Figure 1. Plk1 down-regulates SUZ12 and ZNF198 proteins.
A. (left panel) 4pX-1 cells, transiently transfected with SUZ12-HA and ZNF198-GFP encoding plasmids, were grown with (+) or without (−) HBx expression by tetracycline removal for 48h; whole cell extracts (WCE) were immunoblotted with GFP or HA antibodies. (Right panel) WCE from 4pX-1 cells treated with nocodazole (100 nM) for 12h and grown with (+) or without (−) HBx expression for 16h, were immunoblotted with ZNF198 or SUZ12 antibodies; B. HEK293T cells transiently transfected with SUZ12-HA and ZNF198-GFP encoding plasmids, were grown with (+) or without (−) BI2536 (250 nM) for 12h or MG132 (2.5 μM). (Left panel) DMSO serves as vehicle control. (Right panel) Transfected cells were synchronized in G2/M by addition of nocodazole (100 nM) for 12 hr. Lysates were immunoblotted with HA or GFP antibodies C. Immunoblots of indicated proteins using WCE from HepAD38 cells grown with (+) or without (−) HBV replication by tetracycline removal for 5 and 10 days. D. Immunofluorescence microscopy of indicated proteins, +/- HBV replication in HepAD38 cells.