Fig. 6.
Ectopic expression of wild-type TOR1AIP1 mitigates the observed cellular phenotypes in fibroblasts from Individual 1. Representative western blot images of lamin A and C, p-ERK1/2 and p-S6k, normalized versus β-actin in patient’s dermal fibroblasts untreated or transfected with 4 µg of wild-type Myc-Flag-tagged TOR1AIP1 plasmid (a). Quantification of various nuclear abnormalities in non-transfected (patient NT) and with 4 µg of wild-type Myc-Flag-tagged TOR1AIP1 plasmid (patient + FLAG-TOR1AIP1) patient’s dermal fibroblasts. Bar graphs is representative of 3 independent experiments, around 100 cells were analyzed per experiment. p < 0.0043 (control vs. patient). Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t test (b). Representative conventional immunofluorescence microscopy image with anti-FLAG antibody (green), anti-lamin A/C antibody (red) and DAPI (blue) of an untransfected cell bearing a nuclear bleb, and a cell transfected with 4 µg of wild-type Myc-Flag-tagged TOR1AIP1 plasmid. Image was taken using 100× magnification (c)