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

Figure 3. E2f4 nucleocytoplasmic shift is crucial for multicilia formation.

Figure 3

Lentiviral-mediated transduction of HA-tagged E2F4 (diagrams: E2F4WT, E2F4ΔDBD, E2F4ΔNES) or mCherry control constructs in E2f4f/f;R26CreERT2/+ airway progenitors treated with Tm (Tamoxifen). Left panels: qPCR of ALI day6: increased Foxj1 and Deup1 mRNAs by E2F4WT or E2F4ΔNES or but not E2F4ΔDBD, compared to mCherry. Bars are mean (+s.e.m.). (ac) Right panels: Immunofluorescence/confocal imaging: HA, acetylated α-tubulin, DAPI (diagram, apical and basal aspects). HA signals in both nucleus and cytoplasm in E2F4WT and E2F4ΔDBD but only in nuclei of E2F4ΔNES. Rescue of multiciliogenesis (arrow) in E2f4-deficient cells by transduction of E2F4WT but not E2F4ΔDBD or E2F4ΔNES (arrowheads: monocilia). Bar in a=5 μm.