EMBO/SourceData huggingface dataset:
Figure legend: "C. Antibacterial activity assay of A. tumefaciens 12D1 wild type, ΔtssL, and various toxin-immunity deletion strains harboring the indicated plasmids was carried out in a ratio of 30:1 against E. coli harboring the plasmid pRL662. The target E. coli cells were serially-diluted and grown overnight on gentamicin-containing LB agar prior to photographing. Each competition was done at least four times and reproduced in two independent experiments."
NCBI gene IDs:
"tssL: "
Figure legend: "D. T6SS secretion assay of A. tumefaciens C58 wild type, ΔtssL, and various mutant strains."
NCBI gene IDs:
"tssL: 1136207"
Figure legend: "B Identification of sec homozygotes. LB represents the left border primer of the T-DNA insertion. LP and RP represent the left and right genomic primers, respectively."
NCBI gene IDs:
"sec: 819579"
Figure legend: "C qRT-PCR analysis of SEC mRNA levels in sec-4 and sec-5 mutants. The expression level was normalized to that of TUBULIN, a reference gene for qRT-PCR. Independent biological experiments were repeated three times, and one representative result is shown here. Data shown are means ± standard deviation (s.d.), n = 3."
NCBI gene IDs:
"sec-4: 
TUBULIN: 
SEC: 819579
sec-5: 838713///844020"
Figure legend: "D The early flowering phenotype of sec-5 mutant under long-day (LD) conditions. Scale bar: 1 cm."
NCBI gene IDs:
"sec-5: 838713///844020"
Figure legend: "E qRT-PCR analysis of the expression levels of FLC, SOC1, and MAF1-3 in 12-d-old vegetative Col-0, sec-4 and sec-5 plants. Independent biological experiments were repeated three times, and one representative result is shown here. The expression level was normalized to that of TUBULIN. Data are means ± s.d., n = 3. (*), Statistical significance (two-tailed t-test) with P &lt; 0.05."
NCBI gene IDs:
"sec-4: 
TUBULIN: 
SOC1: 819174
FLC: 830878
MAF1: 844042
sec-5: 844020///838713"
Figure legend: "F The sec-5 mutant exhibits an early flowering phenotype under short-day (SD) conditions. Scale bar: 1 cm."
NCBI gene IDs:
"sec-5: 838713///844020"
Figure legend: "G qRT-PCR analysis of FLC and SOC1 expression in Col-0 and sec-5 plants under SD conditions. The expression level was normalized to that of TUBULIN. Experiments were repeated three times, and one representative result is shown here. Data are mean ± s.d., n = 3. (*), Statistical significance (two-tailed t-test) with P &lt; 0.05."
NCBI gene IDs:
"TUBULIN: 
SOC1: 819174
FLC: 830878
sec-5: 844020///838713"
Figure legend: "B ChIP-qPCR assay of H3K4me2 levels of indicated regions at FLC chromatin. C ChIP-qPCR assay of H3K4me3 levels of indicated regions at FLC chromatin. D ChIP-qPCR assay of H3K36me3 levels of indicated regions at FLC chromatin. E ChIP-qPCR assay of H3K27me3 levels of indicated regions at FLC chromatin .Data information: For ChIP analysis, 12-d-old plants were collected and three independent experiments were conducted. Each bar represents the mean ± s.d. of three independent experiments, n=3. The relative abundance was normalized to the input."
NCBI gene IDs:
"FLC: 830878"
Figure legend: "A Yeast two-hybrid assay of the interaction between ATX1 and SEC. The full-length coding sequence (CDS) of ATX1 was cloned into the bait vector pGBKT7. A full-length SEC CDS and a truncated fragment were cloned into the prey vector pGADT7 to express complete or truncated SEC-N (including only TPR domains at the N-terminus), respectively. AD vectors expressing SEC or SEC-N were each cotransformed with BD-ATX1. SD/2, SD/-Leu/-Trp medium; SD/4, SD/-Ade/-His/-Leu/-Trp medium. Cotransformed pGBKT7-53/pGADT7-T was used as a positive control."
NCBI gene IDs:
"ATX1: 817721
SEC: 819579"
Figure legend: "B Immunoblot analysis for O-GlcNAcylation of ATX1 by SEC using anti-CTD110.6 antibody. HA-tagged ATX1 was expressed alone or together with Flag-tagged SEC in tobacco leaves. Nuclear proteins were extracted from tobacco mesophyll cells, and expression of FLAG-SEC and ATX1-HA was confirmed by western blotting."
NCBI gene IDs:
"Flag: 
HA: 
ATX1: 817721
SEC: 819579"
Figure legend: "C Flowering phenotype of 35S::ATX1-HA overexpression transgenic lines in Col-0 and sec-5 backgrounds, respectively. Scale bar = 1 cm."
NCBI gene IDs:
"HA: 
ATX1: 817721
sec-5: 844020///838713"
Figure legend: "D Immunoblot analysis using anti-HA antibody to confirm ATX1-HA expression in Col-0 and 35S::ATX1-HA-overexpressing lines ACTIN was used as a loading control."
NCBI gene IDs:
"HA: 
ATX1: 817721"
Figure legend: "Flowering time phenotype analysis for Col-0, sec-5 and 35S::ATX1-HA transgenic lines Experiments were repeated three times, for each line, a total of 62 plants was counted for statistical analysis of rosette leaf numbers Data are mean ± s.d., (**), Statistical significance (two-tailed t-test) with P &lt; 0.01. n.s., not significant."
NCBI gene IDs:
"HA: 
ATX1: 817721
sec-5: 844020///838713"
Figure legend: "Flowering time phenotype analysis for Col-0, sec-5 and 35S::ATX1-HA transgenic lines The percentages of plants with visible buds and the bolting rates were calculated on day 21 and day 24 after plant germination, respectively. Experiments were repeated three times, for each line, a total of 62 plants was counted for statistical analysis of visible buds percent and bolting rates. Data are mean ± s.d., (**), Statistical significance (two-tailed t-test) with P &lt; 0.01. n.s., not significant."
NCBI gene IDs:
"HA: 
ATX1: 817721
sec-5: 844020///838713"
Figure legend: "C Analysis of ATX1 O-GlcNAc modification in wild-type and sec-5 plants. Total soluble protein extracts from 12-d-old seedlings were subjected to SDS-PAGE followed by immunoblotting using the indicated antibodies. CBB: Coomassie brilliant blue staining, showing relative protein loading amount."
NCBI gene IDs:
"sec-5: 844020///838713"
Figure legend: "D Loss of SEC function reduced ATX1 activity in Arabidopsis. Nuclear proteins were extracted and ATX1 was immunoprecipitated with anti-ATX1 antibody from wild-type and sec-5 mutant plants, respectively, and then used for histone H3K4 methyltransferase activity analysis with recombinant H3 as catalyzing substrate. Band intensities were quantified with Image J. The H3 signal was first normalized by input signal and then was used for H3K4me3 signal normalization."
NCBI gene IDs:
"SEC: 819579
sec-5: 844020///838713"
Figure legend: "E Comparison of ATX1 protein levels in Col-0 and sec-5 plants at stages before and after flowering. Seedlings were collected for protein extraction at 21 days (before flowering) and 35 days (after flowering) after seeds were planted on plates. Anti-ATX1 antibody was used for immunoblot assay."
NCBI gene IDs:
"sec-5: 844020///838713"
Figure legend: "A Mutation of either S947 alone or all 12 serine and threonine residues in the SET domain reduced O-GlcNAc modification level of ATX1ΔN."
NCBI gene IDs:
"ATX1: 817721"
Figure legend: "B Site mutation of S947 or all 12 serine and threonine residues in the ATX1 SET domain inhibited the activation of ATX1 by SEC; moreover, mutation of five conserved amino acids in the SEC functional domain inhibited SEC activity."
NCBI gene IDs:
"ATX1: 817721
SEC: 819579"
Figure legend: "A Flowering phenotypes of Col-0, atx1-2, atx1-2 35S::ATX1-FLAG, and atx1-2 35S::ATX1m-FLAG (with Ser947 replaced with alanine) plants under LD conditions. Scale bar: 1 cm. Two independent lines are shown for each transformation."
NCBI gene IDs:
"FLAG: 
atx1: 817721
ATX1: 817721"
Figure legend: "B Quantitative real-time PCR analysis of ATX1 and FLC transcript levels in Col-0, atx1-2, atx1-2 35S::ATX1-FLAG, and atx1-2 35S::ATX1m-FLAG plants. The transcript levels were normalized to that of TUBULIN. Data are mean ± s.d. of three independent biological replicates, n=3."
NCBI gene IDs:
"FLAG: 
TUBULIN: 
ATX1: 817721
atx1: 817721
FLC: 830878"
Figure legend: "IncuCyte cell proliferation curves for ASNS knockout (sgASNS) and control (sgNon-targeting) PC3 cells in the absence and presence of ASNase. Data information: For IncuCyte proliferation assays, images were taken every 4 hours and the cell confluence was calculated by averaging three mapped images per well. All results were calculated from three replicates and presented as mean ± SD, unless otherwise stated. The p-value was calculated by two-tailed unpaired t test by Prism7. **p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"ASNS: 440"
Figure legend: "IncuCyte cell proliferation curves of SLC1A3 knockout (sgSLC1A3) and control (sgNon-targeting) PC3 cells in the absence and presence of ASNase treatment. #3 and #4 represent 2 different sgRNAs targeting SLC1A3. Data information: For IncuCyte proliferation assays, images were taken every 4 hours and the cell confluence was calculated by averaging three mapped images per well. All results were calculated from three replicates and presented as mean ± SD, unless otherwise stated. The p-value was calculated by two-tailed unpaired t test by Prism7. **p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "Radioactive labeled aspartate and glutamate uptake measurement in control (sgNon-targeting) and SLC1A3 knockout (sgSLC1A3) PC3 cells. #3 and #4 represent two different sgRNAs targeting SLC1A3. Radioactive labeled leucine uptake was used as a control. Data was normalized to the reads of control PC3 cells."
NCBI gene IDs:
"SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "Endogenous levels of aspartate, asparagine, glutamate and glutamine in control (sgNon-targeting) and SLC1A3 knockout (sgSLC1A3) PC3 cells with or without ASNase for 3 days. Median peak intensity was used for the read normalization."
NCBI gene IDs:
"SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "IncuCyte cell proliferation curves of SLC1A3 knockout (sgSLC1A3#3) PC3 cells treated with ASNase and supplemented with either esterified-aspartate (6mM) or esterified-glutamate (6mM), and esterified-leucine (6mM) as a control. Data information: For IncuCyte proliferation assays, images were taken every 4 hours and the cell confluence was calculated by averaging three mapped images per well. All results were calculated from three replicates and presented as mean ± SD, unless otherwise stated. The p-value was calculated by two-tailed unpaired t test by Prism7. **p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "RT-qPCR analysis was used to determine the relative SLC1A3 mRNA expression (to GAPDH) in different prostate and breast cancer cell lines, as indicated. Data information: Results were calculated based on three replicates (except for SUM159 and BT549 in B, n=2) and presented as mean ± SD. The p-value was calculated by two-tailed unpaired t test in Prism7. **p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001. a.u. indicates arbitrary unit."
NCBI gene IDs:
"GAPDH: 2597
SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "cell lines were transduced with either control (sgNon-targeting) or sgSLC1A3. Aspartate uptake levels were determined and compared between control and SLC1A3 KO in these cell lines. Leucine uptake level was used for normalization. The numbers above the control column denote the basal aspartate uptake capacity. Data information: Results were calculated based on three replicates (except for SUM159 and BT549 in B, n=2) and presented as mean ± SD. The p-value was calculated by two-tailed unpaired t test in Prism7. **p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001. a.u. indicates arbitrary unit."
NCBI gene IDs:
"SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "RT-qPCR was used to determine the relative mRNA levels (to GAPDH) of aspartate/glutamate transporter genes (SLC1A1, SLC1A2, SLC1A3, SLC1A6 and SLC1A7) in LNCaP, BT549 and SUM159PT cells. Data information: Results were calculated based on three replicates (except for SUM159 and BT549 in B, n=2) and presented as mean ± SD. The p-value was calculated by two-tailed unpaired t test in Prism7. **p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001. a.u. indicates arbitrary unit."
NCBI gene IDs:
"GAPDH: 2597
SLC1A1: 6505
SLC1A2: 6506
SLC1A3: 6507
SLC1A6: 6511
SLC1A7: 6512"
Figure legend: "MCF7 and DU145 cells were transduced with either lentiviral empty vector (control) or lentiviral vector containing a V5-tagged SLC1A3 coding sequence (V5-SLC1A3). Relative SLC1A3 mRNA levels (to GAPDH) were determined by RT-qPCR."
NCBI gene IDs:
"V5: 
GAPDH: 2597
SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "Relative aspartate uptake levels in control and V5-SLC1A3-expressed MCF7 and DU145 cells. Leucine uptake level was used for normalization."
NCBI gene IDs:
"V5: 
SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "Control and V5-SLC1A3 expressed MCF7 and DU145 cells were subjected to IncuCyte cell proliferation assays with or without ASNase at indicated concentrations."
NCBI gene IDs:
"V5: 
SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "PC3, DU145 and V5-SLC1A3-DU145 cells were subjected to ASNase and TFB-TBOA treatment at indicated concentrations and cell proliferation was measured by IncuCyte assay."
NCBI gene IDs:
"V5: 
SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "DU145 and V5-SLC1A3-DU145 cells were treated under indicated conditions with ASNase (0.2 U/ml) or TFB-TBOA (20μM) or both, and subjected to IncuCyte analysis for apoptotic cell counts."
NCBI gene IDs:
"V5: 
SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "A-C. PC3 (A), DU145 (B) and DU145-V5-SLC1A3 (C) cells were treated with ASNase (0.3 U/ml in A; 0.2 U/ml in B and C), TFB-TBOA (5 μM) for 3 days as indicated and subjected to transcriptome analysis. Bioinformatics pathway or gene ontology (GO) biological process analysis was performed on the sets of genes that were upregulated or downregulated when PC3 cells were treated with ASNase and TFB-TBOA compared to mock. Transcriptome analysis was based on one biological replicate for each cell line and validated by real-time PCR experiments in Figures EV4A-C. Heatmap presents row scaled normalized read counts and the biological signaling pathway enrichment analysis was performed by ToppGene online program"
NCBI gene IDs:
"V5: 
SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "The mouse breast cancer cell lines 4T1 and 4T1-V5-SLC1A3 were orthotopically implanted into the mammary glands of pretreated NSG mice. Presented is the volume measurements of arising tumors at day 9. (n=13 mice for each group, except for 4T1+ASNase, n=12). Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Data information: The pretreatment started 2 days before the injection of cancer cells. And mice were either injected with 60 U ASNase or saline per day. The p-value was calculated by two-tailed unpaired t test in Prism7, unless otherwise stated. *p&lt;0.05, **p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001."
NCBI gene IDs:
"V5: 
SLC1A3: 20512"
Figure legend: "The human breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-231-V5-SLC1A3 cells were intravenously injected into pretreated NSG mice. Once mice showed breathing problems, they were sacrificed, and lung and liver were collected and blindly scored for metastasis lesions. The p-value was calculated by one-tailed unpaired t test in Prism7. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n=8). Data information: The pretreatment started 2 days before the injection of cancer cells. And mice were either injected with 60 U ASNase or saline per day. The p-value was calculated by two-tailed unpaired t test in Prism7, unless otherwise stated. *p&lt;0.05, **p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001."
NCBI gene IDs:
"V5: 
SLC1A3: 6507"
Figure legend: "with digitonin and βHBP at indicated concentrations or digitonin and wt S. flexneri lysat C) TIFA oligomerization at 6 h in TIFA-GFP-expressing HeLa cells treate"
NCBI gene IDs:
"TIFA: 92610"
Figure legend: "B) TIFA-GFP oligomerization at 30 min in HeLa cells treated with digitonin (mock) or digitonin and a lysate from indicated S. flexneri strains (pHldA/C means plasmid-encoded HldA and HldC)"
NCBI gene IDs:
"HldA: 
HldC: "
Figure legend: "with digitonin (mock) or digitonin and a lysate from indicated S. flexneri strain (pHldA/C means plasmid-encoded HldA and HldC) C) TIFA-GFP oligomerization at 6 h in cells treate"
NCBI gene IDs:
"HldA: 
HldC: "
Figure legend: "with digitonin (mock) or digitonin and a lysate from indicated S. flexneri strains (pHldA/C means plasmid-encoded HldA and HldC) D) IL-8 production at 6 h in cells were treate"
NCBI gene IDs:
"HldA: 
HldC: "
Figure legend: "A) Representative images of the formation of TIFA oligomers in HeLa cells infected for 30 min with dsRed-expressing wt or indicated mutants of S. flexneri (MOI 50). pHldA/C means plasmid-encoded HldA and HldC. Fluorescence intensity was adjusted between strains to optimize visualization of bacteria. Scale bar, 20 μm"
NCBI gene IDs:
"HldA: 
HldC: "
Figure legend: "A) ADP-heptose-induced TIFA-GFP oligomerization depends on ALPK1. After siRNA transfection, HeLa cells were transfected with empty pCMV or pCMV-ALPK1 as indicated. They were then infected with wt S. flexneri (MOI 10) or treated with digitonin and ADP-heptose (10-5 M) for 30 min. As control, cells were left untreated (mock) or treated with digitonin"
NCBI gene IDs:
"ALPK1: 80216"
Figure legend: "ADP-heptose-induced cytokine secretion is ALPK1-dependent. HeLa cells were transfected with control or ALPK1-targeting siRNAs and infected with wt S. flexneri (MOI 2) or treated with ADP-heptose (10-5 M). As control, cells were left untreated (mock) or treated with digitonin. Cytokines were measured in cell culture supernatants after 8 h"
NCBI gene IDs:
"ALPK1: 80216"
Figure legend: "A Whole mount immunofluorescence of a P8 Syne4-/- organ of Corti showing intact hair cells, as labelled with myosin VIIa. B Whole mount immunofluorescence of WT and Syne4-/- organ of Corti from the 8, 16, and 32 kHz regions at P8 and P14. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "C Inner and outer hair cell counts of Syne4-/- organ of Corti at P8, P10, P12, and P14."
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "D FM1-43 uptake performed on P8+1 DIV (days-in-vitro) WT and Syne4-/- organ of Corti. Top shows OHC plane and bottom shows IHC plane."
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "B Whole mount immunofluorescence of a P9 organ of Corti of a mouse injected with AAV.GFP at P1 showing complete transduction of both inner and outer HC. Myosin VIIa was used to label the hair cells. C Examples of 8, 16, and 32 kHz regions of an organ of Corti of a mouse injected with AAV.GFP. Top shows OHC plane, bottom shows IHC plane, right shows YZ orthogonal projection. Black asterisks show bright Deiters cells. D Quantification of GFP intensity of inner and outer HC from 3 injected mice, normalized to the average intensity of HC in a control, un-injected mouse. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"GFP: "
Figure legend: "E Transduction rates of AAV9-PHP.B at 8, 16, and 32kHz regions based on GFP fluorescence. A total of 162 IHC and 841 OHC were analyzed from 3 injected mice and 1 control littermate."
NCBI gene IDs:
"GFP: "
Figure legend: "F Staining for FLAG at at P14 of the organ of Corti of a mouse injected at P1 with AAV.Syne4."
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "H 3D surface projection of two adjacent OHC from a mouse injected with AAV.Syne4. In the left cell myosin VIIa and DAPI signals were removed to only show FLAG staining."
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "A Whole-mount immunofluorescence of the 8 kHz region from P14 organ of Corti from WT, Syne4-/-, and Syne4-/- mice injected with AAV.Syne4. B 3D surface projection of IHC and OHC at P14 from the 8kHz region of WT, Syne4-/- mice and Syne4-/- mice injected with AAV.Syne4. Open arrows denote basal end, white arrows denote cuticular plate. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "D Quantification of nuclear distance from the cuticular plate. A total of 45 IHC and 135 OHC from 3 WT mice, 45 IHC and 81 OHC from 3 Syne4-/- mice, 30 IHC and 90 OHC from 2 Syne4-/- mice injected with AAV.Syne4 were measured."
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "A Representative example of ABR traces obtained at 4w from a WT, Syne4-/- mouse, and Syne4-/- mouse injected with AAV.Syne4 in response to an 18 kHz stimulus."
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "B ABR thresholds at 4w of WT, Syne4-/-, Syne4-/- mice injected with AAV.Syne4, and Syne4-/- mice injected with AAV.GFP, n=7 for WT, n=8 for Syne4-/-, n=20 for Syne4-/- + AAV.Syne4, n=6 for Syne4-/- + AAV.GFP. C Quantification of P1-N1 amplitude delta from (B), n=4 for WT, n=4 for Syne4-/-, n=7 for Syne4-/- + AAV.Syne4. D Quantification of P1 latency from (B), n=4 for WT, n=2 for Syne4-/-, n=7 for Syne4-/- + AAV.Syne4. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"GFP: 
GFP.: 
Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "E DPOAE thresholds at 4w, n=6 for WT, n=5 for Syne4-/-, n=6 for Syne4-/- + AAV.Syne4. F ABR threshold at 12w, n=6 for WT, n=8 for Syne4-/-, n=16 for Syne4-/- + AAV.Syne4, n=5 for Syne4-/- + AAV.GFP. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"GFP.: 
Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "A Whole mount immunofluorescence at 12w of the organ of Corti of a Syne4-/- mouse injected with AAV.Syne4 mouse injected with AAV.Syne4. B Whole mount immunofluorescence at 12w of the 12 kHz region of WT, Syne4-/- mouse, and Syne4-/- mouse injected with AAV.Syne4. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "C IHC and OHC counts, n=3 for WT, n=4 for Mut, n=6 for Mut + AAV.Syne4. D Correlation between HC count and ABR threshold at 12kHz. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "E 3D surface projection of an OHC at 12w from the 12kHz region of WT and Syne4-/- mice injected with AAV.Syne4. Open arrows denote basal end, white arrows denote cuticular plate. F Image analysis of nucleus position of OHC. G Quantification of nuclear distance from the cuticular plate. A total of 30 OHC from 3 WT mice and 38 OHC from 4 Syne4-/- mice injected with AAV.Syne4 were measured. "
NCBI gene IDs:
"Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "B, C Quantification of activity level and cumulative freezing duration at 12w during seconds 90-210 of day 2 in WT, Syne4-/- mice, Syne4-/- mice injected with AAV.Syne4, and Syne4-/- mice injected with AAV.GFP, n=14 for WT, n=16 for Syne4-/-, n=9 for Syne4-/- + AAV.Syne4, n=5 for Syne4-/- + AAV.GFP. (C) Activity level. (B) Cumulative freezing duration."
NCBI gene IDs:
"GFP: 
Syne4: 233066"
Figure legend: "(A) Confocal images of representative eye cryosections immunostained with anti-Lamp1 antibody from 2-month-old miR-211-/- and control mice sacrificed 3h after light on, at 10 AM (diurnal condition). Enlarged boxes highlight Lamp1-positive structures (white arrowheads) in the RPE. Autofluorescence from lipofuscin granules are visible in all cryosections of miR-211-/- compared to control littermates. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue). At least n = 6 mice per group. Scale bar 10 μm. Data information: (RPE) Retinal Pigment Epithelium; (OS) outer segment; (ONL) outer nuclear layer."
NCBI gene IDs:
"miR-211: 387207"
Figure legend: "(B) RPE were isolated at 10 AM (diurnal condition) from 2-month-old WT and miR-211-/- mice. Representative Western blot analysis of the Lamp1, Cln5, Trpml1, Sqstm1/p62, Cathepsin D (CtsD) and LC3 proteins from WT and miR-211-/- mice. Note a decrease of both proCtsD and its maturation CtsD heavy chain (hc). The plots show the quantification of the indicated proteins normalized to the Gapdh loading control. Bar graphs represent mean values ± s.e.m. of independent experiments (n=6 mice) Mann and Whitney test (miR-211-/- vs WT), *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01. Data information: (RPE) Retinal Pigment Epithelium"
NCBI gene IDs:
"miR-211: 387207"
Figure legend: "(C) Cathepsin B (CtsB) activity in RPE lysates from 2-month-old miR-211-/- and control mice sacrificed 3h after light on at 10 AM (diurnal condition). CtsB was reduced in miR-211-/- compared to control mice. Bar graphs represent percentage of CtsB activity ± s.e.m. of independent experiments (n=3 mice) Mann and Whitney test (miR-211-/- vs WT), *p ≤ 0.05. Data information: (RPE) Retinal Pigment Epithelium"
NCBI gene IDs:
"miR-211: 387207"