EMBO/sd-character-level-ner huggingface dataset:
Changes in intracellular nucleotide and nucleoside levels under nitrogen starvation A–C Wild‐type, atg2Δ, pho8Δ, and rny1Δ cells were grown in SD to mid‐log phase and transferred to SD(‐N) at time 0.Figure 3A-C Wild‐type, atg2Δ, pho8Δ, and rny1Δ cells were grown in SD to mid‐log phase and transferred to SD(‐N) at time 0. At the indicated time points, nucleosides (A) were analyzed by LC/MS as described in . The results are presented as normalized intensities on the basis of the peak height of each metabolite in wild‐type cells. Note that 3′‐NMPs in pho8Δ are presented in a different scale. All data are means of triplicates. The error bars represent the standard deviation. A-C Wild‐type, atg2Δ, pho8Δ, and rny1Δ cells were grown in SD to mid‐log phase and transferred to SD(‐N) at time 0. At the indicated time points, 5′‐NMPs (B) were analyzed by LC/MS as described in . The results are presented as normalized intensities on the basis of the peak height of each metabolite in wild‐type cells. Note that 3′‐NMPs in pho8Δ are presented in a different scale. All data are means of triplicates. The error bars represent the standard deviation. A-C Wild‐type, atg2Δ, pho8Δ, and rny1Δ cells were grown in SD to mid‐log phase and transferred to SD(‐N) at time 0. At the indicated time points, 3′‐NMPs (C) were analyzed by LC/MS as described in . The results are presented as normalized intensities on the basis of the peak height of each metabolite in wild‐type cells. Note that 3′‐NMPs in pho8Δ are presented in a different scale. All data are means of triplicates. The error bars represent the standard deviation.
Figure 5A. Representative images of time-lapse spinning disk confocal images of n = 3 of COS7 cells stably expressing GFP-TMD (green) and SiR-lysosome-stained LE/Lys (orange) treated with either siControl or co-treated with siVAPA, siVAPB and siMOSPD2. Zoom insets show regions of interest containing mobile LE/Lys as denoted by the white arrow. First row represents ER (TMD-GFP) (green), the second row shows MDA generated ER movement (magenta), third row shows a merge of the two preceding channels and the fourth row shows a merge of ER (green) and SiR-lysosome stained LE/Lys (orange). Scale bar: 5µm, zoom insets 3µm. Images related to movie EV40 and 47. Images were acquired for 90 frames at 1Hz. B. Representative stills of spinning disk confocal images of n = 3 of COS7 cells stably expressing TMD-GFP (green) and SiR-lysosome-stained endosomes/lysosomes (orange) treated with siControl or with siVAPA, siVAPB and siMOSPD2. Zoom insets show region of interest containing ER (TMD-GFP) (green) and junction analysis of skeletonized ER where number of ER junctions representing the quantified average. Scale bars: 10µm. zoom insets: 3µm. C. MDA quantification of ER of panels (A, B) and fig. EV4B-G normalized to control cells showing average ER movement surrounding mobile endosomes. Graph represents mean ±s.d. of analyses at multiple locations within the same cell (n=30 cells per condition from 3 independent experiments). All images acquired for 90 frames at 1Hz. Significance two-tailed student t-test. **P<0.01, ****P< 0.0001, ns=not significant D. MDA quantification of SiR-lysosome-stained LE/Lys of (A, B) and fig. EV4B - G normalized to 1 showing total average endosomal movement. Graph represents mean ±s.d. of n = 15 cells per condition from 3 independent experiments. Significance two tailed student t-test. ns= not significant. E. Quantification of number of ER junctions per µm2 from (B) and fig. H - M as resulted from ER junction analysis. Graph represents mean ±s.d. of analyses at multiple locations within one cell of n = 15 from 3 independent experiments. Significance two-tailed student t-test. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 ***P<0.001, ****P< 0.0001, ns=not significant.
EK1C4 effectively inhibited live-CoVs infection in vitro and in vivo.Fig. 6.Inhibitory activity of EK1 on live HCoV replication for SARS-CoV-2 (a), MERS-CoV (b), HCoV-OC43 (c), HCoV-229E (d), and HCoV-NL63 (e). In vivo prophylactic efficacy of EK1C4 against HCoV-OC43 infection in mice. Body weight change (f) and survival curves (g) of mice challenged with HCoV-OC43. h-i. In vivo therapeutic efficacy of EK1C4 against HCoV-OC43 infection in mice. Body weight change (h) and survival curves (i) of mice challenged with HCoV-OC43. Experiments were repeated twice, and the data are expressed as means ± SD.
Figure 7(A) Representative photomicrographs of Oil Red O-stained atherosclerotic lesions in the aortic arch, of Apoe-/- or Frs2SMCKO/Apoe-/- mice after 16 weeks of high fat diet. 3 mice per group. Scale bar: 5 mm. (B) (Left) Microphotographs of aortas (en face) from Apoe-/- and Frs2SMCKO/Apoe-/- mice after 16 weeks of high fat diet after staining with Oil Red O. (Right) Lesion area quantification. All data shown as mean ± SD. (***p<0.001 compared to Apoe-/-; unpaired two-tailed Student's t test). 12 mice per group. (C-D) Representative cross-sections of brachiocephalic arteries Apoe-/- and Frs2SMCKO/Apoe-/- mice stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&amp;amp;E) (C) and Movat (D). (b)&amp;amp;(d) are high-magnification view from (a)&amp;amp;(c). NC: necrotic core. Apoe-/- mice N=9, Frs2SMCKO/Apoe-/- mice N=12. (E) Histological analysis of atheosclerotic plaque with anti-Ki67 antibody. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue). (b)&amp;amp;(d) are high-magnification images from (a)&amp;amp;(c). Scale bar: 62 m (low-magnification images); 10 m (high-magnification images). Apoe-/- mice N=9, Frs2SMCKO/Apoe-/- mice N=12. (F) Quantification of plaque cellularity; Apoe-/- mice N=9, Frs2SMCKO/Apoe-/- mice N=12 (***p<0.001 compared to Apoe-/-; unpaired two-tailed Student's t test). (G) Quantifications of the extent of fibrous cap and necrotic areas in brachiocephalic artery of Apoe-/- and Frs2SMCKO/Apoe-/- mice. (*p<0.05, **p<0.01 compared to Apoe-/-; unpaired two-tailed Student's t test). (H) Measurement of Ki67+ cells (*p<0.05, ***p<0.001 compared to Apoe-/-; unpaired two-tailed Student's t test).
a–c) UVRAG interaction with beclin 1 and PtdIns(3)P, but not with RINT-1, is required for autophagy-induced Atg9 dispersal.figf8(a-c) UVRAG interaction with beclin 1 and PtdIns(3) P, but not with RINT-1, is required for autophagy-induced Atg9 dispersal. (a) HeLa cells were stably transfected with control shRNA (first row) or UVRAG shRNA (second-sixth rows). The UVRAG-depleted cells were then transfected with empty vector (second row), Flag-UVRAG (third row), UVRAGΔ270−442 mutant (fourth row), UVRAGK78A/R82A mutant (fifth row) or UVRAGΔCCD mutant (sixth row), and incubated in complete medium (untreated, UT, first panel), starvation medium (HBSS 2 h, third panel), or treated with rapamycin (50 nM 2 h, second panel) or SMER28 (50 μM, 2 h, fourth panel). The distribution pattern of endogenous Atg9 (green) in the UVRAG (wild-type or mutant)-transduced cells (red) was analysed by confocal microscopy (a). Asterisks denote condensed (non-dispersed) Atg9 in UVRAG-depleted HeLa cells and arrows denote the cells complemented with wild-type or mutant UVRAG. (b,c) The percentage of cells with Atg9 translocation was quantied (c) and the expression of UVRAG and actin was determined by immunoblotting (b). Data represent the means:d:; n D300 cells from three independent experiments; NS, not signicant; P <0:01; P <0:001. Scale bars, 10 m. (b,c) The percentage of cells with Atg9 translocation was quantied (c) and the expression of UVRAG and actin was determined by immunoblotting (b). Data represent the means:d:; n D300 cells from three independent experiments; NS, not signicant; P <0:01; P <0:001. Scale bars, 10 m. (d) Effect of knockdown of UVRAG, beclin 1 andRINT-1 on the translocation of Atg9 to the LC3-labelled autophagsomes during autophagy. Control-, UVRAG-, BECN1- or RINT-1-knockdown HeLa cells were incubated in complete medium (normal condition), starvation medium (HBSS, 2 h), or treated with rapamycin (100 nM, 2 h) or SMER28 (50 μM, 2 h). The cells were then stained for endogenous Atg9 (green) and LC3 (red) followed by confocal microscopy analysis (top and bottom left panels). The percentage of Atg9 vesicles co-localized with LC3+-autophagic puncta was quantified (bottom middle panel). Endogenous UVRAG, beclin 1 and RINT-1 protein expression are shown (bottom right). Data represent mean±s.d.; n = 200 cells obtained from three independent experiments. NS, not significant; *P0.05; **P0.01; ***P0.001. Scale bars, 10 μm.
Figure 8a, 1µM Atg18 was added to wells containing sedimented GUVs with 10% PI3P or PI(3,5) P2 while imaging a single plane by spinning disc microscopy. Membrane tension exerted by Atg18 binding suffices to induce liposome collapse, which allows to better judge the mobility of the tubular or clustered membranes that remain. Images are extracted from movies EV2 to EV5. Scale bar 5 µm. b, Atg18 was covalently labeled with the green fluorescent dye Alexa488 TFP (ThermoFisher) and used in experiments as in a, with rhodamine-phosphatidylethanolamine-labeled (Rh-PE) GUVs containing the indicated phosphoinositides. Scale bar 5 µm c, Effect of 1µM of purified recombinant Atg18 variants on GUVs containing 10mol% of the indicated phosphoinositides. Vesicles are shown after 1 to 3 min of incubation. d, Quantification of the experiments in c. The percentage of GUVs showing an enrichment of Atg18 flexible tabulated (arrowhead) or stiff aggregated structures (arrow) was determined. Shown are the mean and SEM from 3 independent experiments e, Quantification of the effect of different Atg18 version on the formation of tubules in c. Shown is the mean from 3 independent experiments with SD.
Figure 2(A) Tmem106b-/-Grn-/- mice do not show any changes in body weight. Body weight of 5-month-old mice of indicated genotypes were measured and analyzed. n=6-10. (B Tmem106b-/-Grn-/- mice show reduced activities in the open field test. 4.5-month-old mice were used in the study. C) Tmem106b-/-Grn-/- mice show reduced activities in the open field test. 4.5-month-old mice were used in the study. Total movement was quantified. n=8-10. Data presented as mean ± SEM. One-way ANOVA tests with Bonferroni's multiple comparisons: ****, p<0.0001. (D Tmem106b-/-Grn-/- mice show abnormal hindlimb clasping behavior. 5-month-old mice were used in the study. E) Tmem106b-/-Grn-/- mice show abnormal hindlimb clasping behavior. 5-month-old mice were used in the study. Severity score was quantified. n= 8-10. Data presented as mean ± SEM. One-way ANOVA tests with Bonferroni's multiple comparisons: ***, p<0.001, ****, p<0.0001.
Figure 7A, B. Mitotic cdc20-3 cells were shifted to 36°C for 80 min. At t = 0, cells were treated with estradiol to induce expression from the PEST promoter. Top, time-lapse series from the imaging of SPBs (Cnm67-RFP) and Spc72-GFP. Frame width, 19 μm. Bottom, quantification of cells with Spc72-GFP at SPBs. (A) Expression of Ime2-∆C induces removal of Spc72 from SPBs, which is inhibited by co-expression of Spo13. (B) Expression of Cdc5 plus Ime2-∆C causes rapid removal of Spc72, which is inhibited by co-expression of Spo13. Data information: data are representative of three independent experiments. C. Mitotic cdc20-3 cells containing PEST-CDC5 plus PEST-IME2-∆C and/or PEST-NDT80 were shifted to 36°C for 30 min and subsequently treated with estradiol (t = 0). Top, time-lapse series from the imaging of SPBs (Cnm67-RFP) and Mpc70-GFP. Frame width, 19 μm. Bottom, quantification of cells with Mpc70-GFP at SPBs. Data information: data are representative of two independent experiments.
Rab11-FIP3 controls Rac1 clustering at the immunological synapse.Figure 3JurkatT cells were transfected with expression vectors encoding: A, C: GFP, GFP-FIP3WT, or GFP-FIP3I738E. B, C: Rab11WT-GFP, Rab11Q70L-GFP (constitutively active), or Rab11S25N-GFP (dominant negative). C: Rab11WT-GFP, Rab11Q70L-GFP (constitutively active), or Rab11S25N-GFP (dominant negative). D, E: or transfected with control, or FIP3.1 siRNA. Cells were allowed to form immunological synapses with SEE-pulsed Raji cells for 30 min. Intracellular distribution of endogenous Rac1 and surface distribution of CD3 were detected by immunofluorescence. 3D confocalimages were post-treated by deconvolution. A 0.4-µm-thick medial stack is shown. C, E: Population analyses of the amount of Rac1 at the immunological synapse relative to the total cellular Rac1. Each dot corresponds to one cell. Horizontal bars represent the mean ± SEM. Mann-Whitney test. Images are representative of three experiments. Bar, 5 µm.
Figure 2A. Western blot for hTR chaperone proteins in TEL+ and ALT+ hybrids. β-Actin is used as loading control. Quantification of western blots is shown on the right, normalized to β-Actin and to SI14/TEL+ cells (n=2-4). Statistical analyses were performed using one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey's test for multiple comparisons. Data information: Data are presented as mean ± SD. B. NHP2 mRNA expression levels, normalized to ACTB mRNA and to SI14/TEL+ cells (n=3). Data information: Data are presented as mean ± SD. C. Western blot for NHP2 in SI14/TEL+, SI24/ALT+ and 8G12/ALT+ cell lines treated with DMSO or 10 μM MG132 for 6 h. β-Actin served as loading control. Quantifications are shown on the right, normalized to β-Actin and to SI14/TEL+ cells (n=5). Statistical analyses were performed with Student's two-tailed unpaired t-test. Data information: Data are presented as mean ± SD. D. hTR RNA and NHP2 mRNA expression, normalized to ACTB mRNA and to SI14/TEL+. Data information: Data are presented as mean ± SD. E. Telomerase activity measured with ddTRAP assay in NHP2-overexpressing 8G12/ALT+cells, normalized to NHP2-overexpressing SI14/TEL+. Data information: Data are presented as mean ± SD. F. (Top) Western blot for NHP2 overexpression in 8G12/ALT+ clonal cell lines. β-Actin served as loading control. SI14/TEL+ cells are shown as reference for NHP2 expression in hybrids. (Bottom) Western blot for NHP2 overexpression in SI14/TEL+ and 8G12/ALT+ cells compared to empty vector control. β-Actin served as loading control. Data information: Data are presented as mean ± SD. G. hTR RNA, hTERT and NHP2 mRNA expression, normalized to ACTB mRNA and to SI14/TEL+ (n=3). Data information: Data are presented as mean ± SD. H. RNA Pol II binding at hTR promoter, normalized to H3 ChIP (n=3). See Fig. 1C legend for control loci. Statistical analyses were performed using one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey's test for multiple comparisons. Data information: Data are presented as mean ± SD.
a, Cytokine production from macrophages stimulated with LPS (100 ng ml-1) for 24 h.figf2a, Cytokine production from macrophages stimulated with LPS (100 ng ml-1) for 24 h. Statistical significance was determined by the Student's t-test. *P  0.01. b, IL-1b production from macrophages stimulated with indicated ligands. c, IL-1b production from LPS-primed macrophages infected with S. typhimurium (multiplicity of infection, m.o.i., 1), or stimulated with ATP or MSU for 1 h. d, Expression levels of caspase-1 and IL-1b in macrophages. Lys., cell lysates; Sup., culture supernatants. e, LPS-induced production of IL-1b from macrophages with the indicated phenotype. f, Expression levels of caspase-1 and IL-1b in macrophages treated as in e. g, Effect of the ROS scavenger FeTPPS (25 mM), N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC; 25mM) or P2X7 receptor antagonist oxidized ATP (250 mM) on IL-1b production. h, ROS in LPS-stimulated macrophages were detected by CM-H2DCFDA staining.
+ cells in the regenerating spinal cord (A) UMAP representation of the whole scRNAseq dataset (0 dpa and 3 dpa) showing the cell density distribution of the 3 dpa sample.Figure 3(A) UMAP representation of the whole scRNAseq dataset (0 dpa and 3 dpa) showing the cell density distribution of the 3 dpa sample. (B - E) Expression of snap25 (neuronal marker), leptin, sox2 (progenitor marker) and foxm1 on the same UMAP representation as in (A). (F) UMAP representation of the 16 clusters identified in the scRNAseq dataset (G) Identity of the clusters with the most significant differentially expressed gene(s) (H) Schematic representation of the cells used to identify DE genes and over-representation of GO terms for cluster 5 (blue cells) corresponding to the foxm1+ cluster against the rest of the progenitor cells (red cells). (I) Twenty most significantly DE genes comparing blue vs red cells ranked by FDR. (J) GO-Slim Biological Process terms over-represented were identified by uploading the DE genes into PANTHER. The GO terms significantly upregulated were then inputted into Revigo (http://revigo.irb.hr/) to generate a plot representation.
Figure 2(a) Doxycycline-inducible empty vector (EV) or RAB2A-shRNA MDA-MB-231 cells were cultured in the absence (-) or presence (+) of doxycycline for three days, and immunoblotted with anti-RAB2A and anti-actin antibodies. The intensity of RAB2A relative to actin is shown on the bottom. Relative density in uninduced EV cells was set to 1. (b) Doxycycline-inducible RAB2A-shRNA MDA-MB-231 cells were cultured in the absence (CTR) or presence (shRAB2A) of doxycycline for three days. Invasion of MDA-MB-231 cells through Matrigel-coated transwells toward HGF was assessed after 24 hours. Representative images are shown. Data are the mean ± SD (n=10 field/condition in at least 3 experiments). Bar, 200 µm. (c-e) EV and shRAB2AMDA-MB-231 cells were embedded in Spheroid Formation ECMR in the absence (-) or presence (+) of doxycycline and/or GM6001. After 3 days, the cells were transferred into Invasive MatrixR. Phase contrast light microscopy images of representative spheroids are shown after 9 days (c). Dashed circle indicates the size of spheroids at day 0. Bars, 500 µm. Invasive activity into ECM was expressed as total spheroid area (relative to control cells at day 0) quantified by ImageJ (d). The number of cells at the indicated days was quantified by CyQUANTR Cell Proliferation Assay Kit (e). Data are the mean ± SD (n=3 independent experiments). (f-h) Doxycycline-inducible murine RAB2A (mRAB2A)-expression MCF10.DCIS.com cells were transfected with scrambled siRNA or siRNA against human RAB2A (siRAB2A) in the absence (-) or presence (+) of doxycycline. Serum-starved cells were plated onto fluorescently conjugated gelatin (red), stimulated with HGF (100 ng/ml) overnight, and stained with phalloidin (green) and DAPI (blue) (f). Bar, 50 μm. Data are the mean ± SEM (error bars; n > 100 cells/experiment in 4 independent ones) (g). Silencing of endogenous RAB2A protein (lower band) and ectopic RAB2A expression (upper band) was verified by immunoblotting (h). * P < 0.05, **, P < 0.01, ***, P < 0.001, NS, not significant.
MIR376A controlled miRNA-response elements (MREs) in ATG4C and BECN1 mRNA 3′ UTRs.Figure 6Schemes showing ATG4C (A) and (B) BECN1 MRE (top), or their mutated versions (bottom) placed in the 3' UTR of the luciferase gene in the pGL3 vector. Mutated residues were italicized. MIR376A seed target sequence was underlined. (C and D) Normalized luciferase activity measuremets of lysates from 293T cells that were co-transfected with either MIR-CNT or MIR376A plasmids together with the wild-type or mutant luciferase constructs (mean ± S.D. of independent experiments, n = 3 for ATG4C tests, *p<0,05 and n = 5 for BECN1 tests, ***p<0,01).
Rac1 inhibitor reverts FIP3-silencing-induced effects on T cell spreading and synapse symmetry.Figure 7A: Jurkat T cells transfected with control or FIP3.1 were treated 1 h with the Rac1 inhibitor NSC23766 at 100 µM and allowed to spread on poly-lysine-coated coverslips for 15 min. F-actin was detected with FITC-Phalloidin and the spreading area of cells at the contact surface was measured. B: Transfected cells were allowed to form immunological synapses with SEE-pulsed Raji cells for 30 min and intracellular distribution of Lck was detected by immunofluorescence. Synapse angle was measured as in figure 4. Each dot corresponds to one cell. Horizontal bars represent the mean ± SEM. Mann-Whitney test.
Figure 1(A) Homology model depicting the ClC-5 dimeric structure with bound ATP molecules represented as spheres. Nucleotide-coordinating residues in the CBS domains are represented as sticks. Dashed lines indicate the hydrocarbon boundaries of the lipid bilayer. (B) Representative leak-subtracted ClC-3, ClC-4 and ClC-5 whole-cell currents measured with (upper row) or without (lower row) 5 mM ATP added to the pipette solution. Currents were elicited every 10 s by voltage steps from 0 mV to +140 mV, followed by a step to -100 mV to maximize the off-gating currents visible as sharp peaks at the end of the pulses. The recording started shortly (10s - 30s) after obtaining a whole-cell configuration. The first and last recorded currents in a series are depicted in green and red, respectively. NMDG-based solutions were used to characterize ClC-4. (C) Effects of various adenine nucleotides or their washout on the ionic transport of ClC-3, ClC-4 and ClC-5. The current amplitudes were measured at the end of the test pulses from experiments as shown in (B) and normalized to the initial current amplitudes obtained after establishing the whole-cell configuration. Some of the experimental data points have been omitted for clarity. Monoexponential fits to the data are depicted as red lines. Asterisks indicate statistical significances evaluated by two-sample t-test analysis of the residual currents determined at the end of each 10-minute measurement (*, p < 0.05; ***, p < 0.001, n.s., not significant; n= 5-11). (D), Left panel: residual currents determined at the end of 10-minute measurements as shown in (C). (D), Right panel: time constants (τ) of the current rundown obtained by fitting monoexponential functions to individual measurements as depicted in (C), (n= 5-11). Asterisks indicate statistical significances evaluated using two-sample t-test analysis (*, p < 0.05; ***, p < 0.001, n.s., not significant).
EPAC overexpression suppresses the autophagic response induced by S.Figure 9CHO cells were cotransfected with GFP-LC3 and myc-EPAC wt (upper panel) or myc-ΔEPAC (lower panel). Twenty-four hours after transfection, they were infected for 4 h with the wt strain of S. aureus (wt), the mutant deficient for α-hemolysin (Hla−), or the Hla(−) mutant expressing an α-hemolysin plasmid (Hla(−)+pHla). The nucleus and the bacteria were labeled with TOPRO as indicated in Materials and Methods and immediately visualized by confocal microscopy. Images are representative of three independent experiments. B) Quantification of the percentage of cells presenting LC3 puncta upon the infection. These data are representative of three independent experiments. (C) Quantification of the percentage of bacteria decorated with EPAC in cells infected with S. aureus. ** p<0.01 (paired Student's t-test, n = 20 cells/condition). These data are representative of three independent experiments.