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. 2017 Jul 4;8:15857. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15857

Figure 2. Deuterosomes assemble in cytoplasmic E2f4-Pcm1 granules.

Figure 2

(a) E2f4-Pcm1 IF confocal image, stage1-2 transition during E2f4 nucleocytoplasmic shift: Pcm1-E2f4 signals adjacent but still not overlapping (inset, enlarged from circled area). (b) Left panel: confocal image stage 2 cells showing apical Pcm1-labelled granules nearby primary cilia (acetylated α-tub); middle panel: 3D-SIM: Pcm1-E2f4 colocalization (circled area representative of apical granule on left): E2f4 at the core of Pcm1 granules); right panel: confocal image depicts Pcm1 underneath and nearby Gt335-labelled primary cilium. See also Supplementary Movie 1. (c) IF confocal (upper panel) and 3D-SIM (lower panel) of stage 1–2 cells: E2f4 nucleocytoplasmic translocation and initial association with Deup1 (inset, enlarged from circled area). Assembly of Deup1, Cep152 and cytoplasmic E2f4 into deuterosomes. (d) Proximity ligation assay (PLA): Deup1+E2f4 proximity signal overlapping with Pcm1 (left and split panels: circled areas in ALI day3 from E2f4f/f; R26CreERT2/+ no Tm administration); specificity of signals confirmed in E2f4-deficient cells (right panel; Tm-treated E2f4f/f; R26CreERT2/+ cultures; see also Supplementary Fig. 4a). (e) Co-immunoprecipitation (coIP) assays: binding of endogenous (top) or exogenous (bottom) E2f4 to Deup1 in ALI day 3 (stage 2) or Deup1-Flag in 293FT homogenates, respectively (see methods). (f) Deup1-E2f4 IF, 3D-SIM reconstruction of stage 2 cells (top left) and cells transitioning to stage 3 (top right). Small Deup1 dots assemble into rings inside E2f4 granules but, later, more mature deuterosomes with larger rings locate at the periphery or outside the E2f4 granules. Arrows i,ii,iii: representative Deup1 rings from circled areas enlarged in lower panels shown by split channel (E2f4) or double Deup1-E2f4 labelling (less to more mature deuterosomes from left to right). Bars: ad,f=5, 1, 0.5, 5, 0.5 μm, respectively.