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. 2024 Feb 20;7:208. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-05823-4

Fig. 3. EGF induces proteasomal degradation of praja2.

Fig. 3

a HeLa cells transiently transfected with FLAG-praja2 (either wild type or ring mutant RM) vector were treated with cycloheximide (10 µM) and harvested at the indicated time points. Total lysates were immunoblotted with anti-FLAG. HSP90 was used as loading control. b Quantitative analysis of the experiments shown in a. A mean value of three independent experiments ± SD is presented. Student’s t-test, *P = 0.02; **P = 0.001. c HeLa cells were serum-deprived overnight and stimulated with EGF (10 ng/ml) in the presence of the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (10 μM). Where indicated, cells were pre-treated with the proteasome inhibitor MG132 (10 µM). Cells were harvested at the indicated time points and lysed. Lysates were immunoblotted for praja2 and HSP90. d Quantitative analysis of the experiments shown in (c). A mean value of three independent experiments ± SD is shown. Student’s t-test *P = 0.039. e Immunoblot analysis of praja2 and EGFR in HEK293 cells and in two different kidney cancer human cell lines (A-498 and SN12C). Tubulin was used as loading control. f Quantitative analysis of the experiment shown in (e). A mean value of three independent experiments ± SD is shown. Student’s t-test for A-498 *P = 0.02; for SN12C *P = 0.047 (g) A-498 cells were transiently transfected with increasing amount of FLAG-praja2. Cells were harvested 24 h after transfection and lysed. Lysates were immunoblotted with anti-FLAG and anti-EGFR antibodies. h Quantitative analysis of experiment shown in (g). A mean value of three independent experiments ± SD is shown; Student’s t-test for 2ϒ*P = 0.02; Student’s t-test for 4ϒ *P = 0.04. i CaKi-1 cells were transiently transfected with increasing amount of FLAG-praja2. Cells were harvested 24 h after transfection and lysed. Lysates were immunoblotted with anti-FLAG and anti-EGFR antibodies. j Quantitative analysis of experiment shown in (i). A mean value of three independent experiments ± SD is shown.