Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: NKD2 mediates stimulation-dependent ORAI1 trafficking to augment Ca 2+ entry in T cells
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109603
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Schematic showing the domain structure of NKD2. NKD2 contains a myristoylation motif at the second glycine residue (G2), putative PKC phosphorylation sites (S31, S230, and T257), a Ca 2+ -binding EF-hand (known to interact with Dishevelled), a TGF-α-binding proline-rich domain, and a histidine-rich C terminus. (B) Left: representative immunoblot showing NKD2 expression in lysates from HeLa cells; unstimulated Jurkat T cells; or those stimulated with PMA, ionomycin, or PMA + ionomycin (left). β-Actin, loading control. Right: representative immunoblot for detection of NKD2 in lysates from HEK293T cells expressing NKD2 together with empty vector (Vec), WT PKC-θ, a constitutive active mutant of PKC-θ (CA), or a dominant-negative mutant of PKC-θ (DN) (right). Asterisk (*) indicates a band corresponding to phosphorylated NKD2. Data are representative of two independent experiments. (C) Top: representative immunoblot showing the molecular weight shift of WT and indicated mutants of NKD2 in lysates of HEK293T cells co-expressing constitutive active PKC-θ (CA PKC-θ; top two panels). Asterisk (*) indicates a band corresponding to phosphorylated NKD2. Bottom: representative immunoblot for detection of phosphorylated NKD2. Lysates of HEK293T cells co-expressing WT or S31A mutant of FLAG-tagged NKD2 with CA PKC-θ were immunoprecipitated with FLAG resin and immunoblotted for detection of phosphorylated NKD2 using phospho-serine Abs. Bottom: NKD2 from FLAG immunoprecipitates as loading controls. Images are representative of two independent experiments. (D) Frequencies of ORAI1 high population in control and NKD2 KO Jurkat T cells expressing GFP-ORAI1-EC-HA together with mCh-tagged WT or indicated mutants of NKD2. At the indicated time points after stimulation with anti-CD3 Abs, cells were stained with anti-HA antibodies without permeabilization to label PM-localized ORAI1. Data are average ± SEM from three independent experiments. (E) Representative confocal images of Jurkat T cells expressing GFP-ORAI1 and NKD2 WT -mCh, NKD2 G2A -mCh (G2A), NKD2 132DFD>AFA -mCh (EFmut), and NKD2 S31A -mCh (S31A) under resting conditions (top panels) or 20 min after dropping on stimulatory anti-CD3 antibody-coated coverslips (bottom panels). The top panels show images from the center of the cell, whereas the bottom panels show images from the bottom of the cell, which is in contact with the coverslip. Images are representative of at least 10 cells in each condition. Scale bar, 2 μm. (F) Representative traces showing averaged SOCE from NKD2 KO Jurkat T cells expressing empty vector (40 cells), NKD2 WT -mCh (35 cells), NKD2 G2A -mCh (30 cells), NKD2 132DFD>AFA -mCh (30 cells), or NKD2 S31A -mCh (30 cells) after TCR stimulation using anti-CD3 Abs in the presence of external solution containing 2 mM Ca 2+ . Bar graphs (right) show averaged baseline-subtracted SOCE (±SEM) at the peak and later time point (600 s, sustained) from three independent experiments. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.005; ***p < 0.0001. See also and .
Article Snippet: Human ORAI1 (flow cytometry) , Alomone Labs , Cat# ACC-060; ACC-060-F.
Techniques: Binding Assay, Western Blot, Expressing, Plasmid Preparation, Mutagenesis, Dominant Negative Mutation, Molecular Weight, Immunoprecipitation, Staining