Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Opposing roles for SNAP23 and SNAP25 in mediating MR1 trafficking and antigen presentation
doi: 10.64898/2026.02.18.706493
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Relative gene expression levels of SNAP23, SNAP25, SNAP29 , and SNAP47 compared to GAPDH in BEAS-2B cells. (B) Knockdown efficiency after 48 hours of knockdown with missense (Mis) or gene-specific (KD) siRNA for SNAP23, SNAP25, SNAP29, and SNAP47. (C-F) IFN-γ response by T cell clones (MAIT and HLA-B45-restricted) co-cultured with BEAS-2B cells following siRNA knockdown of (C) SNAP23, (D) SNAP25, (E) SNAP29, or (F) SNAP47. Cells were either infected overnight with H37Rv Mtb (MOI=8) or incubated with exogenously added antigens ( M. smeg supernatant and CFP10 2-9 peptide). IFN-γ response is measured by ELISpot and represented as spot forming units (SFU). All data are plotted as mean±SEM and pooled from three independent experiments. Experiments were performed in parallel for (C-D) and (E-F). For (C-F), the means of technical duplicates were pooled and normalized to Control (Missense) at the highest antigen concentration. Non-linear regression analysis comparing best-fit values of top and EC50 were used to calculate p-values by extra sum-of-squares F test.
Article Snippet: Taqman FAM-MGB probes for SNAP23 (Hs01047496_m1, Hs01047498_m1), SNAP25 (Hs00938957_m1, Hs00938966_m1), SNAP29 (Hs00191150_m1), and SNAP47 (Hs00369605_m1) were obtained from ThermoFisher Scientific.
Techniques: Gene Expression, Knockdown, Clone Assay, Cell Culture, Infection, Incubation, Enzyme-linked Immunospot, Control, Concentration Assay