Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: PRMT5 deficiency disturbs Nur77 methylation to inhibit endometrial stromal cell differentiation in recurrent implantation failure
doi: 10.1101/2024.02.06.579055
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Schematic representation of Flag-tagged human Nur77 truncation derivatives, including NT, DBD and LBD. Co-IP and WB analysis of the interaction between full-length PRMT5 and Nur77 fragments in HEK293T cell. Three domains of Nur77 interact with PRMT5. (B) Exogenous Myc-Nur77 was immunoprecipitated from HEK293T cell transfected OFP-PRMT5 plasmid by Myc antibody, and the arginine methylation status of Nur77 was examined with a sDMA antibody. (C) Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay of binding capacity of extracts from human EnSC transfected with Ad-shPRMT5 to cy5 labeled NBRE DNA probe, unlabeled NBRE DNA probe was used as competitor. (D) Human EnSCs transfected with Ad-Flag-Nur77 and Ad-shPRMT5 and (E) EnSCs from Prmt5 f/f and Amhr2 cre Prmt5 f/f mice were subjected to the detection of NBRE-luciferase activity. (F) Human EnSCs transfected with Ad-shPRMT5 were treated with 50 μg/mL cycloheximide (CHX) for 2, 4, and 8 hours. The cell extracts were subjected to Western blotting. The level of the remaining Nur77 was normalized to that of GAPDH and plotted relative to the level at the 0-hour time point. (G) IF staining of Nur77 and PRMT5 shows the intracellular localization of Nur77 in human EnSCs transfected with Ad-shPRMT5. (H) WB analysis of immunoprecipitated proteins, obtained from 293T cells transiently transfected with plasmids expressing Myc tagged Nur77, Nur77 mutants including R266K, R345K, R346K, and R348K. (I) Purified GST-Nur77 truncation derivatives, including NT, DBD, LBD and DBD R346K mutant, Flag-PRMT5 and Flag-MEP50 fusion protein were subjected to in vitro methylation analysis with a sDMA antibody to detect Nur77 methylation. Histone4 protein was used as the positive control. (J) Alignment of the consensus Nur77 amino acid sequences around the arginine 346 residue highlighted in red among various species. (K) NBRE-luciferase activity analysis of HEK293T exogenously expressing Myc-Nur77 and Myc-Nur77-R346K. (L) HEK293T exogenously expressing Myc-Nur77 and Myc-Nur77-R346K were treated with CHX for 2, 4, and 8 hours, then subjected to Western blotting. The level of the remaining Myc tagged protein was normalized to that of GAPDH and plotted relative to the level at the 0-hour time point. Mean ± SEM. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001. Student’s t test in E. ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test in (D) and (K). Two-way ANOVA with the Bonferroni multiple comparisons test in (F) and (L).
Article Snippet: To perform the experiment, 0.5µg of GST-Nur77-NT/DBD/LBD, either wild or mutant type, and recombinant PRMT5/MEP50 (Sigma-Aldrich, #SRP0146) was mixed with 0.5 µg in a buffer solution.
Techniques: Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Immunoprecipitation, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Methylation, Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, Binding Assay, Labeling, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Western Blot, Staining, Expressing, Purification, Mutagenesis, In Vitro, Positive Control, Residue