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. 2018 Jul 23;37(48):6225–6242. doi: 10.1038/s41388-018-0404-z

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Effects of tyrosine mutation on Polγ activity and autophagy. a, panel a The activity of Polγ in mitochondria following transfection of wild-type and mutant (Y964F) Polγ expression vectors in Polγ-deficient PCRISPR cells. Relative activity of Polγ was measured and expressed as the fold change (bottom panel). The specificity of Polγ activity was validated by comparing with negative control, which contains template−primer mixture and radio-labeled ATP without enzyme. Panel b The ectopic expression of wild-type and mutant Polγ was detected by western blotting using Flag antibody. Endogenous level of Polγ in PCRISPR cells is also shown. b, panel a The Polγ activity in JB6 cells following coexpression of wild-type or mutant (Y964F) Polγ plasmid along with Polγ siRNA. Relative activity of Polγ was measured and expressed as the fold change (bottom panel). Panel b The suppression of Polγ by siRNA and the overexpression of wild-type and mutant Polγ were confirmed by western blotting using Polγ antibody. The relative level of LC3 II formation in JB6 cells following coexpression of wild-type or mutant (Y964F) Polγ plasmid along with Polγ siRNA or control siRNA is shown (bottom panel). The specificity of Polγ activity was validated by comparing with negative control, which contains template−primer mixture and radio-labeled ATP without enzyme. Each data point represents the mean ± SD of three individual samples. Statistical analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA analysis and Bonferroni’s post-test for multiple-group comparisons. Statistical significance is indicated by asterisks: *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01