Journal: Nucleic Acids Research
Article Title: Effect of small molecule eRF3 degraders on premature termination codon readthrough
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab194
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of siRNA knockdown of eRF3a and eRF3b on TP53 PTC readthrough. ( A ) HDQ-P1 cells with a homozygous nonsense mutation in the TP53 gene (R213X) were transfected with either non-target siRNA or several ON-TARGETplus siRNAs targeting eRF3a . Levels of SURF complex components eRF3a, eRF1, UPF1 and SMG1 were measured 96 h after transfection. GAPDH was used as loading control. ( B ) p53 levels (full-length, FL-p53; truncated, TR-p53) were measured in the same extracts as in A . Vinculin was used as loading control. ( C ) p53 and vinculin levels were measured in transfected cells exposed to 20 μg/ml G418 for 48 h. ( D ) eRF3a and eRF3b levels were measured in HDQ-P1 and H1299-p53 R213X cell extracts. ( E, F ) H1299-p53 R213X cells were transfected with non-target siRNA or several ON-TARGETplus siRNAs targeting eRF3a ( E ) or eRF3b ( F ). eRF3a and eRF3b levels were measured 96 h after transfection. 48 h after transfection, samples were exposed to 20 μg/ml G418 for another 48 h and p53 and vinculin levels were determined. Protein levels in all panels were measured using automated capillary electrophoresis western analysis. In this and subsequent figures, equal amounts of protein lysate were loaded in all capillaries in each panel, except where indicated. The amounts of eRF3a, eRF3b, eRF1, UPF1 and SMG1 are expressed as percentage of levels in untreated cells. As FL-p53 is essentially undetectable in untreated HDQ-P1 cells in most experiments, FL-p53 levels are expressed relative to the amount of FL-p53 in cells treated with 20 μg/ml G418. Dashed lines indicate different capillaries.
Article Snippet: DO-1 mouse anti-p53 antibody (1:400, Santa Cruz sc-126), mouse anti-vinculin antibody (1:600, R&D Systems MAB6896), rabbit anti-eRF3a (1:100, Thermo Fisher Scientific PA5–62621), rabbit anti-eRF3b (1:100, Thermo Fisher Scientific PA5–60824), mouse anti-FLAG M2 (1:100, Sigma F1804), rabbit anti-GAPDH (1:800, Abcam ab128915), mouse anti-TPP1 (1:1000, Abcam ab54685), rabbit anti-Dystrophin (1:400, Abcam ab15277), rabbit anti-UPF1 (1:1000, Abcam ab109363), rabbit anti-SMG1 (1:50, Cell signaling 4993) and mouse anti-eRF1 (1:100, Novus Biologicals 4F9H12) were used.
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Transfection, Electrophoresis, Western Blot