Journal: Cell Proliferation
Article Title: CircSMAD3 represses VSMC phenotype switching and neointima formation via promoting hnRNPA1 ubiquitination degradation
doi: 10.1111/cpr.13742
Figure Lengend Snippet: circSMAD3 promoted the ubiquitination degradation of hnRNPA1 by E3 ligase WDR76. (A) RIP (upper) and RNA pull‐down (lower) assays showing the detection of the binding of hnRNPA1 to circSMAD3. Data are shown as mean ± SD (Student's t ‐test). (B, C) CatRapid and HDOCK predicted that the N‐terminus of hnRNPA1 interacts with circSMAD3. (D) Immunofluorescence assay showing the detection of the co‐localization of hnRNPA1 with WDR76 in HASMCs. Scale bar = 50 μm. (E, F) IP assay to detect the interaction between hnRNPA1 and WDR76 upon circSMAD3 silencing (E) and overexpression (F). (G) IP assay showing that circSMAD3 overexpression promoted the ubiquitination level of hnRNPA1 in HEK293T cells. (H) Western blot showing the ubiquitination levels of hnRNPA1 after Flag‐WDR76 overexpression and in response to MG132 treatment in HEK293T cells co‐transfected with hemaglutinin antigen (HA)‐tagged hnRNPA1 and Myc‐tagged ubiquitin (K63O, K48O, K33O, K29O, K27O, K11O, and K6O) constructs. K63O indicates ubiquitin, in which only lysines‐K63 were obtained. (I) Western blot showing the ubiquitination levels of hnRNPA1 after circSMAD3 overexpression and in response to MG132 treatment in HEK293T cells co‐transfected with HA‐tagged hnRNPA1, Flag‐WDR76, and Myc‐tagged ubiquitin (K63O, K48O, and K33O) constructs. *** p <0.001.
Article Snippet: The primary antibody for western blot in this study included α‐SMA (A17910, Ablonal, China), TAGLN (ab10135, Abcam, USA), CNN1 (A3734, Abclonal, China), CDK1 (19532‐1‐AP, Proteintech, China), CDK2 (10122‐1‐AP, Proteintech, China), CCNE2 (11935‐1‐AP, Proteintech, China), CCND1 (60186‐1‐Ig, Abclonal, China), p21 (10355‐1‐AP, Proteintech, China), Puma (55120‐1‐AP, Proteintech, China), NOXA (A9801, Abclonal, China), hnRNPA1 (11176‐1‐AP, Proteintech, China), WDR76 (25528‐1‐AP, Proteintech, China), YBX1 (A3534, Abclonal, China), PHB2 (66424‐1‐Ig, Proteintech, China), PCBP1 (14523‐1‐AP, Proteintech, China), SMAD3 (ab40854, Abcam, USA), SMAD4 (ab40759, Abcam, USA), p53 ((DO‐1): sc‐126, Santa, USA), p53 (A10610, Abclonal, China), and p‐p53 (28961‐1‐AP, Abclonal, China).
Techniques: Ubiquitin Proteomics, Binding Assay, Immunofluorescence, Over Expression, Western Blot, Transfection, Construct