Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Identification of the Lipid Oxygen Radical Defense pathway and its epigenetic control
doi: 10.1101/2025.02.25.640160
Figure Lengend Snippet: A-B. Western blot (WB) analysis of ZDHHC20, Short-S (42 KDa) and 20L (∼49, 62 and 69 KDa), GAPDH (loading control) from lysates of: A. a panel of cancer cell lines and infected Calu-3 cells (SARS-CoV-2, MOI 0.1, 24 h) as comparison; B. primary human airway epithelia from individuals with different ages or infected with SARS-CoV-2 MOI□=□0.1, 48□h. C. Overview of the ZDHHC20 locus (first intron, exon, and 5’UTR - version hg19), Tracks indicate: in-frame transcription start codons (ATGs); transcript (GENCODE-V4 0lift37); histone modifications ChIP-seq signals with minimum and maximum data points in the current view (ENCODE/Broad) - H3K9me3, black, repression; enhancer, H3K4me1 green; activation, H3K7Ac, purple; or promoter, H3K4me3, pink; SETDB1/KAP1, ATF2, SP1 and FOXA1 ChIP-seq peaks (ENCODE) D . WB, as (A), also showing total and phospho-ATF2 in HeLa cells siControl (siCtrl) or siATF2 left untreated or treated with 10□ng/ml of proaerolysin (toxin) for 1hr at 37□°C, washed, and incubated at 37□°C for 8 h. Correspondent quantification of 20L bands are mean□±□SEM, each dot represents one independent experiment, n□=□10; P values obtained by two-way ANOVA, Sidak’s correction. E. WB as (A) in U2OS control or expressing ATF2 (WT, 6D or 6A phospho-mutants), and FOXA1 and SP1. Results are mean□±□SEM; each dot represents one independent experiment, n□=□6 (Ctrl) or n=3; P values compare to Ctrl, obtained by two-way ANOVA, Dunnett’s correction. F . Cell viability, monitored by ATP detection (Promega Glo - see materials and methods), in cells treated as (E). Values normalized to Untreated siCtrl, set as 100%. Results are mean ±□SD of one of three representative assays (n=34) replicates. P values, compared to siCtrl were obtained by two-way ANOVA, Dunnett’s correction. G. KAP1-KZFPs recruit histone modifiers, ( e.g. SETDB1) inducing H3K9me3-mediated chromatin repression (top), often involving removal of active marks at enhancers (H3K4me1), activation sites (H3K27Ac), and promoters (H3K4me3) (bottom) (adapted from ). H. As (D), in U2OS siCtrl, siSETDB1 or siKAP1-depleted for 72 h; Results are mean□±□SEM; each dot represents one independent experiment of n□=□6; P values comparing to Ctrl obtained by two-way ANOVA, Dunnett’s correction. I. As (H), with siSETDB1 cells complemented with WT or catalytically inactive SETDB1 (Mut) for 24 h. J . As (A), in HAP-1 wild-type or knockout for KAP1. K. mRNA quantification probing different locations in Z DHHC20 transcripts (coding region: C1, C2; 5’ UTR: 1– 5 cover increasing lengths of 5’ ends.
Article Snippet: Plasmids expressing HA-tagged ZNF354A-HA, ZNF317-HA, ZNF677-HA, ZNF793-HA, KAP1-HA were obtained from the D. Trono lab . Plasmids expressing FLAG-ATF2 were from Origene (RC2118983), myc-SETDB1 (RC2266620) and plasmids expressing SP1-FLAG (25543) and FOXA1-V5 (153109) from Addgene.
Techniques: Western Blot, Control, Infection, Comparison, ChIP-sequencing, Activation Assay, Incubation, Expressing, Knock-Out