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. 2023 Jun 23;14:3762. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39374-9

Fig. 6. DCAF13 connects TOP1-DPCs with CRL4 for ubiquitylation.

Fig. 6

a A model for the assembly of the RBX1-CUL4-DDB1-DCAF ubiquitin complex. N8 NEDD8, U ubiquitin. b Scheme of 6×His-TOP1 pull-down in HCT116 cells for LC-MS/MS. Three DCAF member proteins were enriched in the 6×His-TOP1 overexpressing sample. PSM peptide spectrum match. c HCT116 cells were transfected with indicated plasmids and control siRNA (siControl) or DCAF13 siRNA, followed by CPT treatment (20 μM, 30 min) for DUST assay immunodetection of ubiquitylated TOP1-DPC and total TOP1-DPC using anti-ubiquitin and anti-TOP1 antibodies. d Immunofluorescence in IdU-labeled DCAF13-FLAG overexpressing HCT116 cells. Cells were pre-extraction and DCAF13 foci and IdU foci were monitored by instant structured illumination microscope (iSIM) using anti-FLAG and anti-BrdU antibodies. The scale bar represents 10 μm. Biological independent experiments were repeated two times. e 6×His-tagged TOP1-expressing HCT116 cells were transfected with DCAF13-FLAG overexpression plasmid or empty vector, followed by treatments with DMSO or CPT (20 µM) ± APH (10 μM, pre-treatment for 2 h) for 30 min. His-pull-down samples and cell lysates (input) were subjected to immunoblotting (IB) with indicated antibodies. f Top panel: HCT116 cells were transfected with the indicated plasmids before DMSO or CPT treatment (20 μM, 30 min), followed by proximity ligation assay (PLA) using anti-His antibody and anti-FLAG antibody. The scale bar represents 15 μm. Bottom panel: quantitation of foci per cells of each treatment group as shown in the upper panel. Data are presented as mean ± SD, n = 222 total cells. The p value was calculated using two-tailed Student’s t test. Experiments were repeated three times. g DCAF13-FLAG expressing HCT116 cells were pulse-labeled with EdU for 10 min in the absence or presence of CPT (1 μM), then chased with thymidine for 40 min, followed by iPOND analysis. iPOND pull-down samples and cellular lysates (IP) were subjected to IB with indicated antibodies. In no-click samples, desthiobiotin-TEG azide was replaced by DMSO.