Journal: iScience
Article Title: Impaired phase separation and nucleolar functions in hiPSC models of SNORD118 -related ribosomopathies
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110430
Figure Lengend Snippet: FBL rescues nucleolar morphology and LLPS defects of mutant NPCs in a phase separation motif-dependent manner (A) Diagram of wild type (FBL), IDR-depleted (FBL-C) mutant, and chimeric FBL, in which the intrinsic IDR is replaced by another LLPS motif from an unrelated protein. (B) Immunostaining of different EGFP-FBL isoforms for their co-localization with DKC1 and NPM1 in NPCs. Scale bar, 1 μm. (C) Representative images of NPM1 staining in control and SNORD118 ∗ 5C>G NPCs with or without the expression of FBL, FBL-C, or chimeric FBL. Scale bar, 5 μm. (D) Quantification of the percentage of intact and disrupted nucleolar morphology. (E) Representative images of GFP fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) analysis. White arrowheads represent spots with photo bleach. Control and SNORD118 ∗ 5C>G NPCs were labeled with GFP-tagged NPM1, while the rest of the NPCs were visualized using various forms of EGFP-fused FBL. Scale bar, 2 μm. (F) Line plots showing the dynamics of GFP recovery in each group. (G) Quantification of the percentage of GFP intensity recovery in the 60 s of each group, n (control) = 39, n ( SNORD118 ∗ 5C>G ) = 39, n (FBL) = 35, n (FBL-C) = 38, n (Chimeric FBL) = 37 cells. All data are represented as mean ± SEM calculated by Student’s t test, ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001, ns, not significant.
Article Snippet: Rabbit-anti DKC1 , Thermo Fisher Scientific , Cat# PA5-28922; RRID: AB_2546398.
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Immunostaining, Staining, Control, Expressing, Fluorescence, Labeling