Journal: Cell reports

Article Title: Autophagy Controls CSL/RBPJκ Stability through a p62/SQSTM1-Dependent Mechanism

doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.043

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Pharmacologic inhibition of autophagy blocks CSL down-modulation. Immunoblot analysis was performed for two HDF strains treated as indicated in for 24 hr and further incubated with 5 mM 3-methyladenine (3MA) for 8 hr to inhibit autophagy, in parallel with vehicle alone (DMEM). The blot was sequentially probed with antibodies against CSL, p62, and β-ACTIN. (B and C) Targeting of autophagy-essential gene ATG5 blocks CSL down-modulation. Immunoblot analysis was performed for two HDFs plus/minus shRNA-mediated ATG5 gene silencing (B) or for mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) plus/minus Atg5 gene disruption (+/+ and /) (C) that were either left untreated (untr.) or treated with various pro-autophagic stimuli as in . Blots were sequentially probed with antibodies against CSL, ATG5, and ACTIN as equal loading.

Article Snippet: Recombinant human p62 , Enzo , Cat# ENZ-PRT120–0050.

Techniques: Inhibition, Western Blot, Incubation, shRNA, Disruption

Journal: Cell reports

Article Title: Autophagy Controls CSL/RBPJκ Stability through a p62/SQSTM1-Dependent Mechanism

doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.043

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A and B) Proximity ligation assays (PLAs) for in situ detection of CSL and p62 association in HDFs. Assays were carried out in the presence or absence of primary antibodies (A) or with HDFs plus/minus siRNA-mediated CSL gene silencing (B) as controls of specificity. Confocal microscopy was used to examine red fluorescence PLA puncta with concomitant DAPI staining of nuclei (blue). The white frames indicate the enlarged areas to better show PLA red puncta. Shown are representative images and quantification of the average number of puncta per cell, counting at least 30 cells in four fields per conditions. p ≤ 0.05, two-tailed unpaired t test. Scale bars, 10 and 1 μm for enlargements. Additional PLA images of p62 and CSL interaction are provided in . (C) Endogenous p62 and CSL proteins interact. Immunoprecipitates from HDFs (strain SAN4) with anti-CSL antibodies and non-immune immunoglobulin Gs (IgGs) were analyzed, together with total inputs by sequential immunoblotting with antip62 and CSL antibodies. IgG light chains (LCs) are indicated. A similar immunoprecipitation in another HDF strain (SAN3) is shown in . (D) p62 and CSL proteins directly interact. Recombinant CSL and p62 proteins were admixed and incubated for 2 hr before immunoprecipitation with either anti-CSL or anti-p62 antibodies or nonimmune IgGs, followed by immunoblot analysis with anti-p62 antibodies (green) and anti-CSL antibodies (red). IgG heavy chains (HCs) are indicated. (E) p62 interaction with CSL requires p62 C-terminal region. Immunoblot analysis showed HEK293 transfected for 48 hr with expression vectors for CSL-FLAG, GFP-p62, and a combination of CSLFLAG and GFP-p62 wild-type (WT) or GFP-p62 constructs with deletions of the N-terminal PB1 region, LIR, and C-terminal UBA region (as indicated in the scheme) . Total lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-FLAG antibodies, and blots were probed sequentially with anti-GFP and anti-FLAG antibodies. The input totals were analyzed by parallel immunoblotting as control for the level of expression.

Article Snippet: Recombinant human p62 , Enzo , Cat# ENZ-PRT120–0050.

Techniques: Ligation, In Situ, Confocal Microscopy, Fluorescence, Staining, Cell Counting, Two Tailed Test, Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, Recombinant, Incubation, Transfection, Expressing, Construct, Control

Journal: Cell reports

Article Title: Autophagy Controls CSL/RBPJκ Stability through a p62/SQSTM1-Dependent Mechanism

doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.043

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A and B) Immunoblot analysis of two HDF strains (A) or MEFs (B) plus/minus p62 silencing by siRNA-mediated (A) or shRNA-mediated (B) RNA interference, either left untreated (untr.) or treated with various pro-autophagic stimuli as in . Blots were sequentially probed with antibodies against p62, CSL, and ACTIN antibodies. (C) Immunoblot analysis with antibodies against p62, CSL, and ACTIN antibodies of MEFs plus/minus p62 gene disruption (−/− and +/+) . Cells were either left untreated (untr.) or treated with various pro-autophagic stimuli as in . Immunofluorescence analysis with CSL antibodies and DAPI of p62 +/+ and p62 −/− MEFs treated as in .

Article Snippet: Recombinant human p62 , Enzo , Cat# ENZ-PRT120–0050.

Techniques: Western Blot, shRNA, Disruption, Immunofluorescence

Journal: Cell reports

Article Title: Autophagy Controls CSL/RBPJκ Stability through a p62/SQSTM1-Dependent Mechanism

doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.043

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) p62 and CSL levels are concomitantly downmodulated in CAFs. Left: immunoblot with anti-p62, anti-CSL, and anti-ACTIN antibodies in nonmatched HDF and CAF strains. Right: immunoblot quantifications, n (HDF) = 2, n (CAF) = 4; *p < 0.05, two-tailed unpaired t test. Each derived HDF strain was marked by an operator identifier and progressive numbers (SAN1 and SAN2). CAF strains were marked only by a progressive number (CAF1–CAF4) . (B) CSL overexpression stabilizes p62 protein. Immunoblot analysis showed HDFs (SAN3) stably infected with a lentivirus for doxycycline-inducible CSL expression , plus/minus doxycycline (200 ng/mL) for 3 days, under basal conditions and after autophagy activation by serum starvation (24 hr). Bafilomycin A1 was added for 2 hr to monitor autophagic flux . The arrow indicates the stabilized high-molecular p62 band upon CSL induction. The blots were sequentially probed with antibodies against p62, LC3, CSL, and ACTIN. (C) CSL overexpression inhibits autophagy geneexpression. RT-qPCR analysis with the indicated genes, normalized to β -actin, in two HDF strains stably infected with an inducible CSL-expressing lentivirus, plus/minus CSL induction as in (B). (D) CSL overexpression stabilizes p62 in CAFs. Immunoblot analysis showed antibodies against p62, CSL, and GAPDH of two patient-derived CAF strains (CAF1 and CAF16) expressing a doxycycline-inducible CSL and plus/minus (200 ng/mL) for 2 days. Numbers refer to densitometry quantification of p62 in CSL-overexpressing versus noninduced control CAFs (folds of induction).

Article Snippet: Recombinant human p62 , Enzo , Cat# ENZ-PRT120–0050.

Techniques: Western Blot, Two Tailed Test, Derivative Assay, Over Expression, Stable Transfection, Infection, Expressing, Activation Assay, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control

Journal: Cell reports

Article Title: Autophagy Controls CSL/RBPJκ Stability through a p62/SQSTM1-Dependent Mechanism

doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.043

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Article Snippet: Recombinant human p62 , Enzo , Cat# ENZ-PRT120–0050.

Techniques: Recombinant, Proximity Ligation Assay, Control, shRNA, Software