Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: YY1 protein is essential for the promotion of Muller glia reprogramming and retina regeneration
doi: 10.1101/2025.01.31.635905
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) An experimental timeline that describes injury, Lissamine-tagged Morpholino (MO) delivery, electroporation at 0dpi, BrdU pulse for 5hrs at 4dpi, followed by harvesting. (B and C) IF microscopy images of retinal cross-sections show a decrease in the number of BrdU + retinal progenitors with yy1a MO and yy1b MO alone and in combination, compared to control MO injected retina at 4dpi (B), which is quantified (C). (D) Western Blot analyses of various RAGs in retinal extracts prepared from retinae electroporated with MOs against yy1a and yy1b at 2dpi. (E) The qPCR analyses of let-7a mi-RNA in the yy1a and yy1b knockdown condition at 2dpi; *p < 0.05; n=6 biological replicates. (F and G) The schematic showing Yy1-binding sites (BS) on ascl1a promoter (F) and the retinal ChIP assays confirm the physical binding of Yy1 on ascl1a promoter, in 2dpi retina (G). N.S marks the negative control. (H and I) Luciferase assay done in zebrafish embryos at 24hpf, injected with ascl1a: GFP-luciferase construct shows upregulation in the ascl1a promoter activity in yy1a and yy1b overexpression (H), while downregulation in their combined knockdown (I). ( J and K) The schematic showing Yy1-binding sites (BS) on lin28a promoter (J) and the retinal ChIP assays confirm the physical binding of Yy1 on lin28a promoter, in 2dpi retina (K). (L and M) Luciferase assay done in zebrafish embryos at 24hpf, injected with lin28a: GFP-luciferase construct shows upregulation in the lin28a promoter activity in yy1a and yy1b overexpression (L), while opposite in their combined knockdown (M). (N and O) The schematic showing Yy1-binding sites (BS) on yy1a intron (N) and the retinal ChIP assays confirm the loss of Yy1 binding onto its intron, in 2dpi retina (O). (P) The qPCR analysis shows the downregulation of yy1a and yy1b in their own combined knockdown. (Q and R) The schematic showing Yy1-binding sites (BS) on zic2b promoter (Q) and the retinal ChIP assays confirm the physical binding of Yy1 on zic2b promoter, in 2dpi retina (R). (S) Luciferase assay done in zebrafish embryos at 24hpf, injected with zic2b: GFP-luciferase construct shows upregulation in the zic2b promoter activity in yy1a and yy1b knockdown. (T and U) The schematic showing Yy1-binding sites (BS) on oct4 promoter (T) and the retinal ChIP assays confirm the physical binding of Yy1 on oct4 promoter, in 2dpi retina (U). (V) Luciferase assay done in zebrafish embryos at 24hpf, injected with oct4: GFP-luciferase construct shows upregulation in the oct4 promoter activity in yy1a and yy1b knockdown. Error bars represent SD. *p < 0.001 in (H, L, M, P, S, V); *p < 0.05 (F). n = 6 biological replicates (C, E and P).
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies used in the study are Rb Anti-YY1, rabbit polyclonal antibody against human ASCL1/MASH1 (Abcam, cat. no. ab74065), Rabbit polyclonal antibody against LIN28a (Cell Signalling Technologies, cat. no. 3978), mouse monoclonal against Oct3/4 (sc5279; Santa Cruz Biotechnology), Mouse polyclonal antibody against Zic2b (raised in house in mice against full length zebrafish Zic2b protein as antigen), rabbit polyclonal antibody against Sox2 (cat. no. ab59776; Abcam), Rabbit polyclonal antibody against pSmad3 (Abcam, ab52903), Rabbit monoclonal antibody against Tgfbi (Abcam, ab170874).
Techniques: Electroporation, Microscopy, Control, Injection, Western Blot, Knockdown, Binding Assay, Negative Control, Luciferase, Construct, Activity Assay, Over Expression