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. 2020 May 1;5:52. doi: 10.1038/s41392-020-0138-6

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

The Wnt3a-induced increase in Bcl-3 protein relies on GSK-3 kinase activity. a Immunoblot for Bcl-3 and β-catenin in HCT116 and 293 T cells treated with 100 ng/ml Wnt3a for the indicated times (left). q-RT-PCR analysis of Bcl-3 mRNA expression levels in HCT116 and 293 T cells treated with 100 ng/ml Wnt3a for the indicated time points (right). b HCT116 cells were treated with cycloheximide (CHX, 50 mg/ml) for 12 h and 100 ng/ml Wnt3a for 4 h. Then, total cell lysates were analyzed by immunoblots for Bcl-3 and β-catenin. c Immunoblot analyses of immunoprecipitated Bcl-3 for the presence of K48- and K63-linked ubiquitin after MG-132 and Wnt3a stimulation. * Represents the heavy chain band. d Immunoblot analyses of Bcl-3, p-Bcl-3 (Ser394/398), and β-catenin after Wnt3a stimulation for the indicated time points. e The normalized Bcl-3 and p-Bcl-3 (Ser394/398) protein levels detected in d. f Co-IP analyses of Flag-tagged Bcl-3 (Bcl-3-Flag) and HA-tagged GSK-3 (GSK-3-HA) expressed in 293 T cells. After treatment with Wnt3a for the indicated times, cell lysates were subjected to IP with anti-Flag antibody. g Immunofluorescence staining of Bcl-3 (red) and β-catenin (green) in HCT116 cells with or without Wnt3a stimulation for 2 h. The nuclei were stained using DAPI (blue). ImageJ software was used to quantify the results. h Cytoplasmic and nuclear levels of Bcl-3 and β-catenin in HCT116 cells treated with 100 ng/ml Wnt3a for the indicated times were analyzed by immunoblot. The results were quantified by ImageJ software. The relative protein levels of β-catenin and Bcl-3 in the cytoplasm were normalized to GAPDH levels, and the relative protein levels of these two proteins in the nucleus were normalized to Lamin A levels