Journal: Science Advances
Article Title: TERRA transcripts localize at long telomeres to regulate telomerase access to chromosome ends
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adk4387
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Telomere length measurement by TRF through Southern blot in HeLa cells in the indicated conditions. NT, untreated; CTR, DMSO-treated. Estimated average telomere length and elongation rate for each sample are indicated in the table below. Average ± SD from two technical replicates. ( B ) Detection of TERRA and telomeres by smiFISH/IF in CTR, 7PD rescue, and 24PD rescue cells. Scale bar, 5 μm. ( C ) Quantification of the number of telomeric TERRA foci detected per nucleus by smiFISH/IF (each dot represents a nucleus) (mean ± SD; n = 2; 124 CTR cells, 111 7PD rescue cells, and 112 24PD rescue cells analyzed). Unpaired nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test coupled with post hoc Dunn’s multiple-comparison test: ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001. ( D and E ) Distribution analyses of the number of telomeric TERRA foci per cell. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test: ** P < 0.01. Post hoc Tukey’s multiple-comparison test: group 1 to 4 P values = 0.07 (CTR versus 7PD rescue), 0.04 (7PD rescue versus 24PD rescue), not significant (ns) (CTR versus 24PD rescue). ( F ) Detection of TERRA, hTR, and telomeres by smiFISH/IF in CTR, 7PD rescue, and 24PD rescue cells. Scale bar, 5 μm. ( G ) Quantification of the percentage of TERRA-hTR foci colocalizing at telomeres and extratelomeric (mean ± SD; n = 2; 124 CTR cells, 111 7PDs rescue cells, and 112 24PDs rescue cells analyzed). Two-way ANOVA test: **** P < 0.0001. ( H ) Distribution analyses of the number of TERRA-hTR-RAP1 colocalizing foci per nucleus. Two-way ANOVA test: **** P < 0.0001; multiple-comparison test: P = 0.0003 for 7PD versus 24PD rescue, P < 0.0001 for CTR versus 7PD rescue, P = 0.001 CTR versus 24PD rescue. ( I ) Number of telomeric hTR foci not colocalizing with TERRA per cell detected by smiFISH/IF. Kruskal-Wallis test: P = 0.0025.
Article Snippet: Cells were blocked by incubation in 1× PBG buffer (0.2% fish gelatin, 0.5% BSA, 1× PBS) for 1 to 6 hours and incubated for 1 hour with anti-RAP1 primary antibody (rabbit anti–TERF2-IP antibody, from Novus Biological, catalog no. NB100-292; RRID: AB_10000825) diluted 1:500 in 1× PBG.
Techniques: Southern Blot, Comparison