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. 2023 Oct 12;14(10):674. doi: 10.1038/s41419-023-06213-0

Fig. 4. Testing the specificity of the DARPin F11 in staining experiments.

Fig. 4

Two U-2 OS-derived cell lines were mixed. One of them stably expressed both p63 and p73 mutants that exclusively form the p632/p732 hetero-tetramer (E363K in the p73 OD and K377E in the p63 OD). The other cell line expressed wild type p63 and a p73 mutant that allow only the formation of p73-homo-tetramers (E363R, K370E, E373R, and R390D). Cells expressing the p632/p732 hetero-tetramer can be identified by an anti-myc antibody (MYC-tag both on p63 and p73), cells expressing only the homo-tetramer forms by an anti-FLAG antibody (FLAG-tag on both p63 and p73). DARPins were visualized via an anti-HA-tag antibody. As can be seen, only cells positive for the anti-MYC antibody were also positive for the anti-HA-tag antibody staining, indicating specific binding by the DARPin with virtually no background staining. The last column shows a merged image of the staining results with the MYC-, FLAG- and HA-tag antibodies. A control DARPin (cDP) showed no staining. DAPI staining is provided in the first column. The upper row provides an image of the same samples shown directly below just with a lower magnification to display a larger area.