Journal: Cancer Discovery
Article Title: Off-pore Nucleoporin sPOM121 Transcriptionally Propels β-Catenin–driven Tumor Progression and Immune Escape in Prostate Cancer
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-25-0629
Figure Lengend Snippet: The C-terminus of sPOM121 is essential for SMARCA5 interaction and localization to nucleoplasmic condensates. A, Diagram of GFP-fused sPOM121 deletion mutant proteins. N terminal (NT), middle (M) and C terminal (CT) protein fragments are highlighted in orange, yellow, and purple, respectively. FL, full length. B, GFP and SMARCA5 immunoblots after GFP IP from 22Rv1 cells stably expressing sPOM121 fragments under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown. C, SMARCA5 and GFP immunoblots after SMARCA5 IP from 22Rv1 cells stably expressing sPOM121 fragments under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown. D, ChIP-qPCR enrichment of GFP at gene promoters of indicated genes comparing FL, ΔC, and CT sPOM121-GFP under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown in 22Rv1 cells. Data represent the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. *, P ≤ 0.05 as determined by a Student t test. E, Representative GFP IF z-projection images and quantification of nucleoplasmic foci in 22Rv1 cells expressing FL, ΔC, and CT sPOM121-GFP under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown. A total of 60 nuclei for each condition were quantified. Data represent the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. *, P ≤ 0.05 as determined by a Student t test. F, POM121 and FUS immunoblots from input, supernatant, and pellet of 22Rv1 chromatin fractions treated with 33 or 100 μmol/L b-isox. G, Representative POM121 IF z-projection images and nucleoplasmic foci quantification of endogenous sPOM121 in 22Rv1 cells treated with vehicle or with 5% HD for the indicated times. A total of 36 nuclei for each condition were quantified. Data represent the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. *, P ≤ 0.05, determined by Student t test. H, Representative images and quantification of fluorescence recovery of sPOM121-GFP nuclear foci after photobleaching (FRAP) in 22Rv1 cells. A total of 30 cells were assessed. I, Diagram of wild type (WT) and FG repeats mutant (FS, phenylalanine to serine substitution) in FL and CT sPOM121 proteins. Representative GFP IF z-projection images and quantification of nucleoplasmic foci in 22Rv1 cells expressing FL and CT sPOM121-GFP, wild-type (WT) or FS, under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown. A total of 60 nuclei for each condition were quantified. Data represent the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. *, P ≤ 0.05 as determined by a Student t test. J, GFP and SMARCA5 ChIP-qPCR enrichment at gene promoters of indicated genes comparing 22Rv1 cells expressing either sPOM121-GFP WT or FS mutant under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown. Data represent the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. *, P ≤ 0.05 as determined by a Student t test. K, GFP and SMARCA5 immunoblots after GFP IP from 22Rv1 cells stably expressing WT or FS mutant FL and CT sPOM121, under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown. L, Diagram of sPOM121-FL and FUS-IDR chimera proteins. Representative GFP IF images and quantification of nucleoplasmic foci in 22Rv1 cells expressing sPOM121-FL or the sPOM121 FUS-IDR chimera, under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown. A total of 60 nuclei for each condition were quantified. Data represent the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. n.s., non-significant. M, GFP and SMARCA5 immunoblots after GFP IP from 22Rv1 cells stably expressing sPOM121 WT or the FUS-IDR chimera, under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown. N, Nascent mRNA quantification of indicated genes in 22Rv1 cells expressing sPOM121-FL WT, FS-mutant, or FUS-IDR chimera, under endogenous sPOM121 knockdown. Data represent the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. *, P ≤ 0.05 as determined by a Student t test.
Article Snippet: Details of the shRNA and siRNA used in this study are listed below: GL2 siRNA control: CGUACGCGGAAUACUUCGA sPOM121 siRNA#1 (5′UTR): GCAACUUGCCCAAGUCCUU sPOM121 siRNA#2 (5′UTR): GACCCUGAUGAGAAGAUAA pLKO.1 puro non-target shRNA control: SHC016 shRNA MISSION Sigma pLKO.1 puro shRNA sPOM121#1: GCAACUUGCCCAAGUCCUUTT pLKO.1 puro shRNA sPOM121#2: GACCCUGAUGAGAAGAUAATT pLKO.1 puro shRNA SMARCA5: CGTCGAATTAAGGCTGATGTT pLKO.1 puro shRNA β-catenin.1248: (RRID: Addgene_ 19761)
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Western Blot, Stable Transfection, Expressing, Knockdown, ChIP-qPCR, Fluorescence