Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: R-loops acted on by RNase H1 influence DNA replication timing and genome stability in Leishmania
doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56785-y
Figure Lengend Snippet: A Schematic representation of the DiCre-mediated RNase H1 gene deletion strategy; CRISPR-Cas9 was used to flank the RNase H1 ORF with LoxP sites and fuse it with an HA tag ( RNase H1-HA Flox ); rapamycin-mediated activation of DiCre was used to catalyze excision of RNase H1-HA Flox ; refer to Supplementary Fig. for the rapamycin induction strategy; a and b , annealing position of primers used in ( D ). B Western blotting analysis of whole cell extracts from RNase H1-HA Flox cells ~48 h after growth in the absence (−RAP) or in the presence (+RAP) of rapamycin at passages 1 and 2 (P1 and P2, as shown in ( C )); extracts were probed with anti-HA antibody and anti-EF1α was used as loading control. C Growth profile of the RNase H1-HA Flox cell line cultivated in the absence (−RAP, black) or presence (+RAP, grey) of rapamycin; cells were seeded at ~10 5 cells.mL −1 at day 0 and diluted back to that density every 4–5 days for seven passages (P1 to P7); cell density was assessed every 24 h in two independent experiments. D PCR analysis of genomic DNA extracted from RNase H1-HA Flox cells ~48 h in the indicated passages, after growth in the absence (−RAP) or in the presence (+RAP) of rapamycin; annealing positions for primers a and b are shown in ( A ); image is representative of two independent experiments. E Growth profile of a clonal RNase H1 KO cell line, selected after DiCre-mediated RNase H1 gene deletion compared to wild type (WT) cells ; cell density was assessed every 24 h and is represented as the mean from four independent experiments; error bars indicate SEM. F Immunofluorescence analysis using S9.6 antibody to detect R-loops with (+HU) or without (−HU) 5 mM hydroxyurea treatment for 6 h. G Quantification of R-loops levels detected via immunofluorescence using S6.9 antibody in the indicated conditions, represented as arbitrary units (arb. units); −RNase H and +RNase H indicate mock or treatment with recombinant RNAse HI prior to incubation with antibody, respectively; quantification is representative of three independent experiments; (****),(**) and ns: p < 0.0001, p = 0.0089 and not significant, respectively, as determined by Kruskal–Wallis test (one-way ANOVA) using Dunn’s test for multiple comparison correction. H Representative snapshot showing DNA replication timing on the entire chromosome 22, as determined by MFA-seq using exponentially growing cells normalized with stationary cells; positive and negative values indicate early and late replicating regions, respectively; grey arrows at the bottom indicate the position and orientation of polycistronic transcription units (PTUs). I , J Metaplots showing global MFA-seq signal in early and late replicating regions, respectively; lines indicate mean and shaded areas represent SEM; (****),(**), (*) and ns: p < 0.0001, p = 0.0054, p = 0.0188 and not significant, respectively, as determined by Kruskal–Wallis test (one-way ANOVA) using Dunn’s test for multiple comparison correction. K Simple linear regression analysis showing correlation between chromosome size and averaged MFA-seq signal; R and P values are indicated at the top of each panel, circles indicate mean, lines indicate the best fit and shaded areas represent 95% CI. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
Article Snippet: To one of the aliquots, 5 mM MgCl 2 and 2 U of recombinant Escherichia coli RNase HI (NEB) were added.
Techniques: CRISPR, Activation Assay, Western Blot, Control, Immunofluorescence, Recombinant, Incubation, Comparison