FIGURE 3:
KSR2 depletion reduces SOCE. Immunoblot analysis showing the reduction of KSR2 (A) or KSR1 (B) in lysates from shRNA KSR2 HEK-293T, and shRNA control HEK-293T (Scr) cells. α-Tubulin (α-Tub) was used as loading control. (C) Spectrofluorimeter analysis of Ca2+ influx in indicated shRNA HEK-293T cells loaded with Fura-2. Ca2+ stores were depleted with 0.2 μM Tg (in Ca2+-free medium), and subsequently 1.2 mM Ca2+ was added to the medium to reveal Ca2+ influx. (D) Immunoblot analysis of KSR2 and STIM1 in lysates from shRNA KSR2 HeLa and shRNA control HeLa (Scr) cells. (E) Immunoblot analysis of KSR2 and STIM1in lysates from shRNA control HeLa (Scr) transfected with 0.2 μg of Flag or shRNA KSR2 HeLa transfected with 0.2 μg of KSR2-Flag. Lysates were blotted for KSR2 and STIM1. (F) Spectrofluorimeter analysis of Ca2+ influx in indicated shRNA HeLa cells loaded with Fura-2. Ca2+ influx was analyzed as in C. (G) Immunoblot analysis showing the presence of KSR2 in lysates from HEK-293T cells transfected as indicated. Lysates were blotted for KSR2. ERK1/2 was used as loading control. (H) Spectrofluorimeter analysis of 1 × 106 HEK-293T cells transfected with expression vectors encoding KSR2-Flag at different doses (0.2, 0.4, 0.8 μg; top) or Flag alone as control (bottom). Elevation of [Ca2+]i was measured with Fura-2 as described in C. Traces represent one of three independent experiments.