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. 2019 Sep 18;10(10):692. doi: 10.1038/s41419-019-1937-y

Fig. 4. Constitutively expressed A20 protects cells from TNF-induced death via its ZF7 domain by stabilizing M1-linked ubiquitin chains in TNFR1 Complex I.

Fig. 4

a A20+/+ and A20−/− MEFs were stimulated with 1 µg/ml FLAG-hTNF for the indicated duration. TNFR1 Complex I was subsequently FLAG-immunoprecipitated. Protein levels were determined by immunoblotting. b A20+/+ and A20−/− HaCaTs were pretreated with CHX for 30 min before stimulation with 1 µg/ml FLAG-hTNF for the indicated duration. TNFR1 Complex I was subsequently FLAG-immunoprecipitated. Protein levels were determined by immunoblotting. c A20+/+ and A20/− MEFs were stimulated with 1 µg/ml FLAG-hTNF for the indicated duration. TNFR1 Complex I was FLAG-immunoprecipitated, followed by USP2 + ƛ-phosphatase treatment on the post-IPs. Protein levels were determined by immunoblotting. d A20−/− MEFs lentivirally reconstituted with wild-type A20, empty vector (EV) or indicated A20 mutants were stimulated with 1 µg/ml FLAG-hTNF for the indicated duration. TNFR1 Complex I was subsequently FLAG-immunoprecipitated. Protein levels were determined by immunoblotting. e A20−/− MEFs lentivirally reconstituted with wild-type A20, empty vector (EV) or indicated A20 mutants were stimulated with 1 ng/ml mTNF and cell death was measured in function of time by SytoxGreen (SG) positivity. f A20−/− MEFs lentivirally reconstituted with wild-type A20, empty vector (EV) or indicated A20 mutants were stimulated with 1 µg/ml FLAG-hTNF for the indicated duration. TNFR1 Complex I was subsequently FLAG-immunoprecipitated, followed by USP2 treatment on the post-IPs. Protein levels were determined by immunoblotting. Cell death experiments are presented as mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. Statistical significance for the cell death assays was determined using one-way ANOVA followed by a Dunnett post hoc test. Significance between samples is indicated in the figure as follows: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ns non significant.