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. 2017 Aug 7;216(8):2391–2407. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201611108

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Destabilization of Sm transcripts after extended inhibition of the late assembly phase. (A) Normalized fold change of transcripts encoding the indicated Sm proteins, SMN, and Gemin5, as well as U1 and U2 snRNAs in control cells (black bar) and SMN knockdown cells (gray bars), respectively, 144 h after doxycycline induction. (Top) Western blot analysis showing knockdown of SMN, with tubulin as loading control. (B) Normalized fold change of random transcripts (PI15, TOP3b, CPOX, hTR, and ASNS) that are unrelated to UsnRNP biogenesis as well as LSm encoding transcripts (LSm 2, 4,10, 11), PHAX and SNUP1. (C) qRT-PCR analysis of recovery of Sm encoding transcripts in control (black bars) and SMN knockdown (gray bars) cells upon treatment with 5-FU, an exosome inhibitor. Expression normalized to control cells treated with 5-FU. (Top) Western blot analysis showing knockdown of SMN, with tubulin as loading control. (D) Normalized fold change of transcripts encoding the indicated Sm proteins, SMN, and Gemin5, as well as U1 and U2 snRNAs in control cells (black bar) and SMN knockdown cells (gray bars) 168 h after doxycycline induction. (Top) Western blot analysis showing knockdown of SMN, with tubulin as loading control. Error bars indicate SE (n = 3, three independent biological experiments). **, P < 0.0005; *, P < 0.05, Student’s t test. GAPDH mRNA was used as a control for normalization.