Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Crucial Roles of the Protein Kinases MK2 and MK3 in a Mouse Model of Glomerulonephritis
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054239
Figure Lengend Snippet: Extracts of renal cortices were processed for IEF-PAGE (A, panel a) or SDS-PAGE (A, panels b, c; B, C, D) from untreated mice (day 0; baseline control) and AMC serum-treated mice (day 8 of treatment). (A) Phosphorylation, baseline expression and induction of HSPB1. Panel a shows the distribution of the various HSPB1 isoforms (0p, unphosphorylated; 1p, singly phosphorylated; 2p, doubly phosphorylated) within each sample. Sample loading aimed to obtain comparable overall signals, in spite of considerable differences in the total HSPB1 content among the samples (cf. panel c). Panel b shows the amounts of Ser86-phosphorylated HSPB1 (p-Ser86). Equal amounts of total protein (15 µg) were loaded onto each lane. Panel c shows baseline expression and induction of HSPB1 in response to the AMC serum. (B) Baseline expression and response to the AMC serum of the heat shock proteins, HSPB6, HSPB8, and HSP70 (panels a–c, respectively). (C) Expression or phosphorylation of indicators of the unfolded protein response, CHOP (panel a), GRP78 (panel b), and eIF2α (panels c, d), before and after AMC serum treatment. Panels c and d show phosphorylated (p-eIF2α) and total eIF2α, respectively. (D) Expression of β-actin served as a loading control. Overall, this figure demonstrates partial involvement of MK2 and MK3 in baseline expression and/or phosphorylation of a number of sHSPs and indicators of the unfolded protein response, as well as in their pathophysiological response following AMC serum treatment.
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies (Ab) were used: anti-MK2 rabbit polyclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶1000; Cell Signaling, Danvers, MA), anti-MK3 rabbit monoclonal Ab (dilution 1∶1000; Cell Signaling), anti-β-actin rabbit monoclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶5000; Cell Signaling), anti-eIF2α mouse monoclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶1000; Cell Signaling), anti-phospho-eIF2α rabbit monoclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶1000; Cell Signaling), anti-CHOP mouse monoclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶1000; Cell Signaling), anti-HSPB1 rabbit polyclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶5000; Assay Designs), anti-phospho-HSPB1-Ser86 rabbit polyclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶1000; Cell Signaling), anti-GRP78 rabbit polyclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶1000; StressMarq, Victoria, BC), anti-Hsp70 mouse monoclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶1000; StressMarq), anti-HSPB8 mouse monoclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶1000; Abcam, Cambridge, MA), anti-HSPB6 rabbit polyclonal Ab (dilution: 1∶1000; Abcam), anti-MK5 rabbit monoclonal Ab (dilution 1∶1000; Cell Signaling), anti-phospho-MK5 rabbit polyclonal Ab (dilution 1∶500; Pierce Biotechnology, Rockford, IL), anti-MNK1 rabbit monoclonal Ab (dilution 1∶1000; Cell Signaling), anti-phospho-Mnk1 polyclonal Ab (dilution 1∶1000; Cell Signaling), anti-MSK1 rabbit polyclonal Ab (dilution 1∶500; LifeSpan BioSciences, Seattle, WA), anti-phospho-MSK1 rabbit polyclonal Ab (dilution 1∶500; R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), and anti-GAPDH mouse monoclonal Ab (dilution 1∶5000; Millipore, Billerica, MA).
Techniques: SDS Page, Control, Phospho-proteomics, Expressing