Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Control of retrotransposon-driven activation of the interferon response by the double-stranded RNA binding protein DGCR8
doi: 10.1101/2025.05.28.656609
Figure Lengend Snippet: a. Western blot analyses of Ago2 protein levels in PA-1 WT and two independent DGCR8 KO clones. Tubulin serves as a loading control. b. Scheme representing the pathways targeted by chemical inhibitors used in . c. Western blot analyses of MAVS protein levels in PA-1 WT and two independent DGCR8 KO clones. GAPDH serves as a loading control (left). Quantification of MAVS protein levels using three independent biological replicates (right). Error bars plot mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001. P-values are determined by one-sample t-test. The dashed line represents the WT mean. d. IFIT2 expression levels in WT and two DGCR8 KO clones by RT-qPCR, after treatment with lamivudine, emtricitabine or vehicle. Data are normalised to GAPDH and expressed relative to WT mock sample. Error bars plot mean ± SD of two biological replicates.
Article Snippet: Antibodies used include anti-DGCR8 (1:1000, ab90579, Abcam), anti-Drosha (1:1000, NBP1-03349, NovusBio), anti-pEIF2α (1:1000, 3398, Cell Signalling), anti-IFIT3 (1:500, ab76818, Abcam), anti-RIG-I (1:1000, 3743, Cell Signalling), anti-DHX9 (1:1000, 70998 Cell Signalling), anti-ZCCHC8 (1:1000, A301-806 Thermo Fisher Scientific), anti-Ago2 (1:1000, 2897S Cell Signalling), anti-α-tubulin (1:1000, sc-23948, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-vinculin (1:100000, V9131 Sigma Aldrich) anti-β-actin (1:15000, A1978, Sigma-Aldrich), anti-GAPDH (1:1000, CB1001, Sigma Aldrich).
Techniques: Western Blot, Clone Assay, Control, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR