Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: C12ORF57: a novel principal regulator of synaptic AMPA currents and excitatory neuronal homeostasis
doi: 10.1101/2025.01.08.632037
Figure Lengend Snippet: a) Western blot showing co-immunoprecipitation of CAMK4 with C12ORF57 from Grcc10+/+ whole brain lysate (left) with Grcc10−/− brain negative control (right) showing no GRCC10 expression or CAMK4 pulldown b) Representative CAMK4 and GAPDH western blot bands from brain whole cell lysates of Grcc10 +/+ and Grcc10−/− mice c) Mean relative CAMK4 western blot band intensity normalized to WT (p=.34, N=6 for each genotype Welch’s T-Test) Error bars represent SEM. d) Representative CAMK4, pCAMK4 and lamin (control) bands on western blot from nuclear fraction of Grcc10 WT and KO whole brain lysates e) Relative CAMK4, pCAMK4and Lamin band intensity normalized to Grcc10 WT levels. (p=.001, N=6 for each genotype, 2-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparison test). f) Representative CAMK4, pCAMK4 and GAPDH (control) bands on western blot from cytoplasmic fractions of whole brain g) Relative CAMK4 pCAMK4 and Lamin band intensity normalized to Grcc10 WT levels (p=.016, N=6 for each genotype, 2-way ANOVA, Sidak’s multiple comparison test) in KO compared to WT. h) Schematic of WT CAMK4 (top) with kinase domain (blue), calmodulin binding domain (purple) and autoinhibitory/regulatory domain (yellow). Construct Δ(322-341) which lacks the autoinhibitory domain (NAI, middle) and construct Δ(305-321) which lacks the calmodulin binding domain (NCB, bottom) i) Representative western blot of co-IP of CAMK4 constructs with C12ORF57-FLAG j ) Relative CAMK4 band intensity between WT, NCB (p=.24, N=8 replicates for each construct, ANOVA) and NAI (p<.0001, N=8 replicates for each construct, ANOVA) CAMK4 constructs.. k ) Relative luminescence from in vitro CAMK4 kinase activity assay for C12ORF57, CAMK4, CAMK4+C12ORF57, CAMK4+PP1CA, CAMK4+PP1CA+C12ORF57, no CAMK4, and no ATP (N=3 per condition, ANOVA). l ) Left: Graph of cumulative frequency (x-axis) of mEPSC against amplitude (pA) in DIV 17 pyramidal neurons including CAMK4 transfected control (green) KO (pink) WT (black), and C12ORF57 transfected (purple). The mean curve of each group is bolded. Right: Mean amplitude of WT, KO, CAMK4 transfected (KO+CAMK4) and C12OR57 transfected (KO+C12ORF57) (p<.0001, N=6 for each group, ANOVA). For all graphs, error bars represent SEM. Statistical differences are indicated in the figures using the following symbols * P ≤ .05, ** P ≤ .01, *** P ≤ .001, **** P < .0001.
Article Snippet: CAMK4, C12ORF57, and purified recombinant PP1CA (Origene, TA808819) were mixed in equimolar amounts with 25 µM ATP and reaction luminescence was measured on a Tecan Spark for an integration time of 1 sec.
Techniques: Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, Negative Control, Expressing, Control, Comparison, Binding Assay, Construct, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, In Vitro, Kinase Assay, Transfection