Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: The T300A Crohn's disease risk polymorphism impairs function of the WD40 domain of ATG16L1
doi: 10.1038/ncomms11821
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( a ) Immunoblot analysis of GSH immunoprecipitates (IP) or total cell lysates (TL) of Atg16l1 −/− MEFs reconstituted with the indicated versions of ATG16L1 (T300 (T) or A300 (A)), retrovirally transduced with TMEM59-GST and subsequently infected (+) with a S. aureus strain (SA; 2 h; multiplicity of infection (m.o.i.)=25) that constitutively expresses GFP, or left uninfected (−). These results are representative of three repetitions. ( b , e ) Quantification of the number of LC3-positive phagosomes containing GFP-positive S. aureus bacteria 2 h after infection (m.o.i.=10) in Atg16L1 −/− MEFs restored with the indicated versions of ATG16L1 (T or A), full-length ATG16L1-T300 (FL), both ATG16L1 fragments that result from caspase-3 processing of the risk allele (Nt: 1–299; Ct: 300–607) or irrelevant vector (−). Values are expressed as a fraction of the scores obtained for cells expressing ATG16L1-T300 (mean±s.d. of triplicates; n =500 cells; *** P <0.001 Student's t -test). ( c , f ) Quantification of the colony-forming units (C.F.U.s) recovered from Atg16L1 −/− MEFs restored with the indicated versions of ATG16L1 (T or A) and infected with S. aureus for 2 h, m.o.i.=1 (mean±s.d., n =6, *** P <0.001, ** P <0.01 Student's t -test). ( d ) Immunoblot analysis of endogenous LC3 activation and p62 expression levels induced by S. aureus infection (2 h, m.o.i.=25) of Atg16l1 −/− MEFs reconstituted with the indicated versions of ATG16L1 (full-length ATG16L1-T300 (FL) or both ATG16L1 fragments that result from caspase-3 processing of the risk allele (Nt: 1–299; Ct: 300–607)), or control vector (−). Results are representative of at least two repetitions.
Article Snippet: Endogenous LC3 was stained using a rabbit anti-LC3 polyclonal antibody (MBL PM036, 1:600) except for experiments involving infection with S. aureus where a mouse monoclonal anti-LC3 antibody (MBL M152-3 (IgG1 low affinity for protein A) 1:50) was used.
Techniques: Western Blot, Transduction, Infection, Bacteria, Plasmid Preparation, Expressing, Activation Assay, Control