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. 2023 Dec 12;14:8217. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43001-y

Fig. 4. cGAS is critical for senescence-associated repression in L1 retrotransposition.

Fig. 4

a Analysis of the L1 retrotransposition efficiency in control or cGAS-knockout stress-induced premature senescent (SIPS) HeLa cells. WT or cGAS-knockout cells transfected with the pEGFP-LRE3 reporter were treated with 10 µg/mL etoposide for 20 min on day 2 post-transfection, and harvested for FACS analysis on day 9. n = 3 independent experiments. b Analysis of L1 retrotransposition efficiency in control or cGAS-overexpressed SIPS cells. n = 6 independent experiments. c Analysis of CHK2 and cGAS phosphorylation levels in senescent HeLa cells. d Subcellular localization of phosphorylated cGAS in senescent HeLa cells. e Analysis of the subcellular localization of phosphorylated cGAS in X-ray induced senescent IMR90-hTERT cells. f Analysis of the subcellular localization of phosphorylated cGAS in X-ray induced senescent HCA2-hTERT cells. For (e) and (f), cells were irradiated by 15 Gy X-ray and lysed for protein extraction and Western blot analysis on day 9 post irradiation. Data are presented as mean values ± s.d. Student’s t test was performed for (a) and (b). All statistical test used were two-sided. All experiments were repeated three times.