Journal: EMBO Molecular Medicine
Article Title: SRSF protein kinase 1 modulates RAN translation and suppresses CGG repeat toxicity
doi: 10.15252/emmm.202114163
Figure Lengend Snippet: A Schematic of (CGG)90‐EGFP construct and experimental outline for rough eye phenotype screening. B Quantitation of GMR‐GAL4‐driven uas‐(CGG)90‐EGFP eye phenotype with candidate modifiers ( n ≥ 30 flies/genotype). siNTC = siRNA against a non‐targeting control gene (mCherry). Different siRNA lines for the same target gene are numbered (#1 and #2). Error bars represent mean ± SD. C Representative photographs of fly eyes expressing either GMR‐GAL4 driver alone or with uas‐(CGG)90‐EGFP construct, with fly SRSF1 (dSF2) and SRSF2 (dSC35) knockdown or disruptions (insertion). D Representative photographs of fly eyes and quantitation (below) of rough eye scores with fly SRSF1 overexpression (dSF2 OE); n = 20–32/genotype. Error bars represent mean ± SD. E Representative photographs of fly eyes expressing GMR‐GAL4‐driven (GGGGCC)28‐EGFP with indicated uas‐siRNAs against fly SRSF genes in comparison with non‐targeting control (NTC) siRNA against LUC/luciferase. F Quantitation of (GGGGCC)28‐EGFP rough eye phenotype with SRSF modifiers ( n ≥ 30 flies/genotype). Error bars represent mean ± SD. G Representative photographs of fly eyes expressing GMR‐GAL4‐driven (GGGGCC)28‐EGFP at 29°C along with the quantifications of necrosis and eye width. n = 28–30/genotype. Error bars represent mean ± SD. H, I Survival assays of flies expressing (CGG)90‐EGFP under Tub5‐GS (H) and ELAV‐GS (I) drivers with control or SRSF1 siRNAs. Expression of (CGG)90‐EGFP was initiated with addition of drug starting 1 day post‐eclosion and continued through experiment (Log‐rank Mantel–Cox test; n = 98–101/genotype for Tub‐GS and n = 120–141/genotype for ELAV‐GS flies); * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01. J Survival assays of (GGGGCC)28‐EGFP expressing fly under Tub5‐GS driver (Log‐rank Mantel–Cox test; n = 71–93/genotype) with control or SRSF1 siRNAs. ** P < 0.01. Data information: For eye scoring, target siRNA lines were compared to non‐targeting control siRNA lines using a two‐tailed Student’s t ‐test with Welch’s correction for multiple comparisons. ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001; **** P < 0.0001. Human orthologs of fly genes are used for labeling. Details of fly genes are described in Appendix Table . Source data are available online for this figure.
Article Snippet: For Western blots, following antibodies were used: FLAG‐M2 at 1:1,000 dilution (mouse, Sigma F1804), 1:2,500 β‐Actin (mouse, Sigma A1978), 1:1,000 SRSF1 (Rabbit, Proteintech 12929‐2‐AP), 1:1,000 SRSF2 (Rabbit, Proteintech 20371‐1‐AP), 1:1,000 Anti‐Phosphoepitope SR proteins, clone 1H4 mouse (MABE50, Millipore Sigma), GAPDH (mouse, Santa Cruz sc‐32233), 1:1,000 eIF2α/EIF2S1 (phospho S51) (rabbit, Abcam ab32157), and 1:1,000 GFP (mouse, Roche/Sigma 11814460001) in 5% non‐fat dry milk.
Techniques: Construct, Quantitation Assay, Expressing, Over Expression, Luciferase, Two Tailed Test, Labeling