Journal: The Journal of Neuroscience
Article Title: Dysregulation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor by Presenilin/γ-Secretase Loss-of-Function Mutations
doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3402-12.2013
Figure Lengend Snippet: Requirement of γ-secretase enzymatic activity for presenilin-dependent regulation of HIF-1α, FKBP38, and PHD2. A, PSEN1/2 wt and ko MEFs were pretreated with 0, 2, or 4 μm of the γ-secretase inhibitor DAPT before culturing at 0.2% O2 for 12 h. HIF-1α, FKBP38, PHD2, N-cadherin, and β-actin protein levels were determined by immunoblotting. B, SH-SY5Y cells were cultured at 20% or 0.2% O2 for 16 h in the presence of 0, 2, or 4 μm DAPT, and HIF-1α, PHD2, and β-actin protein levels were analyzed by immunoblotting. C, D, HeLa/trTAA/TRE-N1-ICD cells were cultured for 24 h in the presence or absence of 1 μm doxycycline before exposure to 20% or 0.2% O2 for 16 h. Thereafter, HIF-1α, PHD2, and β-actin protein levels were determined by immunoblotting (C) and PHD2, GLUT1, CAIX, and Snail mRNA levels were quantified by quantitative RT-PCR (D). Transcript levels were normalized to the mRNA levels of ribosomal protein L28. The untreated normoxic control was defined as 1. Data are shown as mean ± SEM values of three independent experiments. E, PSEN1/2 wt, ko, and ko MEFs stably expressing PSEN1 or PSEN2 FAD mutations (ΔE9, A246E, L166P, G384A, and N141I) were transiently cotransfected with the hypoxia response element-driven luciferase reporter plasmid (pH3SVL) together with the pSV40-RL control vector. Cells were cultured for 16 h at 20% or 0.2% O2 before luciferase activity was determined. The results are shown as mean ± SEM values of three independent experiments performed in triplicates.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies used were rabbit anti-APP, C-terminal (Sigma A8717), rabbit anti-human PHD2 (Novus Biologicals), rabbit anti-mouse PHD2 (Novus Biologicals), rabbit anti-FKBP38 ( Edlich et al., 2005 ), rabbit anti-HIF-1α (Novus Biologicals), mouse anti-N-cadherin (BD Biosciences), mouse anti-β-actin (Sigma).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Western Blot, Cell Culture, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control, Stable Transfection, Expressing, Luciferase, Plasmid Preparation