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. 2019 May 1;9:6776. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43255-x

Figure 2.

Figure 2

PFBC XPR1/SLC53A1 variants and XPR1, PiT1 and PiT2 cell surface expression. (a) Cell surface detection of XPR1/SLC53A1, PiT1/SLC20A1 and PiT2/SLC20A2 with RBD specific ligands derived from mouse xenotropic MLV, koala endogenous retrovirus, and mouse amphotropic-MLV, respectively (open histograms); HEK293T positive and negative control cells for XPR1/SLC53A1 expression were transfected with either an anti-luciferase siRNA (siLUC) or an anti-XPR1/SLC53A1 siRNA (siXPR1), respectively. WT XPR1/SLC53A1 and variants were assayed for cell surface expression upon co-transfection of siXPR1 alone (−) or in combination with an expression vector coding either for the HA-tagged WT XPR1 (WT), or the PFBC XPR1 C-terminal variants (R459C, N619D, or I629S), or the p.(L612_696Tdel) artificial XPR1 mutant (Δ612–696). Numbers indicate the delta mean fluorescence intensity of a representative experiment (n = 3) compared to the non-specific staining obtained with the secondary IgG antibody (grey histograms). (b) Representative immunoblot of HA-tagged XPR1/SLC53A1-containing cell lysates with an anti-HA antibody (upper panel), or with an anti β-actin antibody used as loading control (lower panel).