Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Image-based screen capturing misfolding status of Niemann-Pick type C1 identifies potential candidates for chaperone drugs
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243746
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) High-resolution clear native PAGE (fluorescence-detectable native PAGE) analysis of NPC1-GFP from cells treated as indicated. Cells stably expressing the indicated NPC1-GFP were treated with vehicle, mo56HC (3 μM), itraconazole (3 μM), or lapatinib (10 μM) for 21 h, and DDM-solubilized lysates were subjected to native-PAGE analysis after normalization with respect to total protein concentration. The native-PAGE gel was imaged for GFP fluorescence (upper panel), and total protein was also visualized by TCE staining (lower panel). (B) Ubiquitination status of NPC1-GFPs upon treatment with itraconazole or lapatinib. Cells stably expressing the indicated NPC1-GFP were treated as shown for 18 h followed by treatment with CB5083 (3 μM) for 6 h. The ubiquitination status was first probed with anti-Ub antibody after immunoprecipitation of the FLAG-NPC1-GFP, and then the amount of the FLAG-NPC1-GFP was re-probed with anti-FLAG antibody. The extent of ubiquitination was quantified and normalized to the amount of detected FLAG-NPC1-GFP. The raw, uncropped blot images are available from Mendeley Data repository ( http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/jr23ccpp46.3 ). (C) Quantification of the high-resolution clear native PAGE analysis from three independent experiments. The filled circles, error bars, and open circles represent mean, SEM, and raw data points from three independent experiments. Statistical significance was assessed by ANOVA and Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison test (***, p<0.001). The raw, uncropped gel images are available from Mendeley Data repository ( http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/jr23ccpp46.3 ). (D) Quantification of the ubiquitination assay data collected from three independent experiments. Data was normalized with the ubiquitination level of WT for each experiment. The filled circles, error bars, and open circles represent mean, SEM, and raw data points. Statistical significance of the treatment was assessed similarly as in (C). *, p<0.05; p<0.1; ns, not significant (p = 0.24).
Article Snippet: Other relevant data, including R scripts for analysis, raw uncropped gel images, and quantitative data used for preparing the figures are available from Mendeley Data ( https://doi.org/10.17632/jr23ccpp46 ).
Techniques: Clear Native PAGE, Fluorescence, Stable Transfection, Expressing, Protein Concentration, Staining, Ubiquitin Proteomics, Immunoprecipitation, Comparison