Fig. 5.
COL2A1 repressed BMP-SMAD1 signaling activation through facilitating the ITGB1−SMAD1 interaction and weakening the BMPR1A/B−SMAD1 interaction. a, b Immunoprecipitation was performed on 293T extracts with anti-SMAD1 antibody or anti-ITGB1 antibody, followed by immunoblotting with anti-SMAD1 antibody and anti-ITGB1 antibody. c 293T cells were transfected with SMAD1-Flag, ITGB1-HA or vector-Flag plasmids, and immunoprecipitation was carried out with anti-Flag antibody followed by immunoblotting with anti-HA antibody and anti-Flag antibody. d 293T cells were transfected with SMAD1-Flag, ITGB1-HA, or vector-HA plasmids, and immunoprecipitation was carried out with anti-HA antibody, followed by immunoblotting with anti-HA antibody and anti-Flag antibody. e SMAD1 protein was purified from 293T cell extracts expressing SMAD1-Flag and identified by Coomassie blue staining (left panel) and mass spectrometry (right panel). f Purified SMAD1-Flag protein was incubated with the product expressing ITGB1-HA, which had been linked to HA affinity agarose beads for 4 h at 4 °C, followed by bead washing and immunoblotting. g, h Immunoprecipitation was performed on 293T cells treated with 100 μg·mL−1 COL2A1 or vehicle (0.05 mol·L−1 acetic acid) for 1 h with anti-SMAD1 antibody (g) or anti-ITGB1 antibody (h), followed by immunoblotting with anti-SMAD1 antibody and anti-ITGB1 antibody. i, j Immunoprecipitation was performed on 293T cells treated with COL2A1 or vehicle with anti-SMAD1 antibody (i) or anti-BMPR1A antibody (j), followed by immunoblotting with anti-SMAD1 antibody and anti-BMPR1A antibody. k, l Immunoprecipitation was performed with anti-SMAD1 antibody (k) or anti-BMPR1B antibody (l) on 293T cells treated with COL2A1 or vehicle followed by immunoblotting with anti-SMAD1 antibody and anti-BMPR1B antibody. m, n 293T cells were pretreated with 10 μg·mL−1 ITGB1 blocking antibody or anti-human IgG antibody for 1 h and then treated with COL2A1 or vehicle for 1 h. Immunoprecipitation with anti-SMAD1 antibody (m) or anti-ITGB1 antibody (n) was conducted, followed by immunoblotting with anti-SMAD1 antibody and anti-ITGB1 antibody. Blk ab, blocking antibody