 1:1000), ATF6 (Cell Signaling Technology; 65880; lot # 5; WB 1:3000), MAP2 (Cell Signaling Technology; 4542; IF 1:500), NCAM1 (Cell Signaling Technology; 3576; WB 1:3000), PERK (ABclonal; A18196; lot # 3560572205; WB 1:3000), p-PERK (T982) (ABclonal; AP0886; lot # 5500040024; WB 1:3000), XBP1s (ABclonal; A17007; lot # 1153240401; WB 1:3000), eIF2α (ABclonal; A21221; lot # 360002151; WB 1:3000), p-eIF2α (ABclonal; AP0745; lot # 360003834; WB 1:3000), Puromycin (ABclonal; A23931; lot # 3523033102; WB 1:3000), PSD-93 (ABclonal; A19669; WB 1:3000), PSD-95 (ABclonal; A7889; WB 1:3000), GluA1 (ABclonal; A1826; lot # 3561869003; WB 1:3000; IF 1:250), NMDAR1 (ABclonal; A7677; lot # 5500016744; WB 1:1000), Synaptophysin (ABclonal; A6344; lot # 5500008363; WB 1:1000; IF 1:250), and N-Cadherin (BD Biosciences; 610920; WB 1:3000).
Techniques: Western Blot, Derivative Assay, Staining, Two Tailed Test, Comparison