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. 2020 Aug 6;11(8):649. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-02825-y

Fig. 3. Cisplatin inhibits SIRT3 expression and induces acetylation of MTHFD2.

Fig. 3

a Cisplatin-induced MTHFD2 K88 acetylation. Flag-tagged MTHFD2 was expressed, which were then treated with NAM (5 μm) for 4 or 6 h and cisplatin (40 μm) for 12 or 24 h. Flag-MTHFD2 was immunoprecipitated with Flag beads and immunoblotting was performed with the antibodies indicated. Relative acetylation was normalized by Flag protein. b Cisplatin treatment increases MTHFD2 WT acetylation levels but not K88R/K88Q mutant acetylation levels. Flag-tagged WT MTHFD2 or mutants (K88R and K88Q) were expressed in HCT116 cells, followed by treatments with or without 40 μm NAM for 24 h. Flag-MTHFD2 was immunoprecipitated and its acetylation was examined with α-AcK. c, d Cisplatin treatment increases MTHFD2 acetylation in a dose and time-dependent manner. Acetylation levels were detected of ectopically expressed MTHFD2(left) and endogenous MTHFD2 (right) after treated with cisplatin for the duration indicated at different concentrations for 24 h c or at a concentration of 40 μm for different time d. e, f Western blot analysis of SIRT3 protein levels in control and cisplatin-treated HCT116 cells. Cisplatin treatment decreases SIRT3 protein levels in a dose and time-dependent manner. HCT116 cells were treated with cisplatin for the duration indicated at different concentrations for 24 h e or at a concentration of 40 μm for different time f. g, h Real-time PCR analysis of the expression of SIRT3 mRNA. Cisplatin treatment decreases SIRT3 mRNA levels in a dose and time-dependent manner. HCT116 Cells were treated with cisplatin for the duration indicated at different concentrations for 24 h g or at a concentration of 40 μm for different time h, followed by statistical analysis. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ****P < 0.0001; n.s. not significant.